Tropical Cyclone Thane Rain, Radar, Satellite Images

Dec 29, 2011; 10:45 AM ET

Here’s something we haven’t seen in a while… a “hurricane” in December. Technically, it’s known only by the name “Tropical Cyclone Thane” will make landfall in southeast India today as a significant threat to lives and property. According to NASA TRMM, has dumped over two feet of rain in the last three days:

The storm has a clear eye on radar and satellite (the Indian Service Met Office appeared to be down due to traffic as of this posting, so the following radar image was borrowed from KEA Weather on Facebook).

The following satellites are from the CIMSS Tropical Page and the U.S. Navy (Monterey) Tropical Page: