Moist isentropic coordinate analysis of GOES-11 Rapid Scan wind data along with rainfall information from TRMM, SSMI, and AMSRE are combined to give a thorough look at how the outflow and environmental factors influenced the rain rates and intensity of Hurricane Emily. By analyzing the rainfall products from available satellite sensors, we have a comprehensive timeline of the evolution of Hurricane Emily's rainfall patterns and rain rates during July 2005. Rainfall patterns and rain rates are broken up by quadrant and range from the center of circulation. This is to provide easy side-by-side comparisons on the precipitation patterns for the duration of the storm. Much of the precipitation patterns are explained by analyzing the U and V shear vectors.

Upper tropospheric outflow is an important contributor to the changes in precipitation patterns and intensity changes within the storm. Environmental factors including shear, interaction with land, and the existence of strong outflow channels, all influence the intensity of the cyclone. This study has focused mostly on the upper-tropospheric outflow along moist isentropic surfaces to determine mass flux within a layer. Environmental influences on the outflow channels have been studied to understand how they affect the mass flux, and subsequently the intensity. The hypothesized connection between rainfall patterns and upper-tropospheric mass divergence has also been analyzed to find out if there is a relationship in this case.