Date/Time Sat Diameter (km) Ring % Tb diff (K) Score Meaning JTWC estimate
20160724T222252 ssmis17_85 179.0 31.5% 1.8 -1.8 n/a   25.0 kts
20160725T084319 ssmis16_85 112.3 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   25.0 kts
20160725T110901 ssmis18_85 45.6 53.4% 5.2 -5.2 n/a   25.0 kts
20160725T234333 ssmis18_85 112.3 15.1% 3.5 -3.5 n/a   29.8 kts
20160726T071549 ssmi15_85 45.6 26.0% 0.0 -0.0 n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T083039 ssmis16_85 179.0 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T105719 ssmis18_85 323.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T110323 ssmis17_85 223.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T181252 amsr2_85 167.9 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T194741 ssmi15_85 223.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T210403 ssmis16_85 245.7 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T233057 ssmis18_85 312.4 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160726T233635 ssmis17_85 290.2 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160727T041640 gmi_85 223.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   35.0 kts
20160727T070031 ssmi15_85 279.1 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   36.7 kts
20160727T081813 ssmis16_85 245.7 33.8% 2.4 -2.4 n/a   38.8 kts
20160727T105042 ssmis17_85 156.8 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   43.1 kts
20160727T173641 gmi_85 45.6 100.0% 32.2 -47.2 n/a   40.6 kts
20160727T185534 amsr2_85 45.6 100.0% 20.4 -35.4 n/a   38.5 kts
20160727T193140 ssmi15_85 34.5 87.7% 17.4 -32.4 n/a   37.5 kts
20160727T205053 ssmis16_85 56.7 20.6% 6.6 -6.6 n/a   35.3 kts
20160727T232319 ssmis17_85 56.7 20.6% 0.8 -0.8 n/a   31.0 kts
20160728T055015 amsr2_85 323.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   25.1 kts
20160728T103748 ssmis17_85 323.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   21.1 kts
20160728T121441 ssmis18_85 323.5 NaN% NaN NaN n/a   20.0 kts

Key:

Diameter values indicate the estimated surface eyewall diameter (the MI eyewall edge diameter minus 10 km).

Diameter values are red if Ring % <= 65, yellow/brown if Ring % <= 85 and green if Ring % > 85.

"Ring %" is the percentage of the "ring" (eyewall inner boundary) that is 1) colder than the "hot spot" (warmest eye pixel) in the eye by 20K, or 2) the percentage that is a) colder than 232K and b) colder than the "hot spot" by 10K, whichever is greater.

"Tb diff" is the difference between the "hot spot" (warmest eye pixel) and the warmest pixel on the eyewall.

Scores are listed as negative, and not used, when the JTWC or NHC estimated Vmax is <50 kts in order to rule out weak but highly symmetric TCs.

Error messages in intensity scores: -920 is used when the hottest pixel in the eye is <200K, to prevent false positives; -909 is a failure to process (bad input data).