Date/Time Sat Diameter (km) Ring % Tb diff (K) Score Meaning JTWC estimate
20160717T094041 ssmis17 145.7 1.4% 4.1 -4.1 n/a   25.0 kts
20160717T094043 ssmis17 145.7 1.4% 4.1 -4.1 n/a   25.0 kts
20160717T193823 ssmis16 134.5 0.0% 6.1 -6.1 n/a   22.4 kts
20160717T221215 ssmis17 112.3 11.3% 8.1 -8.1 n/a   20.5 kts
20160718T060243 ssmi15 23.4 0.0% 5.7 -5.7 n/a   20.0 kts
20160718T065444 ssmis16 223.5 2.7% 3.1 -3.1 n/a   20.0 kts
20160718T092831 ssmis17 12.2 0.0% 1.2 -1.2 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).