Tropical Depression 18W


ARCHER-V2 Auto-positioning Information
Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)
Version 9.1
 

                                         -------FORECAST-----   ----ARCHER---- 50% cert  95% cert Eyewall   Conf Alpha  Eye
     Date/Time(UTC)     Source   Sensor    Lat     Lon   Vmax     Lat     Lon    radius    radius  radius  Score Score  Prob    .
   20260820 21:20:00  HIMAWARI       IR   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.33  107.86    9.49      0.15    3.36    0.21  0.50  22.4 PNG
   20260820 21:50:00  HIMAWARI     SWIR   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.28  106.98    2.32      0.05     N/A    0.28  2.05   0.0 PNG
   20260820 22:20:00  HIMAWARI     SWIR   20.10  108.40  25.0    19.30  107.41    4.50      0.10     N/A    0.16  1.05   0.0 PNG
   20260820 23:00:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   20.10  108.40  25.0    19.95  108.72    0.96      0.20    0.34    0.71  4.96   4.2 PNG
   20260820 23:30:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   20.10  108.40  25.0    19.97  108.70    0.96      0.20    0.34    0.71  4.51   4.2 PNG
   20260821 00:00:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   20.10  108.40  25.0    19.97  108.69    0.96      0.20    0.34    0.71  4.38   4.2 PNG
   20260821 00:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.12  108.39  25.0    20.12  109.03    0.99      0.20    0.35    0.66  4.78   3.4 PNG
   20260821 01:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.12  108.39  25.0    20.13  109.00    0.99      0.20    0.35    0.66  4.55   3.4 PNG
   20260821 01:30:00  HIMAWARI      Vis   20.12  108.38  25.0    18.42  107.74    0.90      0.30     N/A    0.42  5.26   0.0 PNG
   20260821 02:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.53  109.59    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  6.36   0.0 PNG
   20260821 02:20:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.55  109.56    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  6.29   0.0 PNG
   20260821 03:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.56  109.56    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  6.11   0.0 PNG
   20260821 03:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.60  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  5.94   0.0 PNG
   20260821 04:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.61  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  5.75   0.0 PNG
   20260821 04:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.61  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  5.56   0.0 PNG
   20260821 05:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.62  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  5.36   0.0 PNG
   20260821 05:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.62  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  5.17   0.0 PNG
   20260821 06:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.63  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  4.97   0.0 PNG
   20260821 06:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.63  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  4.78   0.0 PNG
   20260821 07:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.64  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  4.59   0.0 PNG
   20260821 07:30:00  HIMAWARI      Vis   20.23  108.60  30.0    18.23  108.60    0.60      0.45     N/A    0.60  7.89   0.0 PNG
   20260821 08:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.65  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  4.23   0.0 PNG
   20260821 08:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.10  109.77    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  4.06   0.0 PNG
   20260821 09:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    18.66  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  3.90   0.0 PNG
   20260821 09:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.12  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  3.75   0.0 PNG
   20260821 10:00:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.13  109.82    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  3.60   0.0 PNG
   20260821 10:30:00       GMI    89GHz   20.13  108.37  25.0    19.14  109.83    0.75      2.50     N/A    1.14  3.46   0.0 PNG
   20260821 11:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.41  109.83    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.97   1.1 PNG
   20260821 11:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.41  109.85    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.84   1.1 PNG
   20260821 12:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.42  109.85    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.74   1.1 PNG
   20260821 12:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.44  109.86    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.63   1.1 PNG
   20260821 13:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.45  109.86    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.51   1.1 PNG
   20260821 13:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.45  109.87    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.43   1.1 PNG
   20260821 14:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.47  109.87    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.26   1.1 PNG
   20260821 14:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.53  110.02    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  4.17   1.1 PNG
   20260821 15:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.55  110.03    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.99   1.1 PNG
   20260821 15:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.56  110.03    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.91   1.1 PNG
   20260821 16:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.58  110.04    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.74   1.1 PNG
   20260821 16:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.59  110.05    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.61   1.1 PNG
   20260821 16:50:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.60  110.05    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.53   1.1 PNG
   20260821 17:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.61  110.06    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.41   1.1 PNG
   20260821 17:50:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.63  110.07    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.30   1.1 PNG
   20260821 18:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.64  110.08    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.19   1.1 PNG
   20260821 19:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.65  110.10    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  3.04   1.1 PNG
   20260821 19:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.66  110.11    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  2.94   1.1 PNG
   20260821 19:50:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.67  110.12    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  2.88   1.1 PNG
   20260821 20:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.76  108.60  30.0    19.72  110.03    0.96      0.55    0.34    0.71  2.75   1.1 PNG
   20260821 20:50:00     AMSR2    89GHz   21.10  108.80  35.0    21.60  108.48    1.21      0.35    0.43    0.39  3.92  21.3 PNG
   20260821 21:30:00     AMSR2    89GHz   21.10  108.80  35.0    21.61  108.48    1.21      0.35    0.43    0.39  3.52  21.3 PNG
   20260821 22:00:00     AMSR2    89GHz   21.10  108.80  35.0    21.62  108.47    1.21      0.35    0.43    0.39  3.44  21.3 PNG
   20260821 22:30:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   21.15  108.80  35.0    19.55  109.34    1.08      0.15    0.38    0.54  4.40   0.8 PNG
   20260821 23:00:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   21.15  108.80  35.0    19.54  109.33    1.08      0.15    0.38    0.54  4.09   0.8 PNG
   20260821 23:20:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   21.15  108.80  35.0    19.55  109.33    1.08      0.15    0.38    0.54  4.03   0.8 PNG
   20260822 00:00:00  SSMISF18    89GHz   21.15  108.80  35.0    19.56  109.32    1.08      0.15    0.38    0.54  3.89   0.8 PNG
   20260822 00:30:00  HIMAWARI     SWIR   21.19  108.78  35.0    19.41  109.51    1.21      0.15     N/A    0.49  3.91   0.0 PNG
   20260822 01:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.99  108.83    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.96  17.5 PNG
   20260822 01:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.98  108.81    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.90  17.5 PNG
   20260822 02:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.98  108.81    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.79  17.5 PNG
   20260822 02:20:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.90  108.76    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.71  17.5 PNG
   20260822 03:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.90  108.75    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.50  17.5 PNG
   20260822 03:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.90  108.74    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.34  17.5 PNG
   20260822 04:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.90  108.74    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  5.17  17.5 PNG
   20260822 04:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.91  108.73    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.99  17.5 PNG
   20260822 05:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.91  108.72    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.81  17.5 PNG
   20260822 05:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.91  108.71    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.64  17.5 PNG
   20260822 06:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.91  108.70    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.47  17.5 PNG
   20260822 06:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.91  108.69    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.30  17.5 PNG
   20260822 07:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.92  108.68    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  4.14  17.5 PNG
   20260822 07:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.92  108.66    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  3.98  17.5 PNG
   20260822 08:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.92  108.65    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  3.83  17.5 PNG
   20260822 08:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.81  108.16    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  3.68  17.5 PNG
   20260822 09:00:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.92  108.63    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  3.54  17.5 PNG
   20260822 09:30:00       GMI    89GHz   21.19  108.78  35.0    20.78  108.15    0.80      1.45    0.28    1.01  3.41  17.5 PNG
   20260822 10:00:00  HIMAWARI       IR   20.97  108.10  30.0    19.02  108.55    1.15      0.35    0.41    0.63  4.14  42.8 PNG
   20260822 10:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.71  108.73    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.97   2.4 PNG
   20260822 11:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.71  108.71    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.93   2.4 PNG
   20260822 11:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.71  108.70    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.87   2.4 PNG
   20260822 12:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.70  108.69    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.80   2.4 PNG
   20260822 12:30:00  HIMAWARI       IR   20.91  108.07  30.0    19.36  106.73    1.15      0.05    0.41    0.63  4.12  48.5 PNG
   20260822 13:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.69  108.66    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.64   2.4 PNG
   20260822 13:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.69  108.65    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.56   2.4 PNG
   20260822 14:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.68  108.64    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.47   2.4 PNG
   20260822 14:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.67  108.64    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.41   2.4 PNG
   20260822 15:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.65  108.64    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.29   2.4 PNG
   20260822 15:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.64  108.64    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.23   2.4 PNG
   20260822 15:50:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.63  108.63    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.14   2.4 PNG
   20260822 16:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.61  108.63    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  3.02   2.4 PNG
   20260822 17:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.60  108.62    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.93   2.4 PNG
   20260822 17:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.58  108.62    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.85   2.4 PNG
   20260822 17:50:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.58  108.62    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.79   2.4 PNG
   20260822 18:30:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.56  108.61    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.68   2.4 PNG
   20260822 19:00:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.55  108.60    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.61   2.4 PNG
   20260822 19:20:00  SSMISF17    89GHz   20.96  108.09  30.0    20.54  108.60    1.19      1.35    0.42    0.41  2.56   2.4 PNG
 
 
Key:

  - Date/Time: UTC time. If this observation is used in the track it is marked with a "*". If it is used for its own 30-minute window, it is put in bold.

  - Source/sensor: Satellite source of the analyzed image.

  - Vmax: Maximum winds listed in the forecast center analysis/forecast, *not* ARCHER.

  - ARCHER lat/lon: Coordinates of the ARCHER algorithm, valid at the time of the observation. If no center fix could be found, then it is "***".

  - Geo ref lat/lon: Coordinates of the ARCHER algorithm, valid at the time of the *nearest geo image*.

  - 50% cert. rad.: Radius of the circle (in degrees) that defines the area in which the ARCHER center of rotation is 50% certain. The lower the number, the more certain the position.

  - 95% cert. rad.: Radius of the circle (in degrees) that defines the area in which the ARCHER center of rotation is 95% certain.

  - Eye diam (deg): ARCHER-resolved eye diameter (in degrees). Green: robust, yellow: less certain, red: not robust.

  - % cert. of eye: Percent certainty that an eye exists in this image, determined by ARCHER. Currently only available for IR and 85-92 GHz imagery.

 
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