Tropical Storm 06E


Passive Microwave (PMW) Intensity Information
Advanced Dvorak Technique
Version 9.1
 

       --Overpass--              --ARCHER--   Ring  Ring            Eye              BT   -Forecast-  
       Date    Time      Sat     Lat    Lon   Diam   Pct  TbDiff   Score  Meaning   Vmax  Lat    Lon                 
     20260719 092914     AMSR2   10.6 -111.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  12.2 -111.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 114442  SSMISF18   10.7 -111.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  12.3 -111.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 011400  SSMISF17   12.6 -113.4   246   14%    1.98   -1.98      N/A   40.0  12.6 -113.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 121722       GMI   14.2 -115.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  13.2 -116.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 152435  SSMISF16   14.1 -116.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  13.7 -116.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 210215     AMSR2   14.0 -116.4    12   50%   19.98   19.98      N/A   55.0  14.3 -116.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260721 002225  SSMISF18   14.9 -117.5   190    6%    3.98    3.98      N/A   55.0  14.5 -117.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260721 013850       GMI   14.8 -117.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0  14.6 -117.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260721 091600     AMSR2   15.8 -118.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0  15.6 -118.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260721 133547  SSMISF17   16.1 -119.1   101    1%    4.07    4.07      N/A   65.0  16.3 -118.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260721 214624     AMSR2   16.2 -119.7    23  100%   21.02   36.02  >65 kts   65.0  16.7 -120.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260722 000754  SSMISF18   16.7 -120.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0  16.7 -120.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260722 005630       GMI   16.4 -119.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0  16.8 -120.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260722 095820     AMSR2   16.6 -120.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   75.0  16.8 -121.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260722 122639       GMI   16.9 -121.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   75.0  16.8 -121.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260722 124203  SSMISF18   16.7 -121.2   157   11%    3.60    3.60      N/A   70.0  16.9 -121.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260723 114344       GMI   17.8 -124.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0  17.9 -124.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260723 122757  SSMISF18   17.9 -125.1    46    1%    7.99    7.99      N/A   75.0  17.9 -125.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260723 144718  SSMISF17   17.7 -125.4    68   28%    2.96    2.96      N/A   70.0  17.9 -125.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260723 213436     AMSR2   18.2 -127.1    46   50%    6.02    6.02      N/A   75.0  18.3 -127.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260724 010556       GMI   18.3 -127.9    34   57%    8.06    8.06      N/A   80.0  18.4 -127.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260724 015954  SSMISF17   18.5 -128.1    34   26%   14.92   14.92      N/A   80.0  18.4 -128.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260724 033543  SSMISF16   18.5 -128.4    34   40%    7.16    7.16      N/A   80.0  18.3 -128.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260724 143311  SSMISF17   18.4 -131.4    23    3%   18.00   18.00      N/A   90.0  18.6 -131.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260724 221729     AMSR2   18.6 -133.0    23   21%    7.42    7.42      N/A   90.0  18.8 -133.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260725 010712  SSMISF18   18.8 -133.7    23   N/A    8.60    8.60      N/A   90.0  18.8 -133.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260725 115238       GMI   19.1 -135.7    68   14%   12.06   12.06      N/A   85.0  18.9 -135.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260725 134004  SSMISF18   18.9 -136.2    79   29%   17.67   17.67      N/A   85.0  19.1 -136.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260725 230145     AMSR2   19.5 -137.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   85.0  19.4 -138.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260726 005349  SSMISF18   19.6 -138.4    68   28%    0.63    0.63      N/A   85.0  19.4 -138.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260726 011531       GMI   19.6 -138.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   85.0  19.5 -138.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260726 031141  SSMISF17   20.1 -138.7   123    4%    1.28    1.28      N/A   85.0  19.5 -138.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260726 111142     AMSR2   19.8 -140.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   75.0  19.8 -140.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260726 132633  SSMISF18   19.8 -140.8    57   15%    0.07    0.07      N/A   75.0  19.9 -141.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260727 025840  SSMISF17   20.3 -143.5    23   46%    6.93    6.93      N/A   75.0  20.1 -143.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260727 043615  SSMISF16   20.3 -143.7    23   69%    9.44    9.44      N/A   75.0  20.2 -144.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260727 120107       GMI   20.7 -145.6    57   26%    1.76    1.76      N/A   75.0  20.6 -145.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260727 170825  SSMISF16   19.9 -147.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0  20.9 -147.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260727 225003     AMSR2   21.6 -147.8    46    4%    1.51    1.51      N/A   65.0  21.5 -148.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260728 012522       GMI   21.6 -148.4    23   31%    7.01    7.01      N/A   60.0  21.6 -148.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260728 020644  SSMISF18   22.0 -148.4    90   24%    1.33    1.33      N/A   60.0  21.8 -149.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260728 042416  SSMISF16   22.3 -148.7    90    1%    2.69    2.69      N/A   60.0  21.9 -149.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260728 143757  SSMISF18   22.0 -152.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  21.9 -151.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260728 233247     AMSR2   22.6 -152.9    12   N/A    2.89   -2.89      N/A   35.0  22.6 -152.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260729 015315  SSMISF18   22.9 -153.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0  22.7 -153.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260729 041118  SSMISF17   23.0 -153.7   324   N/A    3.01   -3.01      N/A   35.0  23.0 -153.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260729 120935       GMI   23.8 -155.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0  23.4 -155.1 Analysis Plot     
 
 
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  - Overpass Date/Time are determined from satellite overpass of targeted TC (position determined from Best Track Lat/Lon position). Date is YYYYMMDD and time in HHMMSS (UTC).

  - Forecast (Best Track) and ARCHER positions (deg) of the TC center at overpass day/time. Positive/Negative: Latitude = North/South Hemisphere; Longitude = Eastern/Western Hemisphere.

  - BT Vmax is the concurrent ATCF Best Track (BT) wind speed intensity estimate (Vmax) value from either NOAA/National Hurricane Center (NHC) (North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific), NOAA/Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) (North-central Pacific) or Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) (Northwest Pacific, Indian Ocean, or Southwest Pacific).

  - Sat is the satellite descriptor providing the overpass. Currently the satellites used are the DMSP/SSMIS-16/17/18, GPM/GMI, and GCOM/AMSR2.

  - Ring Diam (km) indicates the estimated surface eyewall diameter if one is analyzed in the PMW imagery. The value listed is the average PMW-estimated inner eyewall edge diameter minus 10 km for eyewall slope. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed.

  - Ring Pct is the percentage of the analyzed "ring" (eyewall inner boundary) that is 1) colder than the eye Tb (the "hot spot" -- warmest eye pixel) by at least 20K, or 2) that is colder than 232K and colder than the eye Tb by 10K, whichever is greater. Values are red if Ring % ≤65,yellow/brown if Ring % ≤85 and green if Ring % >85. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed. A value over 85% is used in the intensity score by adding 15 points to it.

  - TbDiff is the difference between the warmest eye pixel and the warmest pixel on the eyewall. This value is used in the Intensity Score. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed.

  - Eye Score values are based on the strength and organization of the convective/eyewall signatures in the PMW imagery, and based on the ARCHER center location. They normally range from 0 to 100 with empirically-determined thresholds related to intensity (Vmax) in the "Meaning" column (≥20 suggests ≥65kts; ≥60 suggests ≥85kts). Scores are listed as negative, and not used by the ADT, when the NHC, CPHC, or JTWC Best Track Vmax is <55 kts in order to filter out occasional "false eye" cases. A value of -920 is used when the warmest eye pixel is <200K to prevent false positives; -930 means edge of overpass and <85% of eyewall is captured and therefore can't fully be analyzed.