Tropical Storm 14S


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                 
     20260110 231810  SSMISF18  -14.6   76.4    34   53%    3.11   -3.11      N/A   40.0 -14.6   76.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260111 073103       GMI  -15.1   76.8    46   50%    6.71   -6.71      N/A   50.0 -15.4   76.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260111 230402  SSMISF18  -16.3   77.8    23  100%   35.95   50.95  >65 kts   75.0 -16.2   77.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260112 123854  SSMISF17  -16.7   77.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  115.0 -16.8   77.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260112 141900  SSMISF16  -16.8   78.1     5   92%   16.61   31.61  >65 kts  115.0 -16.9   77.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260112 181856       GMI  -16.9   78.0     5  100%   20.33   35.33  >65 kts  115.0 -16.9   77.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260112 224955  SSMISF18  -17.3   78.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  115.0 -17.2   78.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260113 013021  SSMISF16  -17.4   78.0     5   93%    5.24   20.24  >65 kts  110.0 -17.3   78.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260113 013023  SSMISF18  -17.3   78.0     5   85%    2.39    2.39      N/A  110.0 -17.3   77.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260113 173414       GMI  -17.3   77.7    23   57%   14.55   14.55      N/A   90.0 -17.4   77.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260113 194933     AMSR2  -17.3   77.7    23    3%   13.43   13.43      N/A   80.0 -17.2   77.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260114 011651  SSMISF16  -17.3   77.3    34  100%   32.01   47.01  >65 kts   80.0 -17.2   77.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260114 065659       GMI  -17.3   76.9    23   40%    4.07    4.07      N/A   70.0 -17.2   77.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260114 110947  SSMISF18  -17.5   76.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0 -17.2   76.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260114 135047  SSMISF16  -17.1   76.3    12   26%   11.56   11.56      N/A   65.0 -17.2   76.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260114 203154     AMSR2  -17.1   75.3    23   38%   16.31   16.31      N/A   70.0 -17.2   75.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260115 133645  SSMISF17  -16.9   73.4    12  100%   31.60   46.60  >65 kts  110.0 -16.9   73.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260115 174417       GMI  -16.9   72.7    12  100%   43.82   58.82  >65 kts  110.0 -16.9   72.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260116 170138       GMI  -16.9   69.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  110.0 -17.2   69.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260116 202053     AMSR2  -17.6   69.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   90.0 -17.6   68.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260117 062329       GMI  -18.6   68.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   80.0 -17.8   68.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260117 210319     AMSR2  -19.5   66.5    12   94%    9.55   24.55  >65 kts   55.0 -19.0   66.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260118 091430     AMSR2  -20.7   65.3    79   24%   10.43   10.43      N/A   60.0 -19.8   65.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260118 170926       GMI  -21.4   64.2    46   25%    2.97   -2.97      N/A   50.0 -21.2   64.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260119 063342       GMI  -21.3   61.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0 -21.5   61.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260119 205340     AMSR2  -22.5   59.0    46   N/A    4.01   -4.01      N/A   50.0 -22.8   58.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260120 154841  SSMISF16  -25.5   56.9    23   40%    1.69    1.69      N/A   55.0 -26.1   57.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260120 213707     AMSR2  -30.2   60.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0 -29.1   58.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260121 094212     AMSR2  -31.3   59.6   123   22%   10.20   10.20      N/A   60.0 -31.6   59.9 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.