Tropical Storm 03L


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                 
     20230619 091651  SSMISF17   12.6  -40.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  11.1  -40.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230619 155833     AMSR2   11.2  -40.7     5   58%    0.48   -0.48      N/A   30.0  11.2  -41.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230619 195718  SSMISF16   10.7  -40.8    23    6%    3.96   -3.96      N/A   35.0  11.3  -41.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 041428     AMSR2   11.5  -44.3   123   15%    3.18   -3.18      N/A   35.0  11.5  -44.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 064105  SSMISF18   11.1  -44.8    90    4%    0.56   -0.56      N/A   35.0  11.6  -44.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 083447  SSMISF16   11.1  -45.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0  11.8  -44.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 090412  SSMISF17   11.9  -44.8    12   67%   11.78  -11.78      N/A   35.0  11.8  -45.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 102213       GMI   11.5  -45.5   268   21%    1.40   -1.40      N/A   35.0  11.8  -45.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 164146     AMSR2   11.9  -47.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0  12.1  -47.6 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 193226  SSMISF18   12.5  -47.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0  12.1  -48.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230620 215416  SSMISF17   12.9  -48.0    46   82%    9.43   -9.43      N/A   40.0  12.2  -48.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 045642     AMSR2   12.8  -50.4     5   51%    1.69   -1.69      N/A   45.0  12.6  -51.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 110316       GMI   13.3  -52.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  12.9  -52.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 172618     AMSR2   13.3  -53.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  13.1  -53.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 191833  SSMISF18   13.7  -53.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   55.0  13.1  -53.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 211322  SSMISF16   13.2  -53.6    79   32%    0.96    0.96      N/A   55.0  13.3  -54.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230621 214048  SSMISF17   13.3  -53.8    79   21%    1.89    1.89      N/A   55.0  13.3  -54.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230622 053936     AMSR2   13.7  -55.5    23   60%    8.48    8.48      N/A   60.0  13.6  -56.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230622 075503  SSMISF18   13.6  -56.0    34  100%   25.95   40.95  >65 kts   60.0  13.7  -56.7 Analysis Plot     
     20230622 095011  SSMISF16   13.7  -56.3    34   19%   13.15   13.15      N/A   60.0  13.8  -57.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230622 101655  SSMISF17   13.6  -56.6    34   22%    9.10    9.10      N/A   60.0  13.8  -57.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230622 213646       GMI   14.1  -59.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   55.0  13.4  -59.7 Analysis Plot     
     20230623 105222       GMI   13.9  -63.6     5  100%   14.45  -29.45      N/A   50.0  13.4  -63.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230623 203415  SSMISF18   13.0  -66.3    68    1%    0.38   -0.38      N/A   45.0  13.3  -66.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230623 221903       GMI   13.1  -66.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  13.1  -67.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230623 225453  SSMISF17   13.0  -67.0   123   N/A    3.64   -3.64      N/A   45.0  13.1  -67.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 091104  SSMISF18   13.2  -69.9   157   32%    2.29   -2.29      N/A   40.0  13.1  -70.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 113132  SSMISF17   13.2  -70.3   201   28%    1.86   -1.86      N/A   40.0  13.2  -70.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 175657     AMSR2   13.4  -73.5   246    1%    0.09   -0.09      N/A   35.0  13.1  -73.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 202126  SSMISF18   13.4  -73.8    12   N/A    1.50   -1.50      N/A   35.0  13.1  -73.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 202136  SSMISF18   13.1  -74.1   235   N/A    3.96   -3.96      N/A   35.0  13.1  -74.1 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 221506  SSMISF16   13.1  -74.2   201   N/A    2.78   -2.78      N/A   35.0  13.1  -74.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230624 224247  SSMISF17   13.6  -74.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0  13.1  -74.4 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.