Tropical Depression 04S


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                 
     20231231 161742  SSMISF17  -20.6   39.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -20.6   39.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 005349  SSMISF18  -21.1   41.3    90   81%   12.62  -12.62      N/A   35.0 -20.7   41.1 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 024726  SSMISF16  -20.9   41.4   101   28%   15.42  -15.42      N/A   35.0 -20.7   41.5 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 033114  SSMISF17  -21.1   41.6    90  100%   27.16  -42.16      N/A   35.0 -20.7   41.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 102933     AMSR2  -21.5   42.6   101  100%   34.79  -49.79      N/A   50.0 -20.9   42.8 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 132608  SSMISF18  -21.4   43.0    57   72%    7.29    7.29      N/A   55.0 -21.0   43.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 151946  SSMISF16  -21.2   43.4    57   16%   14.47   14.47      N/A   60.0 -21.6   43.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240101 160337  SSMISF17  -21.0   43.8    57   21%   12.45   12.45      N/A   60.0 -21.6   43.5 Analysis Plot     
     20240102 004018  SSMISF18  -22.0   45.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -21.4   45.1 Analysis Plot     
     20240102 031743  SSMISF17  -21.6   46.6    23   N/A    0.71   -0.71      N/A   45.0 -21.5   45.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240102 131221  SSMISF18  -22.0   48.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -21.6   46.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240102 150621  SSMISF16  -22.3   48.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -22.2   48.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240102 154951  SSMISF17  -22.3   48.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -22.3   48.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 002730  SSMISF18  -22.7   50.3   201   44%    2.10   -2.10      N/A   40.0 -22.7   49.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 022126  SSMISF16  -23.0   50.7   157   26%    1.53   -1.53      N/A   40.0 -23.1   50.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 030431  SSMISF17  -23.3   51.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -23.2   50.5 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 101538     AMSR2  -24.1   51.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -24.1   51.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 125820  SSMISF18  -24.8   52.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -24.4   51.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 145211  SSMISF16  -25.0   52.6   246   N/A    2.11   -2.11      N/A   35.0 -24.8   52.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 153514  SSMISF17  -25.1   53.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -24.9   52.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240103 211328     AMSR2  -26.8   54.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -26.2   53.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240104 001508  SSMISF18  -26.4   53.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -26.3   53.8 Analysis Plot     
     20240104 025214  SSMISF17  -27.4   54.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -26.9   55.0 Analysis Plot     
     20240104 124337  SSMISF18  -28.9   57.8   279    3%    2.51   -2.51      N/A   35.0 -29.0   57.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240104 143736  SSMISF16  -29.1   57.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -29.0   57.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240104 152016  SSMISF17  -29.0   58.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -29.0   57.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 000206  SSMISF18  -30.1   59.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -30.0   58.8 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 063856       GMI  -31.2   61.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -30.7   60.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 122948  SSMISF18  -30.5   61.6   301   N/A    0.51   -0.51      N/A   40.0 -30.6   61.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 142355  SSMISF16  -30.9   62.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -30.9   62.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 150626  SSMISF17  -30.4   63.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -30.9   62.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240105 235029  SSMISF18  -31.2   63.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -31.2   63.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240106 055650       GMI  -29.7   65.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -31.3   64.8 Analysis Plot     
     20240106 145149  SSMISF17  -31.3   64.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -31.3   64.8 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.