Tropical Storm 11S


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                 
     20230224 155741  SSMISF17  -22.7   34.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0 -22.6   33.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230304 143414  SSMISF16  -23.2   40.3    68   71%    2.96   -2.96      N/A   40.0 -22.6   39.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230304 154933  SSMISF17  -22.8   40.7   101   60%    1.12   -1.12      N/A   40.0 -22.6   40.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230305 012942  SSMISF18  -23.3   41.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -22.7   40.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230305 015005  SSMISF16  -23.0   41.5   101   21%    1.30   -1.30      N/A   45.0 -22.9   41.6 Analysis Plot     
     20230305 030507  SSMISF17  -23.0   41.5    79    6%    4.67   -4.67      N/A   45.0 -23.0   41.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230305 142105  SSMISF16  -23.0   42.6   135   16%    5.47   -5.47      N/A   45.0 -23.1   42.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230305 153555  SSMISF17  -23.0   42.8    57    6%    3.63   -3.63      N/A   45.0 -23.1   42.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230306 011631  SSMISF18  -24.4   43.6    57   25%    5.79   -5.79      N/A   45.0 -23.5   42.9 Analysis Plot     
     20230306 025214  SSMISF17  -24.1   43.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -23.8   43.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230306 134725  SSMISF18  -23.9   42.9    34   38%   13.51  -13.51      N/A   50.0 -24.0   42.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230306 140831  SSMISF16  -24.0   42.8    34   43%   10.17  -10.17      N/A   50.0 -24.0   42.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230306 152243  SSMISF17  -23.8   42.9    23   89%   18.37  -33.37      N/A   50.0 -24.0   42.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230307 010304  SSMISF18  -23.9   42.7    23   40%   16.70   16.70      N/A   55.0 -23.6   42.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230307 133410  SSMISF18  -22.7   42.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   85.0 -23.3   42.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230308 004943  SSMISF18  -22.0   41.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  100.0 -21.9   41.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230308 132201  SSMISF18  -20.9   40.1    46   44%   13.79   13.79      N/A   95.0 -20.8   40.0 Analysis Plot     
     20230309 003727  SSMISF18  -20.1   39.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   60.0 -20.1   39.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230309 023658  SSMISF16  -20.2   39.4    68   17%    2.73    2.73      N/A   60.0 -20.2   39.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230309 035104  SSMISF17  -20.2   39.3    46    8%    5.58    5.58      N/A   60.0 -20.1   39.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230309 131005  SSMISF18  -19.3   38.7   201   19%    2.11    2.11      N/A   60.0 -19.6   38.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230309 162358  SSMISF17  -19.0   39.0   146   N/A    4.07    4.07      N/A   60.0 -19.2   38.6 Analysis Plot     
     20230310 022354  SSMISF16  -18.8   38.5    46   57%    5.01    5.01      N/A   65.0 -18.9   38.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230310 033701  SSMISF17  -18.8   38.4    57   58%    2.58    2.58      N/A   65.0 -18.8   38.4 Analysis Plot     
     20230310 145741  SSMISF16  -18.0   38.3    34   10%    0.17    0.17      N/A   65.0 -17.9   38.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230310 161035  SSMISF17  -18.0   38.3    46   46%    4.83    4.83      N/A   65.0 -17.9   38.3 Analysis Plot     
     20230311 021115  SSMISF16  -18.0   37.6    57  100%   37.35   52.35  >65 kts   80.0 -18.1   37.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230311 032349  SSMISF17  -18.1   37.6    46   47%   13.31   13.31      N/A   80.0 -18.1   37.5 Analysis Plot     
     20230311 144451  SSMISF16  -17.7   37.3    46  100%   38.22   53.22  >65 kts   95.0 -17.9   37.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230311 155709  SSMISF17  -17.6   37.3    34  100%   30.03   45.03  >65 kts   95.0 -17.9   37.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230312 013739  SSMISF18  -17.4   37.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   80.0 -17.4   36.8 Analysis Plot     
     20230312 143252  SSMISF16  -16.8   36.2   101    3%    6.76   -6.76      N/A   50.0 -17.0   36.2 Analysis Plot     
     20230312 154439  SSMISF17  -17.0   35.9    90   19%   10.18  -10.18      N/A   50.0 -17.0   36.2 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.