Tropical Depression 02S


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                 
     20241114 195447     AMSR2  -10.9   75.8     5   88%    7.99  -22.99      N/A   40.0 -10.9   75.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241115 003724  SSMISF17  -11.5   75.4    46   58%    3.39   -3.39      N/A   40.0 -11.2   75.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241115 081011     AMSR2  -11.6   75.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -11.9   75.2 Analysis Plot     
     20241115 092950       GMI  -11.9   74.8    79   35%    8.80   -8.80      N/A   40.0 -11.9   75.1 Analysis Plot     
     20241115 104737  SSMISF18  -12.1   74.6   146   32%    0.28   -0.28      N/A   40.0 -12.1   74.9 Analysis Plot     
     20241115 203657     AMSR2  -13.1   74.0    12   89%   14.94   29.94  >65 kts   65.0 -13.3   73.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241116 085103     AMSR2  -14.4   72.6    57   60%    4.26    4.26      N/A   75.0 -14.4   72.5 Analysis Plot     
     20241116 130035  SSMISF17  -15.3   71.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   75.0 -14.7   72.1 Analysis Plot     
     20241116 201953       GMI  -15.2   71.4    46  100%   37.08   52.08  >65 kts  100.0 -15.4   71.5 Analysis Plot     
     20241116 232529  SSMISF18  -15.6   71.3    46  100%   46.82   61.82  >85 kts  100.0 -15.6   71.1 Analysis Plot     
     20241117 015145  SSMISF16  -15.8   71.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  105.0 -15.8   70.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241117 094132       GMI  -16.3   70.3    57  100%   25.28   40.28  >65 kts  110.0 -16.3   70.4 Analysis Plot     
     20241117 202612     AMSR2  -16.9   69.8    34   47%    8.90    8.90      N/A  115.0 -16.9   69.6 Analysis Plot     
     20241117 231136  SSMISF18  -17.7   69.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  115.0 -17.0   69.5 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 013739  SSMISF17  -17.8   69.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  100.0 -17.1   69.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 090008       GMI  -17.5   69.3    23  100%   25.16   40.16  >65 kts   95.0 -17.5   69.1 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 114551  SSMISF18  -17.7   69.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   95.0 -17.6   68.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 141152  SSMISF16  -17.7   69.6    34   82%    0.39    0.39      N/A   85.0 -17.7   68.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 210918     AMSR2  -17.8   68.2    57  100%   22.46   37.46  >65 kts   75.0 -17.8   67.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241118 225824  SSMISF18  -18.0   68.1    68  100%   24.88   39.88  >65 kts   75.0 -17.8   67.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241119 012406  SSMISF16  -18.1   68.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0 -17.9   67.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241119 113211  SSMISF18  -18.4   66.3    23   33%    2.05    2.05      N/A   70.0 -18.2   65.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241119 135755  SSMISF16  -18.3   66.1    68   58%   11.43   11.43      N/A   65.0 -18.3   65.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241119 194759       GMI  -18.7   65.4    12   N/A    2.51    2.51      N/A   65.0 -18.4   64.5 Analysis Plot     
     20241120 091135       GMI  -19.1   61.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -19.3   61.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241120 100418     AMSR2  -19.4   61.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -19.4   61.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241120 205841     AMSR2  -19.8   59.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -20.1   58.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 001317  SSMISF18  -20.0   58.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -20.3   58.2 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 024008  SSMISF16  -20.5   57.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -20.5   57.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 124508  SSMISF18  -22.5   57.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -21.9   56.2 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 151138  SSMISF16  -22.6   57.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.2   55.9 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 195827       GMI  -21.8   55.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -22.3   55.8 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 214114     AMSR2  -22.1   55.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -22.5   55.4 Analysis Plot     
     20241121 235940  SSMISF18  -22.3   55.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0 -22.6   55.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 022609  SSMISF16  -21.9   54.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.7   55.0 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 092358       GMI  -22.1   53.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.1   54.0 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 095115     AMSR2  -22.2   53.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.2   53.9 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 123105  SSMISF18  -23.3   54.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.2   53.7 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 145730  SSMISF16  -23.2   54.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -22.3   53.5 Analysis Plot     
     20241122 234634  SSMISF18  -22.8   52.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -23.1   53.3 Analysis Plot     
     20241123 021256  SSMISF16  -22.6   52.3   146   N/A    1.89   -1.89      N/A   30.0 -23.1   53.3 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.