Tropical Depression 06L

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                 
     20240909 124614  SSMISF17   20.6  -95.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  22.2  -94.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240910 123205  SSMISF17   24.3  -95.7    34   17%    6.05    6.05      N/A   55.0  24.9  -96.0 Analysis Plot     
     20240910 144258       GMI   24.6  -95.9   101   36%    1.36    1.36      N/A   55.0  24.9  -95.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240910 234900  SSMISF17   26.1  -94.8    34   18%    8.45    8.45      N/A   55.0  26.1  -94.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240911 040952       GMI   26.4  -94.1    68   69%   16.56   16.56      N/A   65.0  26.5  -94.2 Analysis Plot     
     20240911 080939     AMSR2   27.2  -93.8    12   36%   12.08   12.08      N/A   80.0  27.2  -93.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240911 121733  SSMISF17   27.3  -93.1    79   15%   22.17   22.17  >65 kts   80.0  27.7  -93.2 Analysis Plot     
     20240911 135956       GMI   27.8  -92.7    79   36%   11.26   11.26      N/A   80.0  27.8  -93.1 Analysis Plot     
     20240911 190821     AMSR2   28.8  -91.7   101  100%   22.52   37.52  >65 kts   80.0  28.8  -92.0 Analysis Plot     
     20240912 032916       GMI   29.7  -90.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0  30.3  -90.6 Analysis Plot     
     20240912 131725       GMI   31.9  -89.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  31.9  -89.9 Analysis Plot

Legend

  - 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.