Hurricane 07L


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                 
     20250917 161840     AMSR2   18.0  -48.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0  18.1  -46.9 Analysis Plot     
     20250917 190923  SSMISF18   18.7  -48.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  18.8  -47.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250917 202909  SSMISF17   18.9  -46.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  19.0  -47.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250917 211135  SSMISF16   19.7  -46.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  19.5  -48.1 Analysis Plot     
     20250918 000518       GMI   19.3  -49.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  19.8  -48.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250918 074207  SSMISF18   20.0  -50.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  20.0  -50.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250918 132917       GMI   20.4  -51.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  20.5  -51.1 Analysis Plot     
     20250918 170226     AMSR2   20.5  -52.2   257   N/A    0.62   -0.62      N/A   45.0  20.6  -52.2 Analysis Plot     
     20250918 185621  SSMISF18   20.6  -52.5   190   N/A    2.43   -2.43      N/A   45.0  20.7  -52.4 Analysis Plot     
     20250919 051227     AMSR2   21.3  -53.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  21.6  -54.1 Analysis Plot     
     20250919 111104  SSMISF16   22.3  -55.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  22.3  -55.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250919 214131  SSMISF17   23.0  -56.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  22.5  -56.8 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 001414       GMI   22.9  -57.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  22.8  -57.2 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 055453     AMSR2   25.2  -58.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  24.2  -57.8 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 101147  SSMISF17   24.4  -57.7    12   89%    5.56  -20.56      N/A   45.0  24.7  -58.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 134016       GMI   24.8  -58.3     5   N/A    3.20   -3.20      N/A   45.0  24.9  -58.7 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 165203     AMSR2   24.9  -58.3    46   51%    7.15   -7.15      N/A   45.0  25.3  -59.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 212830  SSMISF17   25.8  -58.9    68   18%    4.81    4.81      N/A   55.0  25.7  -59.0 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 221231  SSMISF16   25.8  -59.0   112   36%    0.57    0.57      N/A   55.0  25.8  -59.2 Analysis Plot     
     20250920 233051       GMI   25.8  -58.8   101   47%    7.58    7.58      N/A   55.0  25.9  -59.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250921 083926  SSMISF18   27.0  -60.4    34   60%    8.23    8.23      N/A   55.0  27.4  -60.2 Analysis Plot     
     20250921 104141  SSMISF16   27.3  -60.6    34    7%    0.74    0.74      N/A   55.0  27.6  -60.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250921 173521     AMSR2   28.0  -61.3    57   50%   10.72   10.72      N/A   55.0  28.1  -61.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250921 195709  SSMISF18   28.5  -61.8    23    7%    9.81    9.81      N/A   65.0  28.4  -61.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250922 194410  SSMISF18   31.7  -62.2    23  100%   56.01   71.01  >85 kts  115.0  31.8  -61.8 Analysis Plot     
     20250923 131038       GMI   33.7  -58.8    23  100%   32.51   47.51  >65 kts  120.0  33.8  -58.6 Analysis Plot     
     20250923 172456     AMSR2   34.1  -57.5    23  100%   26.97   41.97  >65 kts  120.0  34.3  -57.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250923 204915  SSMISF17   34.7  -56.4    12  100%   29.18   44.18  >65 kts  115.0  34.6  -56.2 Analysis Plot     
     20250923 213415  SSMISF16   34.7  -56.2    12   54%   14.58   14.58      N/A  115.0  34.7  -55.8 Analysis Plot     
     20250924 075430  SSMISF18   35.2  -52.3    34   99%   19.81   34.81  >65 kts  100.0  35.6  -51.3 Analysis Plot     
     20250924 091308  SSMISF17   35.6  -51.0   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A  100.0  35.7  -50.6 Analysis Plot     
     20250924 095823  SSMISF16   35.5  -51.2    23  100%   28.45   43.45  >65 kts  100.0  35.7  -50.4 Analysis Plot     
     20250924 122924       GMI   35.7  -49.8    34  100%   39.19   54.19  >65 kts   95.0  35.8  -49.7 Analysis Plot     
     20250924 162930     AMSR2   35.7  -47.6    23   29%    8.51    8.51      N/A   90.0  36.2  -46.7 Analysis Plot     
     20250925 043105     AMSR2   35.9  -40.5   101   68%    3.74    3.74      N/A   75.0  36.2  -39.5 Analysis Plot     
     20250925 153403     AMSR2   36.4  -34.7   223   10%    2.66    2.66      N/A   65.0  36.8  -34.3 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.