Typhoon 28W

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                 
     20251004 160042     AMSR2   24.8  142.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  24.8  142.8 Analysis Plot     
     20251005 164337     AMSR2   25.5  141.9   123   17%    1.81    1.81      N/A   55.0  25.5  141.8 Analysis Plot     
     20251006 061120       GMI   25.7  140.7    23   14%   14.63   14.63      N/A   60.0  25.8  140.9 Analysis Plot     
     20251006 193847       GMI   26.6  139.0    79   50%   18.29   18.29      N/A   70.0  26.7  139.0 Analysis Plot     
     20251007 052826       GMI   27.2  137.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   80.0  27.5  138.1 Analysis Plot     
     20251007 163017     AMSR2   28.7  137.0    34  100%   61.67   76.67  >85 kts  120.0  28.9  137.1 Analysis Plot     
     20251008 033054     AMSR2   30.1  137.4    23   35%   17.44   17.44      N/A  120.0  30.2  137.5 Analysis Plot     
     20251009 161622     AMSR2   34.1  149.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   85.0  34.1  150.3 Analysis Plot     
     20251009 175743  SSMISF18   34.0  150.9    79   11%    3.70    3.70      N/A   70.0  34.2  151.8 Analysis Plot     
     20251009 205401  SSMISF17   34.2  152.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   70.0  34.3  152.8 Analysis Plot     
     20251010 032326       GMI   33.5  156.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0  34.5  156.0 Analysis Plot     
     20251010 165536       GMI   35.7  167.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   65.0  35.9  165.4 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.