Tropical Storm 05E


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                 
     20260715 004447  SSMISF17   15.4 -110.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  14.9 -110.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260715 021640  SSMISF16   15.0 -110.5   190   17%    1.75   -1.75      N/A   30.0  14.9 -110.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260715 024248       GMI   15.1 -110.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0  14.7 -110.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260715 132034  SSMISF17   15.3 -113.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0  15.4 -113.5 Analysis Plot     
     20260715 145151  SSMISF16   14.7 -112.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0  15.4 -113.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260715 235207  SSMISF18   15.4 -115.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  15.8 -115.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260716 133056       GMI   15.1 -116.8   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  15.7 -117.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260716 143916  SSMISF16   15.2 -117.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  15.7 -117.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260716 212707     AMSR2   15.6 -118.3    79   26%    6.67   -6.67      N/A   50.0  15.9 -118.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260716 233835  SSMISF18   15.5 -118.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  15.9 -118.7 Analysis Plot     
     20260717 015818  SSMISF17   16.0 -119.0   112   N/A    7.66    7.66      N/A   55.0  16.0 -119.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260717 025305       GMI   15.9 -119.1   168   15%    8.43    8.43      N/A   55.0  15.9 -119.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260717 093954     AMSR2   16.2 -120.1    90   33%    1.31    1.31      N/A   55.0  16.3 -120.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260717 121244  SSMISF18   16.4 -120.6   112   22%    5.04    5.04      N/A   55.0  16.4 -120.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260717 143241  SSMISF17   16.5 -120.6   101   25%    9.42    9.42      N/A   55.0  16.9 -120.9 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 014422  SSMISF17   17.4 -122.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   55.0  17.6 -122.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 031716  SSMISF16   17.5 -122.3    46    6%    6.44    6.44      N/A   55.0  17.5 -122.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 102309     AMSR2   18.0 -123.1    68   38%   10.89   10.89      N/A   55.0  18.4 -123.1 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 134035       GMI   18.7 -123.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   60.0  18.6 -123.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 141726  SSMISF17   18.4 -123.3   101   N/A    5.64    5.64      N/A   60.0  19.0 -123.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260718 211640     AMSR2   19.5 -123.7   157   11%    1.51    1.51      N/A   60.0  19.9 -124.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 005312  SSMISF18   20.4 -124.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   60.0  20.6 -124.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 030431  SSMISF16   20.4 -124.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   60.0  20.7 -124.8 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 125638       GMI   21.7 -125.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  22.0 -125.6 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 132444  SSMISF18   22.3 -125.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  22.2 -125.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 140309  SSMISF17   21.7 -125.7    68   N/A    0.99   -0.99      N/A   50.0  22.3 -125.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 153602  SSMISF16   22.0 -126.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  22.5 -125.4 Analysis Plot     
     20260719 220023     AMSR2   22.9 -126.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0  23.6 -126.0 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 003846  SSMISF18   23.2 -126.7   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  24.0 -126.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 022208       GMI   23.9 -126.5   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0  24.2 -126.3 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 100816     AMSR2   26.0 -126.6   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   40.0  26.1 -127.2 Analysis Plot     
     20260720 152220  SSMISF16   27.0 -127.1    90   N/A    2.71   -2.71      N/A   40.0  26.9 -127.3 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.