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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 04W (Sinlaku)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
11Apr2026 1000UTC 82 kts 969 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
UNIFRM 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.9 -85.55C -81.75C
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
11Apr2026 1000UTC 80 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
11Apr2026 1000UTC 81 kts 969 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
73 kts 89 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
11Apr2026 0740UTC 80 kts 967 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
72 kts 87 kts WSFM01  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
11Apr2026 0550UTC 74 kts 969 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
67 kts 82 kts SSMISF18  
11Apr2026 0550UTC 8.79N 151.52E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
SSMIS-18 85-92GHz 0.30 deg 97.9%

TC Structure MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
11Apr2026 0500UTC 6% 8%
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
11Apr2026 600UTC 15 kts 104 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs