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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
16Apr2026 1120UTC 97 kts 952 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
CRVBND 5.3 5.0 4.6 2.9 13.56C -52.46C
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
16Apr2026 1120UTC 89 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Apr2026 1120UTC 98 kts 960 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
92 kts 103 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Apr2026 0744UTC 100 kts 955 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
94 kts 106 kts WSFM01  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Apr2026 0621UTC 105 kts 953 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
100 kts 111 kts SSMISF18  
MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model
Prob. ERC onset
V-based
16Apr2026 0600UTC 1% 9%
 
MIMIC-TPW  
MIMIC-TC  
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
Shear Direction
16Apr2026 600UTC 9 kts 138 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs