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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
17Apr2026 2000UTC 59 kts 978 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
UNIFRM 3.7 3.1 3.0 3.0 -61.43C -50.81C
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
17Apr2026 2000UTC 66 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
17Apr2026 2000UTC 74 kts 973 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
68 kts 79 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
17Apr2026 1840UTC 74 kts 975 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
69 kts 80 kts SSMISF18  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
17Apr2026 1551UTC 75 kts 969 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
71 kts 80 kts ATMS-N21  
MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
17Apr2026 1800UTC 1% 4%
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
17Apr2026 1800UTC 18 kts 263 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs