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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 18P (Eighteen)
Archived CIMSS Product Summary
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
28Jan2026 2320UTC 55 kts 986 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
IRRCDO 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 -54.09C -51.94C
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
28Jan2026 2320UTC 45 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
28Jan2026 2320UTC 53 kts 986 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
46 kts 60 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
28Jan2026 2027UTC 47 kts 987 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
41 kts 53 kts GMI  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
28Jan2026 1817UTC 49 kts 988 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
43 kts 56 kts SSMISF17  
MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
N/A N/AUTC N/A N/A
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
28Jan2026 1800UTC 28 kts 7 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs