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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 02L (Bertha)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 2340UTC N/A kts N/A hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
LAND N/A N/A N/A N/A N/AC N/AC
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
23Jul2026 2110UTC 36 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 2340UTC 32 kts 1006 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
29 kts 35 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 2333UTC 31 kts 1002 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
28 kts 34 kts GMI  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 1959UTC 34 kts 1002 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
30 kts 38 kts AMSR2  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 1914UTC 38 kts 1004 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
34 kts 42 kts ATMS-N20  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 1913UTC 44 kts 1001 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-20 28  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
23Jul2026 2110UTC 42 kts 998 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
23Jul2026 1800UTC 35 kts 156 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
23Jul2026 2350UTC 28.79N 93.49W
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
GOES19 SWIR 1.00 deg ---%

TC Structure MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
23Jul2026 2300UTC 0% 0%
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
23Jul2026 1800UTC 20 kts 33 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs