Return to Homepage
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 12W (Dolphin)
Latest Real-Time CIMSS Product Summary
Current Time :     		NHC/JTWC
Click on product name to access the full product homepage for each specific storm
Mouse over images to enlarge; click to view in window
Product Latency Color Code : Less than 3 hours old   3 - 6 hours old   6 - 12 hours old   Greater than 12 hours old   Not Available
Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
10Aug2026 1100UTC 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-V2
Date Time Vmax  
09Aug2026 1030UTC 71 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
10Aug2026 1100UTC 27 kts NaN hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
24 kts 30 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
10Aug2026 0949UTC 24 kts NaN hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
20 kts 28 kts SSMISF17  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
10Aug2026 0731UTC 29 kts NaN hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
24 kts 35 kts SSMISF18  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
10Aug2026 0502UTC 42 kts 973 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-20 29  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
09Aug2026 1030UTC 62 kts 967 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
09Aug2026 1800UTC 55 kts 115 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
1.3% 9.0% 2.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
10Aug2026 0949UTC ---N --E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
SSMIS-17 89-92GHz 3.40 deg 0.5%

TC Structure MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
10Aug2026 0900UTC 0% 0%
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
10Aug2026 600UTC 6 kts 151 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs