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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 12W (Dolphin)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
06Aug2026 1700UTC 63 kts 970 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
CRVBND 3.9 3.3 3.2 2.0 13.25C -27.53C
AiDT-V2
Date Time Vmax  
06Aug2026 1700UTC 73 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
06Aug2026 1700UTC 76 kts 961 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
70 kts 82 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
06Aug2026 1410UTC 75 kts 969 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
70 kts 80 kts GMI  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
06Aug2026 0436UTC 111 kts 921 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-20 71  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
06Aug2026 0630UTC 84 kts 949 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
06Aug2026 1200UTC 80 kts 107 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
2.2% 4.5% 3.4% 1.4% 2.1% 3.7% 0.8% 0.8%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
06Aug2026 1414UTC 26.57N 131.11E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
GMI 37GHz 2.50 deg ---%

TC Structure MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
06Aug2026 1400UTC 16% 6%
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
06Aug2026 1200UTC 9 kts 75 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs