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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 15S (Ewetse)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
21Jan2026 2230UTC 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  
21Jan2026 0830UTC 40 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
21Jan2026 2230UTC 33 kts 997 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
30 kts 37 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
21Jan2026 2212UTC 26 kts 1001 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
24 kts 29 kts ATMS-N20  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
21Jan2026 2212UTC 46 kts 995 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-20 42  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
21Jan2026 0830UTC 40 kts 998 hPa
Consensus Members
3 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
21Jan2026 1800UTC 25 kts 9999 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
0.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 1.9% 1.5%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
20Jan2026 1927UTC -24.48S 41.91E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
Metop-C ASCAT --- deg ---%

TC Structure 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
21Jan2026 1800UTC 10 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