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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 18P (Eighteen)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
29Jan2026 0500UTC 49 kts 989 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
CRVBND 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.3 -3.09C -20.69C
AiDT
Date Time Vmax  
29Jan2026 0500UTC 43 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
29Jan2026 0500UTC 44 kts 992 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
38 kts 51 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
29Jan2026 0141UTC 61 kts 979 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
55 kts 68 kts ATMS-N20  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
29Jan2026 0231UTC 36 kts 990 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-21 80  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
29Jan2026 0400UTC 48 kts 987 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
29Jan2026 0000UTC 55 kts 9999 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
28Jan2026 2106UTC -21.88S 173.48E
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
29Jan2026 000UTC 32 kts 2 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs