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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 20W (Twenty)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0610UTC 33 kts 1006 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
CRVBND 2.3 2.3 2.7 3.2 -72.27C -50.18C
AiDT-V2
Date Time Vmax  
27Aug2026 0610UTC 37 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0540UTC 27 kts 1001 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
23 kts 31 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0300UTC 26 kts 1002 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
24 kts 29 kts ATMS-N20  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0218UTC 29 kts 1001 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
26 kts 33 kts AMSR2  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0205UTC 27 kts 1002 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
24 kts 30 kts ATMS-N21  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0259UTC 41 kts 1000 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-20 82  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
27Aug2026 0440UTC 38 kts 1003 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
27Aug2026 0000UTC 30 kts 134 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
1.6% 14.8% 6.5% 1.1% 0.1% 5.1% 28.4% 59.7%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
27Aug2026 0505UTC ---N --E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
SSMIS-18 89-92GHz 2.10 deg 6.8%

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
27Aug2026 000UTC 2 kts 177 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs