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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tropical Cyclone 29W (Champi)
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Current Intensity Estimates ADT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0710UTC 53 kts 998 hPa
Scene CI# FT# AdjT# RawT# Eye T Cloud T
UNIFRM 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 -31.82C -67.01C
AiDT-V2
Date Time Vmax  
16Oct2026 0710UTC 50 kts  
 
DPRINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0710UTC 43 kts NaN hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75%    
38 kts 50 kts    
DMINT
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0306UTC 44 kts 996 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
39 kts 49 kts ATMS-N21  
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0222UTC 39 kts 997 hPa
Vmax 25% Vmax 75% MW Instr.  
35 kts 44 kts ATMS-N20  
MW Sounders
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0305UTC 43 kts 990 hPa
  Satellite FOV  
  NOAA-21 57  
SATCON
Date Time Vmax MSLP
16Oct2026 0410UTC 47 kts 992 hPa
Consensus Members
2 (ADT+Sounders)

RI Forecast AI-RI
Date Time Current Vmax Current MPI
15Oct2026 1800UTC 40 kts 9999 kts
20kt/12h 25kt/24h 30kt/24h 35kt/24h 40kt/24h 45kt/36h 55kt/48h 65kt/72h
5.7% 31.8% 23.4% 11.5% 10.1% 20.9% 19.9% 39.1%

Position Estimates ARCHER
Date Time Latitude Longitude
16Oct2026 0611UTC 10.86N 152.53E
Satellite Sensor Eye Diameter Eye Cert %
GMI 89-92GHz 1.20 deg 100.0%

TC Structure MPERC
Date Time Prob. ERC onset
Full Model		 Prob. ERC onset
V-based
16Oct2026 0600UTC 0% 0%
 
MIMIC-TPW
 
MIMIC-TC
 
Shear Analysis
Date Time Shear Magnitude
 Shear Direction
16Oct2026 600UTC 13 kts 33 deg
Deep-layer vertical wind shear interpolated to storm center derived from the CIMSS AMV-aided analyses with vortex removed
TC-Scale AMVs