* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP992019 07/27/19 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 69% 84% LAT (deg N) 11.5 11.5 10.9 9.8 10.4 10.9 10.4 9.9 10.6 11.4 11.8 12.5 13.5 LON (deg W) 123.7 125.0 128.1 130.9 132.4 135.9 139.7 143.0 146.3 150.0 153.4 156.9 160.0 DTL (km) 1906 1995 2275 2583 2608 2240 1910 1657 1345 1027 823 724 760 TRACK SOURCE AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 AP20 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 69% is 1.6 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 84% is 1.5 times the sample mean ( 56%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS ******* 48-HR ****** ******* 120-HR ****** AVG TCGI CONT AVG TCGI CONT DIVERGENCE -2.0 -3.7 8.3% -2.0 -2.4 12.4% VORTICITY 1.6 0.9 10.4% 1.5 0.9 12.1% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 6.0 19.0% 14.9 7.2 33.8% RH 79.1 77.4 8.7% 74.8 76.0 7.2% GOES 42.9 52.8 10.7% 42.8 52.8 9.2% DVORAK 0.9 1.5 12.2% 0.9 1.5 9.2% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREDICTOR DEFINITIONS (Averaged Over 500 km Radius) GENESIS CLIM = Climatological Prob (%) of Genesis (Source: NHC-TAFB Invest Database) DIVERGENCE = GFS 850 hPa Horizontal Divergence (x10-7 s-1) VORTICITY = GFS 850 hPa Vorticity (x10-6 s-1) VERTICAL SHEAR = GFS 200-850 hPa Vertical Shear (kt) RH = GFS 600-850 hPa Relative Humidity (%) GOES = GOES Water Vapor Pixels Colder than -40C (%) DVORAK = Dvorak T-number, source: TAFB Version 3.0, July 2018