* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP902019 07/28/19 06 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 71% 71% LAT (deg N) 10.4 10.9 11.3 11.6 12.0 12.1 12.3 12.5 14.3 14.9 15.7 16.1 16.0 LON (deg W) 105.3 107.2 109.8 111.5 113.6 116.3 118.9 121.4 121.8 124.2 126.5 128.7 131.2 DTL (km) 886 920 1032 1109 1234 1373 1508 1669 1536 1660 1797 1920 2116 TRACK SOURCE AP12 AP12 AP12 AP12 AP12 AP12 AP12 AP12 TABM TABM TABM TABM TABM TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 71% is 1.6 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 71% is 1.3 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 0.1 2.8% -2.0 0.4 4.3% VORTICITY 1.6 2.1 18.6% 1.5 1.2 14.5% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 10.5 15.9% 14.9 18.5 26.1% RH 79.1 81.2 10.1% 74.8 74.6 6.8% GOES 42.9 79.1 16.3% 42.8 79.1 13.7% DVORAK 0.9 1.0 7.1% 0.9 1.0 5.3% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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