*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP092019 08/12/19 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       35%                                 45%

LAT  (deg N)     18.5  18.9  19.0  19.3  17.6  17.0  17.1  16.6  17.2  16.7  16.5  16.5  16.8
LON  (deg W)    110.1 111.6 113.0 114.2 115.6 117.8 119.1 119.8 120.8 123.0 125.2 127.9 130.4
DTL  (km)         489   474   533   591   829  1037  1109  1199  1220  1425  1629  1827  2000
TRACK SOURCE     AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   35% is  0.8 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   45% is  0.8 times the sample mean (  56%)

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INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS 

               *******  48-HR ******   ******* 120-HR ******
                   AVG   TCGI   CONT       AVG   TCGI   CONT
DIVERGENCE        -2.0    0.6   1.4%      -2.0    0.8   2.3%
VORTICITY          1.6    0.9   6.9%       1.5    0.5   5.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   13.9   8.8%      14.9   10.8  20.9%
RH                79.1   70.4   4.0%      74.8   71.8   4.2%
GOES              42.9   45.4   6.1%      42.8   45.4   5.3%
DVORAK             0.9    1.5   8.1%       0.9    1.5   6.1%

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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