* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP942019 08/14/19 00 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 25% 26% LAT (deg N) 13.3 14.2 14.8 15.2 15.6 16.7 17.7 18.0 18.6 19.3 19.9 20.9 21.9 LON (deg W) 130.1 130.1 130.5 131.1 131.5 133.1 135.5 138.4 140.8 142.7 144.0 144.5 145.0 DTL (km) 2250 2176 2159 2175 2177 2233 2042 1733 1473 1268 1130 1085 1053 TRACK SOURCE AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 AP02 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 25% is 0.6 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 26% is 0.5 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 0.6 1.1% -2.0 1.5 0.6% VORTICITY 1.6 1.6 7.9% 1.5 1.2 6.4% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 9.6 8.6% 14.9 10.9 13.9% RH 79.1 71.6 3.4% 74.8 66.7 2.3% GOES 42.9 31.9 3.3% 42.8 31.9 2.4% DVORAK 0.9 0.5 1.1% 0.9 0.5 0.7% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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