*         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                                       28%                                 36%

LAT  (deg N)     14.8  15.0  15.8  16.6  17.2  18.0  18.2  18.7  19.5  20.4  20.7  21.0  21.2
LON  (deg W)    127.7 128.5 129.2 130.0 130.7 132.9 135.4 137.9 140.0 142.1 143.9 145.0 145.8
DTL  (km)        1953  1993  1981  1982  1996  2131  2045  1776  1550  1330  1145  1035   956
TRACK SOURCE     AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   28% is  0.6 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   36% is  0.6 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    0.2   1.5%      -2.0    0.9   1.7%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.7   9.0%       1.5    1.7  10.7%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   10.2   8.9%      14.9   14.5  16.5%
RH                79.1   71.5   3.6%      74.8   68.5   3.2%
GOES              42.9   31.9   3.5%      42.8   31.9   3.1%
DVORAK             0.9    0.5   1.1%       0.9    0.5   0.9%

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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