*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP942019 08/15/19 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       16%                                 21%

LAT  (deg N)     15.2  15.0  15.4  15.7  15.9  16.2  16.4  16.8  16.8  16.4  16.1  16.2  16.8
LON  (deg W)    133.9 135.5 136.7 138.9 140.2 142.4 144.5 145.5 146.9 147.8 149.0 150.8 152.7
DTL  (km)        2267  2108  1972  1736  1596  1361  1142  1026   886   816   720   559   373
TRACK SOURCE     AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03  AP03

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   16% is  0.4 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   21% is  0.4 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   0.8%      -2.0    1.0   1.1%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.4   5.2%       1.5    0.9   4.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9    7.5   6.8%      14.9   10.3  12.6%
RH                79.1   71.9   2.5%      74.8   65.3   2.0%
GOES              42.9    5.2   0.3%      42.8    5.2   0.3%
DVORAK             0.9    0.5   0.8%       0.9    0.5   0.6%

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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

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