*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP992020 08/26/20 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       31%                                 65%

LAT  (deg N)     14.9  14.9  15.3  15.8  16.3  17.7  20.3  21.5  21.7  21.9  21.8  21.4  21.0
LON  (deg W)    117.4 117.2 116.5 115.8 115.2 113.2 112.1 114.1 116.1 117.0 117.9 118.2 118.3
DTL  (km)        1181  1167  1085   996   913   667   361   410   518   577   661   711   745
TRACK SOURCE     AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   31% is  0.7 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   65% is  1.2 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   2.0%      -2.0    0.3   4.1%
VORTICITY          1.6    3.2  15.9%       1.5    3.2  27.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   27.6   2.1%      14.9   23.0  20.2%
RH                79.1   78.6   5.5%      74.8   75.2   6.0%
GOES              42.9   12.9   1.4%      42.8   12.9   1.8%
DVORAK             0.9    1.0   4.3%       0.9    1.0   4.6%

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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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