*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP912020 09/11/20 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       41%                                 73%

LAT  (deg N)     17.7  17.3  17.1  16.8  16.5  17.7  17.5  17.4  17.3  17.2  16.8  16.5  16.2
LON  (deg W)    115.6 116.1 116.8 117.2 117.7 116.5 117.6 119.0 120.5 122.1 123.9 126.0 128.1
DTL  (km)         821   890   958  1012  1074   889   982  1072  1191  1318  1499  1692  1865
TRACK SOURCE     AP09  AP09  AP09  AP09  AP09  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   41% is  1.0 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   73% is  1.3 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   -0.3   2.5%      -2.0   -1.3   8.6%
VORTICITY          1.6    2.1  13.7%       1.5    2.3  22.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9    7.4  13.3%      14.9   10.4  29.2%
RH                79.1   72.8   5.2%      74.8   69.3   5.3%
GOES              42.9   11.3   1.5%      42.8   11.3   1.7%
DVORAK             0.9    1.0   5.2%       0.9    1.0   5.0%

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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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