* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP912021 05/30/21 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 56% 81% LAT (deg N) 9.4 9.2 9.5 9.9 10.2 11.3 12.0 12.2 13.1 13.4 13.5 14.2 15.1 LON (deg W) 103.6 105.4 106.3 108.2 108.2 110.1 111.3 113.3 114.8 116.4 117.1 118.7 120.2 DTL (km) 915 1017 1017 1070 1041 1049 1061 1195 1201 1253 1285 1332 1357 TRACK SOURCE AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 56% is 1.3 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 81% is 1.4 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 -3.1 6.7% -2.0 -2.4 12.1% VORTICITY 1.6 1.2 11.5% 1.5 1.5 17.3% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 7.5 16.0% 14.9 10.4 31.1% RH 79.1 86.1 7.5% 74.8 80.0 7.5% GOES 42.9 22.3 3.9% 42.8 22.3 3.7% DVORAK 0.9 1.5 10.9% 0.9 1.5 9.0% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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