*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP992021 07/27/21 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       16%                                 38%

LAT  (deg N)     12.9  12.8  13.3  13.2  13.1  13.6  13.1  13.3  13.2  12.9  12.8  12.5  12.4
LON  (deg W)    115.8 116.9 118.0 118.9 119.5 121.3 123.4 125.5 127.2 129.6 132.3 135.3 138.1
DTL  (km)        1269  1338  1360  1430  1481  1562  1746  1885  2022  2245  2454  2226  1948
TRACK SOURCE     AP23  AP23  AP23  AP23  AP23  AP23  AP23  AP23  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   16% is  0.4 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   38% is  0.7 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   1.3%      -2.0   -1.0   4.9%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.2   4.8%       1.5    1.7  11.3%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   14.9   4.8%      14.9   18.2  15.8%
RH                79.1   73.3   2.7%      74.8   69.4   3.4%
GOES              42.9   18.8   1.4%      42.8   18.8   1.9%
DVORAK             0.9    0.5   0.8%       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