* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP902021 07/30/21 00 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 77% 98% LAT (deg N) 12.2 12.8 12.9 12.9 13.2 13.8 14.3 14.9 15.0 15.2 16.4 19.9 19.9 LON (deg W) 109.0 110.8 111.9 112.8 114.0 116.0 117.9 119.5 121.4 122.4 122.3 123.2 126.5 DTL (km) 902 958 1031 1103 1157 1192 1267 1332 1445 1500 1397 1210 1461 TRACK SOURCE AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 AP01 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 77% is 1.8 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 98% is 1.7 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 -4.6 9.8% -2.0 -5.0 18.3% VORTICITY 1.6 1.9 17.8% 1.5 3.3 31.0% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 7.0 18.7% 14.9 12.9 28.2% RH 79.1 84.5 9.7% 74.8 85.6 5.0% GOES 42.9 19.2 3.7% 42.8 19.2 3.0% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 17.6% 0.9 2.0 12.2% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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