* 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% 94% LAT (deg N) 11.7 12.4 12.7 12.5 12.4 13.6 14.3 14.8 15.6 16.3 16.4 16.9 17.4 LON (deg W) 108.4 109.5 111.2 112.5 113.4 115.2 118.1 119.7 121.7 124.2 125.9 127.4 129.1 DTL (km) 911 910 995 1109 1188 1170 1280 1354 1416 1557 1692 1758 1851 TRACK SOURCE AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 AP06 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 77% is 1.8 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 94% 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 -3.4 8.1% -2.0 -2.1 11.2% VORTICITY 1.6 2.0 18.3% 1.5 2.9 29.1% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 6.9 18.7% 14.9 9.2 31.6% RH 79.1 83.6 10.3% 74.8 83.2 6.2% GOES 42.9 19.2 3.7% 42.8 19.2 3.2% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 17.6% 0.9 2.0 12.7% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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