* 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 74% 92% LAT (deg N) 11.8 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.5 13.1 13.4 14.0 13.9 13.9 14.0 14.4 LON (deg W) 109.5 110.4 111.5 113.0 113.9 115.4 117.3 119.4 121.3 123.1 124.5 126.0 127.4 DTL (km) 968 993 1001 1134 1223 1289 1334 1448 1526 1658 1761 1871 1958 TRACK SOURCE AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 AP10 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 74% is 1.7 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 92% is 1.6 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 -4.2 9.2% -2.0 -3.8 16.0% VORTICITY 1.6 1.5 14.8% 1.5 2.1 22.3% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 5.4 19.7% 14.9 9.4 32.2% RH 79.1 84.6 9.6% 74.8 85.8 5.3% GOES 42.9 19.2 3.7% 42.8 19.2 3.2% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 17.5% 0.9 2.0 13.0% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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