* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP992021 07/30/21 00 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 60% 82% LAT (deg N) 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.3 12.3 12.1 11.3 11.7 12.9 13.7 15.9 18.2 LON (deg W) 123.8 124.7 125.8 126.3 126.4 126.7 127.2 128.3 128.6 128.9 128.8 128.1 129.2 DTL (km) 1725 1792 1878 1932 1956 2056 2111 2260 2253 2189 2123 1890 1802 TRACK SOURCE AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 60% is 1.4 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 82% is 1.5 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 -2.8 6.5% -2.0 -1.2 9.0% VORTICITY 1.6 2.4 19.0% 1.5 2.3 24.4% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 13.9 12.3% 14.9 13.9 29.2% RH 79.1 76.6 7.8% 74.8 77.8 7.4% GOES 42.9 18.1 3.2% 42.8 18.1 3.0% DVORAK 0.9 1.5 11.3% 0.9 1.5 9.1% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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