* 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 37% 61% LAT (deg N) 14.1 14.1 14.1 13.8 13.5 12.3 11.3 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.7 11.8 12.8 LON (deg W) 123.9 124.6 125.3 125.8 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.9 128.0 128.8 129.1 129.0 126.8 DTL (km) 1700 1753 1808 1870 1925 2025 2114 2167 2244 2299 2293 2278 2025 TRACK SOURCE AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 AP24 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 37% is 0.9 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 61% is 1.1 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 0.2 1.8% -2.0 -0.2 5.1% VORTICITY 1.6 2.2 13.0% 1.5 2.0 18.1% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 19.6 6.3% 14.9 19.6 21.1% RH 79.1 74.7 5.3% 74.8 77.1 6.1% GOES 42.9 18.1 2.4% 42.8 18.1 2.5% DVORAK 0.9 1.5 8.4% 0.9 1.5 7.6% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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