* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP902021 07/30/21 18 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 77% 95% LAT (deg N) 11.7 12.5 12.4 12.7 13.3 13.7 13.8 14.2 14.3 14.7 15.2 15.5 16.3 LON (deg W) 111.8 112.9 114.2 114.8 116.1 118.8 121.5 124.1 126.1 128.3 130.2 132.4 133.8 DTL (km) 1122 1141 1248 1241 1246 1380 1557 1707 1857 2004 2104 2257 2248 TRACK SOURCE AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 AP07 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 77% is 1.8 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 95% 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 -1.8 5.7% -2.0 -3.7 15.4% VORTICITY 1.6 2.0 18.2% 1.5 2.3 23.5% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 9.8 16.6% 14.9 11.3 30.0% RH 79.1 84.4 9.8% 74.8 84.5 5.6% GOES 42.9 45.5 9.4% 42.8 45.5 7.6% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 17.6% 0.9 2.0 12.6% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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