* 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 82% 95% LAT (deg N) 12.6 13.3 13.6 13.7 14.1 15.0 15.6 16.5 17.5 18.3 18.3 18.4 19.2 LON (deg W) 111.9 113.2 114.6 115.6 116.8 119.0 121.4 123.6 126.3 128.5 130.5 131.2 132.6 DTL (km) 1055 1108 1141 1180 1212 1290 1394 1493 1628 1737 1904 1957 2032 TRACK SOURCE AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 AP25 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 82% is 1.9 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 -3.8 8.8% -2.0 -2.0 10.9% VORTICITY 1.6 1.9 18.1% 1.5 2.8 27.8% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 7.8 18.4% 14.9 10.9 30.2% RH 79.1 85.5 9.2% 74.8 83.4 6.0% GOES 42.9 45.5 9.6% 42.8 45.5 7.6% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 17.9% 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