*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP082021 07/31/21 00 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       99%                                 99%

LAT  (deg N)     12.8  12.8  12.8  13.3  13.9  14.9  16.2  17.9  19.8  20.6  19.7  20.3  20.4
LON  (deg W)    114.0 115.3 116.6 117.5 118.6 120.9 123.4 125.5 127.6 130.4 132.1 134.0 136.1
DTL  (km)        1199  1254  1321  1328  1349  1420  1499  1538  1559  1753  1958  2085  1955
TRACK SOURCE     AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08  AP08

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   99% is  2.3 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   99% is  1.8 times the sample mean (  56%)

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INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS 

               *******  48-HR ******   ******* 120-HR ******
                   AVG   TCGI   CONT       AVG   TCGI   CONT
DIVERGENCE        -2.0   -4.3  10.2%      -2.0   -1.3   8.6%
VORTICITY          1.6    2.6  23.9%       1.5    3.2  30.0%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9    7.3  19.9%      14.9    8.4  30.5%
RH                79.1   85.9   9.5%      74.8   78.8   7.1%
GOES              42.9   47.5  10.6%      42.8   47.5   7.6%
DVORAK             0.9    2.5  24.5%       0.9    2.5  15.6%

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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