*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP092021 08/02/21 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       43%                                 46%

LAT  (deg N)     12.8  13.2  13.4  13.7  14.0  14.3  14.5  14.9  15.4  15.4  15.0  14.9  14.8
LON  (deg W)    131.5 132.0 132.9 133.4 133.6 134.3 135.1 135.6 136.6 137.3 138.1 139.0 140.4
DTL  (km)        2394  2400  2430  2368  2337  2254  2165  2101  1982  1910  1841  1753  1612
TRACK SOURCE     AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  AP02  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   43% is  1.0 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   46% is  0.8 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    3.3   0.0%      -2.0    1.8   0.5%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.9  13.2%       1.5    1.2  10.4%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   12.1  11.1%      14.9    9.4  22.0%
RH                79.1   75.0   5.9%      74.8   71.9   4.3%
GOES              42.9   24.3   3.6%      42.8   24.3   2.8%
DVORAK             0.9    1.5   9.2%       0.9    1.5   6.3%

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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

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