* NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * EP092021 08/03/21 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 65% 65% LAT (deg N) 13.1 13.5 14.0 14.5 14.9 15.9 16.8 18.1 19.8 21.3 22.3 22.8 22.4 LON (deg W) 133.1 133.0 132.8 132.7 132.9 133.2 133.4 133.9 135.1 137.5 140.0 142.6 145.8 DTL (km) 2421 2416 2401 2355 2342 2296 2252 2204 2061 1812 1567 1316 987 TRACK SOURCE AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 AP14 TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 65% is 1.5 times the sample mean ( 44%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 65% is 1.2 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 -0.8 3.9% -2.0 0.8 3.2% VORTICITY 1.6 2.2 18.8% 1.5 2.0 19.7% VERTICAL SHEAR 12.9 11.6 14.5% 14.9 21.9 22.2% RH 79.1 78.2 8.6% 74.8 72.6 5.9% GOES 42.9 13.5 2.4% 42.8 13.5 2.0% DVORAK 0.9 2.0 16.7% 0.9 2.0 11.9% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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