*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP952018 06/23/18 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       32%                                 55%

LAT  (deg N)     12.8  13.1  13.7  14.5  15.5  17.8  19.4  20.6  21.0  21.1  20.8  20.6  20.5
LON  (deg W)    115.8 115.9 115.9 115.9 115.9 116.3 117.6 120.0 122.9 125.9 128.3 130.3 131.9
DTL  (km)        1285  1250  1195  1119  1025   865   809   914  1099  1329  1559  1749  1897
TRACK SOURCE     TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   32% is  0.7 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   55% is  1.0 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   -0.1   1.9%      -2.0    0.0   4.2%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.3   8.1%       1.5    1.6  13.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   14.7   7.9%      14.9   11.6  23.9%
RH                79.1   72.6   4.3%      74.8   62.5   3.4%
GOES              42.9   43.1   5.4%      42.8   43.1   5.8%
DVORAK             0.9    1.0   4.4%       0.9    1.0   4.1%

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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         = TAFB Dvorak T-number 

Version 2.1, February 2018