*         NE PACIFIC TC GENESIS INDEX          *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           EP922018 10/29/18 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       33%                                 53%

LAT  (deg N)     11.1  11.1  11.2  11.3  11.5  12.0  12.7  13.4  13.8  14.5  15.4  15.6  15.4
LON  (deg W)    107.2 108.4 109.6 110.9 111.9 113.9 115.7 117.9 120.5 121.9 122.1 122.6 123.4
DTL  (km)         900   967  1031  1097  1146  1259  1283  1345  1494  1522  1461  1482  1559
TRACK SOURCE     AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   33% is  0.8 times the sample mean (  44%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   53% is  0.9 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   1.8%      -2.0    0.4   3.3%
VORTICITY          1.6    1.0   7.4%       1.5    1.2  11.4%
VERTICAL SHEAR    12.9   11.2   9.8%      14.9    9.8  24.1%
RH                79.1   76.3   5.3%      74.8   81.2   5.4%
GOES              42.9   36.8   4.7%      42.8   36.8   4.8%
DVORAK             0.9    1.0   4.5%       0.9    1.0   4.0%

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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 2.1, February 2018