* ATLANTIC SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * IRMA AL112017 09/11/17 12 UTC * TIME (HR) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 V (KT) NO LAND 60 52 44 37 29 17 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS V (KT) LAND 60 47 38 33 30 28 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS V (KT) LGEM 60 47 38 33 30 28 27 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS Storm Type TROP TROP EXTP TROP TROP SUBT SUBT N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 33 38 42 44 40 26 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 8 1 1 -5 -3 -3 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 223 213 211 210 211 190 226 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 29.3 28.8 27.7 27.0 26.0 24.5 23.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 159 150 134 125 114 100 93 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ADJ. POT. INT. 143 133 117 109 98 85 80 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -50.0 -49.4 -49.1 -48.9 -49.2 -49.7 -50.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 62 57 53 48 47 46 46 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 43 39 34 29 25 19 16 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR 142 138 152 150 153 99 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 110 92 51 19 7 31 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 81 81 49 24 8 0 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) -50 -100 -222 -287 -378 -489 -610 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 29.6 30.9 32.1 33.0 33.9 35.1 36.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 82.7 83.6 84.4 85.5 86.6 88.3 89.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 15 14 13 13 11 7 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):340/ 15 CX,CY: -4/ 14 T-12 MAX WIND: 90 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 573 (MEAN=618) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 12.6 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 28.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 55 KT IN 48 HR): 0.0 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTENSITY CHANGE 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 ---------------------------------------------------------- SAMPLE MEAN CHANGE 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 13. SST POTENTIAL 1. 2. 2. 2. -1. -5. -7. -8. -9. -9. -11. -12. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG -2. -4. -6. -8. -11. -10. -14. -17. -20. -22. -24. -24. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. PERSISTENCE -7. -10. -11. -12. -10. -10. -9. -6. -3. 0. 3. 5. 200/250 MB TEMP. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -4. -5. -6. -7. -9. -11. -13. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -1. -2. -2. -2. -3. -3. -4. -5. -6. -7. -8. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -1. -4. -9. -14. -26. -33. -37. -38. -39. -40. -41. -40. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 5. 6. 7. 8. 200 MB DIVERGENCE 0. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. 850-700 T ADVEC -0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. ZONAL STORM MOTION -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -2. -2. -2. -3. -4. -4. -4. -3. -3. -2. -2. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -0. ---------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE -8. -16. -23. -31. -43. -52. -56. -58. -58. -58. -58. -60. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 60. LAT, LON: 29.6 82.7 ** 2017 ATLANTIC RI INDEX AL112017 IRMA 09/11/17 12 UTC ** (SHIPS-RII PREDICTOR TABLE for 30 KT OR MORE MAXIMUM WIND INCREASE IN NEXT 24-h) Predictor Value RI Predictor Range Scaled Value(0-1) % Contribution 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT): -30.0 -49.5 to 33.0 0.24 999.0 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 39.5 30.1 to 2.9 0.00 0.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/cm2) : 11.2 0.0 to 156.2 0.07 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : -1.6 2.4 to -3.0 0.75 999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 12.6 36.6 to 2.8 0.71 999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (kt) : 60.0 22.5 to 121.0 0.97 999.0 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 59.9 28.4 to 139.6 0.28 999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : 55.8 -29.7 to 181.5 0.40 999.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (w/m2): 251.8 961.4 to -67.1 0.69 999.0 % AREA WITH TPW <45 mm: 31.9 100.0 to 0.0 0.68 999.0 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 2% is 0.3 times sample mean ( 5.4%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean (11.5%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 7.4%) SHIPS Prob RI for 35kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 4.3%) SHIPS Prob RI for 40kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 2.8%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 5.1%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 5.3%) SHIPS Prob RI for 65kt/ 72hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times sample mean ( 6.0%) Matrix of RI probabilities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RI (kt / h) | 20/12 | 25/24 | 30/24 | 35/24 | 40/24 | 45/36 | 55/48 |65/72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIPS-RII: 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 999.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bayesian: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 999.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 999.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 999.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) AL112017 IRMA 09/11/17 12 UTC ## ## STORM NOT ANNULAR, SCREENING STEP FAILED, NPASS=3 NFAIL=4 ## ## AHI= 0 (AHI OF 100 IS BEST FIT TO ANN. STRUC., 1 IS MARGINAL, 0 IS NOT ANNULAR) ## ** PROBLTY OF AT LEAST 1 SCNDRY EYEWL FORMTN EVENT AL112017 IRMA 09/11/2017 12 UTC ** TIME(HR) 0-12 12-24(0-24) 24-36(0-36) 36-48(0-48) CLIMO(%) 0 0( 0) 0( 0) 0( 0) <-- PROB BASED ON INTENSITY ONLY PROB(%) 0 0( 0) 0( 0) 0( 0) <-- FULL MODEL PROB (RAN NORMALLY) ** DSHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO ONSET OF ERC WEAKENING PHASE ** TIME (HR) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 >24HR AGO (DSHIPS) 60 47 38 33 30 28 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS 18HR AGO 60 59 50 45 42 40 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS 12HR AGO 60 57 56 51 48 46 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 6HR AGO 60 54 51 50 47 45 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 NOW CURRENT INTENSITY < 83 KT IN 6HR INTENSITY IN 6HR < 83 KT IN 12HR INTENSITY IN 12HR < 83 KT