* ATLANTIC 2018 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * JOYCE AL102018 09/16/18 06 UTC * TIME (HR) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 V (KT) NO LAND 35 35 36 37 38 40 39 37 33 30 26 24 22 V (KT) LAND 35 35 36 37 38 40 39 37 33 30 26 24 22 V (KT) LGEM 35 33 32 31 30 30 30 30 30 DIS DIS DIS DIS Storm Type TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP EXTP TROP TROP N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 38 37 38 39 36 33 32 34 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 0 -3 -4 -2 -2 0 0 -1 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 232 238 245 261 272 272 273 266 254 N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 27.2 27.1 26.8 26.4 26.0 25.4 24.9 24.7 24.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 128 127 124 119 115 108 103 101 102 N/A N/A N/A N/A ADJ. POT. INT. 112 111 108 103 99 92 89 86 87 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -55.6 -55.7 -55.7 -56.1 -56.6 -57.0 -57.1 -56.8 -56.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 30 29 28 25 27 30 32 30 32 N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 11 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -25 -59 -77 -83 -90 -56 -37 -21 -13 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV -9 -7 -4 5 7 -11 -23 -11 -20 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 0 -2 -6 -6 -3 -6 -8 -2 -4 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 1980 2072 2042 1901 1762 1547 1341 1285 1335 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 33.8 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.1 33.9 32.2 31.0 30.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 37.0 35.3 33.5 31.8 30.2 27.7 26.3 26.3 27.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 14 15 14 14 12 9 8 5 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9999 9999 9999 9999 FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT): 60/ 15 CX,CY: 13/ 7 T-12 MAX WIND: 40 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 702 (MEAN=619) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 7.5 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 6.0 (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. 12. 13. SST POTENTIAL 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. 8. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 1. 2. 3. 3. 2. -2. -10. -17. -24. -31. -35. -39. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. PERSISTENCE -2. -2. -3. -3. -2. -1. -1. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 200/250 MB TEMP. 0. 1. 2. 2. 4. 6. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. THETA_E EXCESS 0. 0. 0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. 700-500 MB RH 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. 9. 9. 8. MODEL VTX TENDENCY 0. -1. -2. -3. -3. -4. -5. -7. -8. -10. -10. -11. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY 0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -4. -4. -5. -5. -6. -7. 200 MB DIVERGENCE 0. 0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -1. 1. 2. 850-700 T ADVEC 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. ZONAL STORM MOTION 0. 0. 0. 0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -6. -7. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 0. -1. -1. 0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -1. -1. -1. -1. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -2. -2. -3. -4. -5. -6. -6. -6. -6. -5. -6. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. RI POTENTIAL 0. 0. 0. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -1. 0. 0. ---------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE 0. 1. 2. 3. 5. 4. 2. -2. -5. -9. -11. -13. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 35. LAT, LON: 33.8 37.0 ** 2018 ATLANTIC RI INDEX AL102018 JOYCE 09/16/18 06 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) : -5.0 -49.5 to 38.5 0.51 999.0 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 37.8 30.1 to 2.3 0.00 0.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 0.0 0.0 to 157.3 0.00 0.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 7.5 36.6 to 2.8 0.86 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : -0.8 2.9 to -2.9 0.64 999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 35.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.34 999.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 390.8 893.2 to -67.1 0.52 999.0 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 71.4 28.4 to 141.4 0.38 999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : -1.6 -29.7 to 185.9 0.13 999.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 93.4 100.0 to 0.0 0.07 999.0 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 4% is 0.8 times climatological mean ( 5.0%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 8% is 0.7 times climatological mean (10.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 6.7%) SHIPS Prob RI for 35kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 3.8%) SHIPS Prob RI for 40kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 2.4%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.5%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 65kt/ 72hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 5.4%) 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: 3.8% 7.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bayesian: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 1.4% 2.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% DTOPS: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) AL102018 JOYCE 09/16/18 06 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) ## CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANNULAR INDEX ** PROBLTY OF AT LEAST 1 SCNDRY EYEWL FORMTN EVENT AL102018 JOYCE 09/16/2018 06 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) 35 35 36 37 38 40 39 37 33 30 26 24 22 18HR AGO 35 34 35 36 37 39 38 36 32 29 25 23 21 12HR AGO 35 32 31 32 33 35 34 32 28 25 21 19 17 6HR AGO 35 29 26 25 26 28 27 25 21 18 DIS DIS DIS NOW CURRENT INTENSITY < 83 KT IN 6HR INTENSITY IN 6HR < 83 KT IN 12HR INTENSITY IN 12HR < 83 KT