* GFS version * * ATLANTIC 2020 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * INVEST AL992020 08/30/20 18 UTC * TIME (HR) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 V (KT) NO LAND 25 26 27 29 32 38 44 52 59 64 69 74 79 85 87 92 94 V (KT) LAND 25 26 27 29 32 38 44 52 59 64 69 74 52 35 29 28 27 V (KT) LGEM 25 25 26 27 28 30 34 39 46 53 62 72 54 35 29 N/A N/A Storm Type TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 12 15 15 16 17 13 17 7 13 8 6 9 11 5 12 N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 4 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 -3 0 3 4 4 N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 70 79 81 64 54 61 27 342 358 6 59 310 22 7 27 N/A N/A SST (C) 29.0 29.0 28.9 28.8 28.8 28.6 28.8 28.9 28.6 28.8 29.3 30.3 31.0 29.7 29.2 N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 153 153 151 150 149 146 149 151 147 150 158 172 172 163 154 N/A N/A ADJ. POT. INT. 153 153 151 150 149 144 146 148 143 147 156 172 172 155 144 N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -52.7 -52.8 -53.3 -53.7 -53.3 -53.3 -53.2 -53.0 -53.1 -52.9 -53.0 -52.9 -53.1 -53.1 -53.2 N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 10 9 8 8 10 9 11 11 10 9 10 9 9 7 8 N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 64 66 64 63 64 67 66 69 66 70 69 72 71 77 76 N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 10 9 8 7 7 6 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR 94 80 60 65 74 80 82 77 58 62 64 77 72 73 45 N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 46 70 68 73 49 46 37 38 42 39 16 51 55 66 35 N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 4 4 4 3 7 6 7 7 -3 2 5 1 3 6 5 N/A N/A LAND (KM) 211 270 293 255 233 268 267 167 177 255 96 84 -108 -211 -119 N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 12.6 xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x LONG(DEG W) 64.0 xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x STM SPEED (KT) 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 8 7 N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 46 42 43 45 46 58 55 114 74 58 59 67 43 8 13 N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFPI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):280/ 15 CX,CY: -14/ 3 T-12 MAX WIND: 25 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 522 (MEAN=620) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 12.5 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 84.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 6.7 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTENSITY CHANGE 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAMPLE MEAN CHANGE 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 12. 13. 14. 14. 15. 16. SST POTENTIAL -0. -1. -1. -1. 2. 8. 16. 21. 26. 29. 33. 37. 41. 43. 45. 44. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 3. 3. 3. 4. 3. 4. 4. 4. 5. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. 1. 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. 9. 10. 11. 11. 11. 11. PERSISTENCE -0. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -1. -0. 200/250 MB TEMP. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 1. 2. THETA_E EXCESS 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -5. -5. -5. -5. -6. -6. -5. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -7. -8. -10. -11. -12. -13. -13. -13. -13. -13. -13. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 200 MB DIVERGENCE 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. 850-700 T ADVEC -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. ZONAL STORM MOTION -0. -0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. GOES PREDICTORS 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -0. 1. 1. 2. 1. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL CHANGE 1. 2. 4. 7. 13. 19. 27. 34. 39. 44. 49. 54. 60. 62. 67. 69. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 25. LAT, LON: 12.6 64.0 ** 2020 ATLANTIC RI INDEX AL992020 INVEST 08/30/20 18 UTC ** (SHIPS-RII PREDICTOR TABLE for 30 KT OR MOREMAXIMUM WIND INCREASE IN NEXT 24-h) Predictor Value RI Predictor Range Scaled Value(0-1) % Contribution 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 0.0 -49.5 to 33.0 0.60 4.7 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 14.9 30.1 to 2.3 0.55 1.7 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 44.4 0.0 to 151.8 0.29 0.8 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 12.5 36.6 to 2.8 0.71 2.3 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 25.0 22.5 to 137.5 0.07 0.1 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : 0.5 2.9 to -2.9 0.41 0.9 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 108.2 895.4 to -55.0 0.83 1.7 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 126.2 27.5 to 139.6 0.88 0.7 D200 (10**7s-1) : 61.2 -29.7 to 185.9 0.42 0.2 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 0.0 100.0 to 0.0 1.00 0.2 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 6% is 1.2 times climatological mean ( 5.0%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 19% is 1.7 times climatological mean (10.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 13% is 1.9 times climatological mean ( 6.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 35kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 10% is 2.5 times climatological mean ( 3.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 40kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 2.5%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 11% is 2.4 times climatological mean ( 4.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 65kt/ 72hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 5.2%) 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: 5.9% 19.0% 13.3% 9.7% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% Logistic: 4.1% 20.5% 9.1% 6.2% 6.5% 14.8% 18.8% 54.4% Bayesian: 0.4% 23.9% 2.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7% 1.4% 22.1% Consensus: 3.5% 21.1% 8.4% 5.4% 2.2% 5.2% 10.4% 25.5% DTOPS: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) AL992020 INVEST 08/30/20 18 UTC ## ## STORM NOT ANNULAR, SCREENING STEP FAILED, NPASS=4 NFAIL=3 ## ## 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 AL992020 INVEST 08/30/2020 18 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 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 >24HR AGO (DSHIPS) 25 26 27 29 32 38 44 52 59 64 69 74 52 35 29 28 27 18HR AGO 25 24 25 27 30 36 42 50 57 62 67 72 50 33 27 26 25 12HR AGO 25 22 21 23 26 32 38 46 53 58 63 68 46 29 23 22 21 6HR AGO 25 19 16 15 18 24 30 38 45 50 55 60 38 21 15 DIS DIS NOW CURRENT INTENSITY < 83 KT IN 6HR INTENSITY IN 6HR < 83 KT IN 12HR INTENSITY IN 12HR < 83 KT