* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2026 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * LALA CP012026 08/26/26 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 40 38 37 37 35 29 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LAND 40 38 37 37 35 29 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LGEM 40 39 38 37 35 29 23 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Storm Type TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP EXTP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 17 11 16 22 17 18 28 19 13 4 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 0 4 2 -4 -3 0 -3 5 -1 3 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 278 260 249 285 309 332 29 346 356 274 207 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 23.4 23.5 23.5 23.5 23.5 23.4 22.9 22.2 21.9 20.1 16.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 94 95 95 95 95 94 89 83 82 64 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -55.0 -54.7 -54.5 -54.6 -54.7 -54.4 -54.5 -53.8 -54.0 -54.2 -54.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 -1.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 44 45 44 45 46 45 44 42 43 44 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 23 23 23 23 22 20 16 13 9 6 8 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -11 -21 -30 -42 -50 -65 -91 -107 -135 -140 -37 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV -10 -8 -20 -30 0 -47 -43 -7 27 37 79 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 3 0 2 2 1 0 -4 -7 -6 1 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 2313 2286 2260 2224 2188 2142 2142 2054 1822 1525 1210 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 35.9 36.3 36.6 37.1 37.5 38.2 38.6 39.3 40.9 43.7 47.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 178.2 178.5 178.7 179.0 179.2 179.8 180.7 182.2 183.9 184.9 185.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 8 12 16 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):320/ 4 CX,CY: -2/ 3 T-12 MAX WIND: 40 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 679 (MEAN=586) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 21.4 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 36.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 0.2 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTENSITY CHANGE 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAMPLE MEAN CHANGE 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. SST POTENTIAL -2. -6. -9. -14. -24. -34. -43. -50. -58. -57. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 1. 4. 7. 10. 17. 26. 33. 34. 33. 36. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 3. 1. 0. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. PERSISTENCE -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200/250 MB TEMP. 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 1. -0. -1. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. -6. -8. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. MODEL VTX TENDENCY 0. 0. 0. -0. -2. -6. -12. -19. -23. -20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 3. 4. 4. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -3. -4. -4. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 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. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. -5. -6. -6. -6. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -2. -4. -4. -2. -0. 1. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE -2. -3. -3. -5. -11. -19. -32. -45. -57. -49. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 40. LAT, LON: 35.9 178.2 **2026 E. Pacific RI INDEX CP012026 LALA 08/26/26 18 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 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 54.6 30.0 to 148.5 0.21 0.6 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 0.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.33 0.9 MULTI-LAYER SHEAR (KT) : 24.6 34.9 to 7.7 0.38 0.9 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 339.6 800.8 to -82.5 0.52 -1.1 D200 (10**7s-1) : -13.6 -33.0 to 170.5 0.10 0.2 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 40.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.50 0.9 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 21.4 37.8 to 2.1 0.46 0.7 OCEAN HEAT CONTENT(KJ/CM2) : 0.0 0.0 to 107.8 0.00 0.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 51.9 60.4 to 0.0 0.14 0.1 Avg. IR BT 0-120 km (deg C) : -28.2 -15.6 to -90.4 0.17 -0.0 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 3% is 0.5 times climatological mean ( 6.3%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 5% is 0.4 times climatological mean (12.5%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 3% is 0.4 times climatological mean ( 8.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 35kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 6.2%) SHIPS Prob RI for 40kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.2%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 6.7%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 5.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 65kt/ 72hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.7%) 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: 3.3% 5.4% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 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: 1.1% 1.8% 1.1% 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% SDCON: 0.5% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) CP012026 LALA 08/26/26 18 UTC ## ## STORM NOT ANNULAR, SCREENING STEP FAILED, NPASS=2 NFAIL=5 ## ## AHI= 0 (AHI OF 100 IS BEST FIT TO ANN. STRUC., 1 IS MARGINAL, 0 IS NOT ANNULAR) ##