* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2020 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * POLO EP212020 11/18/20 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 40 41 39 37 35 31 26 23 21 20 21 23 25 26 28 28 29 V (KT) LAND 40 41 39 37 35 31 26 23 21 20 21 23 25 26 28 28 29 V (KT) LGEM 40 41 40 39 36 31 26 22 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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 13 13 15 17 17 15 8 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 4 7 7 4 3 4 3 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 249 261 267 270 267 263 289 265 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 27.3 26.9 26.5 26.4 26.3 25.7 25.5 25.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 137 133 129 127 126 121 119 119 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -53.7 -53.7 -53.9 -54.0 -54.2 -54.7 -54.7 -54.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 51 51 51 49 46 43 42 44 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -38 -28 -32 -38 -39 -38 -43 -37 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 14 5 -31 -61 -87 -29 -14 -20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 5 4 5 6 6 7 12 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 1007 1075 1125 1179 1238 1385 1571 1742 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 16.4 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 116.7 117.8 118.8 119.8 120.7 122.7 125.0 127.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 10 10 10 9 9 11 11 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):290/ 10 CX,CY: -8/ 3 T-12 MAX WIND: 35 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 671 (MEAN=587) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 16.3 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 78.0 (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. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 1. 1. 0. -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -5. SST POTENTIAL 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. 9. 11. 12. 13. 13. 12. 12. 11. 10. 10. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. -1. -2. -3. -3. -3. -3. -3. -3. -3. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -2. -1. -1. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -1. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR -1. -1. -2. -3. -5. -6. -8. -9. -9. -10. -10. -10. -9. -8. -7. -6. PERSISTENCE 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 200/250 MB TEMP. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 0. 0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -3. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -3. -4. -4. -5. -5. -5. -5. -5. -6. -6. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. -1. -2. -2. -3. -5. -8. -9. -10. -9. -9. -8. -8. -7. -6. -6. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 2. 2. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -6. -7. -7. -7. -6. -4. -3. -1. -0. 850-700 T ADVEC -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. -0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. ZONAL STORM MOTION 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 1. 1. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. -3. -4. -4. GOES PREDICTORS 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -0. -0. -0. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -2. -1. -1. -1. -0. 0. 1. 2. 3. 5. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. -3. -1. 1. 2. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL CHANGE 1. -1. -3. -5. -9. -14. -17. -19. -20. -19. -17. -15. -14. -12. -12. -11. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 40. LAT, LON: 16.4 116.7 ** 2020 E. Pacific RI INDEX EP212020 POLO 11/18/20 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 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 90.4 40.5 to 149.3 0.46 999.0 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 5.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.41 999.0 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 15.2 19.6 to 1.4 0.24 999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : -32.0 -33.0 to 160.6 0.01 999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 40.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.50 999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 16.3 37.8 to 2.1 0.60 999.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 1.8 2.7 to 106.7 0.00 0.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 282.4 800.8 to -82.5 0.59 999.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 50.1 56.6 to 0.0 0.11 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : 1.1 2.2 to -1.9 0.28 999.0 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 7% is 1.1 times climatological mean ( 6.3%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 10% is 0.8 times climatological mean (12.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 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: 6.6% 10.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 0.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% Bayesian: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 2.4% 3.5% 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% 1.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) EP212020 POLO 11/18/20 18 UTC ## ## STORM NOT ANNULAR, SCREENING STEP FAILED, NPASS=5 NFAIL=2 ## ## AHI= 0 (AHI OF 100 IS BEST FIT TO ANN. STRUC., 1 IS MARGINAL, 0 IS NOT ANNULAR) ##