* GFS version * * ATLANTIC 2026 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * TWO AL022026 07/20/26 06 UTC * TIME (HR) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 V (KT) NO LAND 30 32 33 35 36 38 36 34 27 22 17 18 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LAND 30 32 33 35 36 38 36 34 28 27 20 24 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LGEM 30 32 33 34 35 34 31 27 24 25 23 24 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A Storm Type TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 20 23 21 22 28 30 25 16 22 28 24 22 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) -3 -1 1 2 4 7 9 8 6 -5 3 5 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 37 44 41 35 27 42 40 32 12 39 56 75 49 N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 30.2 30.1 30.1 30.0 30.0 30.0 29.9 30.5 30.6 30.6 29.8 28.5 27.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 168 168 168 166 166 167 165 170 170 171 166 144 126 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -53.1 -52.9 -52.6 -52.3 -52.3 -52.2 -51.9 -51.8 -51.7 -52.1 -52.1 -52.3 -52.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) -0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 9 9 10 10 8 10 7 10 5 9 7 14 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 53 54 56 56 52 52 49 49 44 43 38 39 38 N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 13 13 14 15 15 16 15 13 9 6 2 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -36 -36 -29 -44 -71 -50 -51 -13 -74 -58 -79 -31 -8 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV -6 -21 -27 -25 -30 -4 0 -21 -19 -46 -30 -24 -13 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV 0 0 0 -1 -2 -4 0 4 -7 -12 -14 -22 -19 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 145 124 108 103 102 119 73 39 -28 23 -7 -104 -235 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 28.4 28.6 28.8 29.0 29.1 29.3 29.6 29.6 29.5 29.4 29.4 29.3 29.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 85.3 85.5 85.7 85.9 86.1 86.7 87.7 89.0 90.7 92.6 94.7 96.9 99.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 3 3 3 2 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 20 18 12 15 17 24 5 4 5 5 2 3 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):330/ 4 CX,CY: -1/ 3 T-12 MAX WIND: 25 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 623 (MEAN=620) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 21.7 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 32.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 5.5 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. 5. 6. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 13. 14. 0. 0. 0. 0. SST POTENTIAL -0. -1. -1. -0. 2. 6. 10. 13. 15. 17. 19. 21. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 5. 2. -1. -5. -8. -10. -12. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -2. -4. -4. -3. -2. -2. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. PERSISTENCE 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 1. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200/250 MB TEMP. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. THETA_E EXCESS 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 700-500 MB RH 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. -1. -3. -10. -16. -23. -23. -23. 0. 0. 0. 0. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -3. -3. -3. -4. -4. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -1. -0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 850-700 T ADVEC 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. ZONAL STORM MOTION 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. STEERING LEVEL PRES -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -3. -3. -2. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -1. -0. 0. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE 2. 4. 5. 6. 8. 6. 4. -3. -8. -13. -12. -11. 0. 0. 0. 0. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 30. LAT, LON: 28.4 85.3 ** 2026 ATLANTIC RI INDEX AL022026 TWO 07/20/26 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 33.0 0.66 3.6 MULTI-LAYER SHEAR (KT) : 31.3 46.9 to 6.8 0.39 1.2 OCEAN HEAT CONTENT(KJ/CM2) : 16.0 0.0 to 155.1 0.10 0.2 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 30.0 22.5 to 137.5 0.19 0.3 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 21.7 36.6 to 2.8 0.44 0.9 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 152.8 895.4 to -69.3 0.77 1.2 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 107.9 30.0 to 152.9 0.63 0.4 Avg. IR BT 0-120 km (deg C) : -19.1 -4.5 to -89.2 0.17 0.1 D200 (10**7s-1) : -21.8 -29.7 to 189.2 0.04 0.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 1.4 100.0 to 0.0 0.99 -0.3 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 1% is 0.3 times climatological mean ( 4.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 10% is 0.9 times climatological mean (10.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 8% is 1.1 times climatological mean ( 6.8%) SHIPS Prob RI for 35kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 8% is 1.9 times climatological mean ( 3.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 40kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 3% is 1.4 times climatological mean ( 2.4%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 7% is 1.6 times climatological mean ( 4.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 5% is 1.1 times climatological mean ( 4.7%) SHIPS Prob RI for 65kt/ 72hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 5.3%) 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: 1.5% 10.2% 7.6% 7.5% 3.4% 7.5% 5.0% 0.0% Logistic: 3.3% 9.8% 6.6% 3.7% 2.3% 2.3% 1.5% 0.8% Bayesian: 0.1% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 1.6% 6.9% 4.8% 3.8% 1.9% 3.3% 2.2% 0.3% DTOPS: 1.0% 3.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% SDCON: 1.3% 4.9% 2.9% 1.9% 0.9% 2.1% 1.1% 0.1% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) AL022026 TWO 07/20/26 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) ## ** PROBLTY OF AT LEAST 1 SCNDRY EYEWL FORMTN EVENT AL022026 TWO 07/20/2026 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 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 >24HR AGO (DSHIPS) 30 32 33 35 36 38 36 34 28 27 20 24 26 DIS DIS DIS DIS 18HR AGO 30 29 30 32 33 35 33 31 25 24 17 21 23 DIS DIS DIS DIS 12HR AGO 30 27 26 28 29 31 29 27 21 20 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS 6HR AGO 30 24 21 20 21 23 21 19 DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS DIS NOW CURRENT INTENSITY < 83 KT IN 6HR INTENSITY IN 6HR < 83 KT IN 12HR INTENSITY IN 12HR < 83 KT