* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2020 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * TEN EP102020 08/16/20 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 29 28 28 28 30 30 34 37 41 44 46 48 49 50 52 53 V (KT) LAND 30 29 28 28 28 30 30 34 37 41 44 46 48 49 50 52 53 V (KT) LGEM 30 29 28 27 26 26 26 27 29 31 34 36 39 42 45 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) 26 24 22 20 18 18 18 15 10 10 6 1 2 6 9 N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) -2 -3 -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 -4 -2 0 0 -1 -2 -1 N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 51 53 50 56 58 47 63 68 77 62 91 45 182 109 104 N/A N/A SST (C) 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.9 N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 141 142 142 142 143 142 140 140 140 141 140 138 139 139 140 N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -52.3 -52.5 -52.4 -52.2 -52.2 -52.4 -52.5 -52.9 -52.9 -53.0 -53.0 -53.0 -52.8 -53.0 -52.8 N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 58 57 55 56 57 54 55 59 59 53 51 54 57 57 56 N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 9 9 10 10 LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR 10 -3 -20 -24 -25 -49 -35 -22 2 27 39 45 52 60 62 N/A N/A 200 MB DIV -5 -1 -6 -26 -24 1 -10 17 35 -3 -26 -37 -23 5 19 N/A N/A 700-850 TADV -2 -1 -1 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A LAND (KM) 2342 2327 2313 2296 2279 2217 2165 2146 2123 2105 2091 2105 2124 2160 2202 N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 13.3 13.6 13.8 13.9 13.9 14.2 14.2 13.9 13.7 13.4 13.0 12.7 12.7 xx.x xx.x N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 133.8 133.9 133.9 134.0 134.2 134.7 135.2 135.5 135.8 136.1 136.4 136.4 136.2 xxx.x xxx.x N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 9 11 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT): 0/ 2 CX,CY: 0/ 2 T-12 MAX WIND: 30 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 736 (MEAN=587) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 12.2 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 8.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 0.0 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 0. 1. 1. 2. 6. 11. 16. 20. 23. 25. 27. 28. 29. 29. 30. 32. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -2. -5. -6. -6. -6. -4. -2. -0. 1. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 3. 3. 2. 1. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 9. 10. 11. 11. 11. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. PERSISTENCE -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 200/250 MB TEMP. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -5. -6. -6. -6. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -5. -5. -5. -5. -5. -5. -5. -5. -6. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -1. -2. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -4. -5. -4. -3. -2. -1. -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. -1. -1. -2. -3. -3. -3. -3. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -1. 0. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 3. 2. 2. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -5. -7. -8. -9. -11. -13. -13. -13. -12. -10. -10. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 1. 2. 3. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. -3. -1. 1. 2. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL CHANGE -1. -2. -2. -2. -0. 0. 4. 7. 11. 14. 16. 18. 19. 20. 22. 23. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 30. LAT, LON: 13.3 133.8 ** 2020 E. Pacific RI INDEX EP102020 TEN 08/16/20 06 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) : 111.8 40.5 to 149.3 0.66 999.0 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 0.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.33 999.0 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 22.2 19.6 to 1.4 0.00 0.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : -12.4 -33.0 to 160.6 0.11 999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 30.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.21 999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 12.2 37.8 to 2.1 0.72 999.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 11.8 2.7 to 106.7 0.09 999.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 149.8 800.8 to -82.5 0.74 999.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 11.5 56.6 to 0.0 0.80 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : 0.4 2.2 to -1.9 0.44 999.0 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 6.3%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 7% is 0.6 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= 7% is 1.5 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: 0.0% 7.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8% Logistic: 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 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: 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% DTOPS: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) EP102020 TEN 08/16/20 06 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) ##