* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2024 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * HECTOR EP082024 08/26/24 12 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 41 41 41 39 38 38 38 36 33 33 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LAND 40 41 41 41 41 39 38 38 38 36 33 33 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LGEM 40 40 41 41 40 38 34 30 27 24 22 20 18 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) 8 8 8 10 11 8 7 6 6 11 11 10 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) -2 -2 -2 -1 1 3 3 1 5 5 3 2 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 20 353 344 323 306 264 284 213 209 208 234 237 247 N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.6 26.7 26.1 25.8 26.2 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.5 26.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 127 128 128 129 130 125 121 126 132 130 130 131 132 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -52.3 -52.2 -51.8 -51.7 -51.7 -51.6 -52.2 -52.1 -52.2 -52.2 -53.0 -53.4 -53.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 58 58 57 57 56 50 50 49 47 43 43 41 39 N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 19 19 18 18 18 16 16 14 12 9 7 5 3 LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -21 -20 -20 -20 -27 -29 -25 -28 -17 -19 -20 -27 -32 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 3 -7 8 -1 -12 5 11 6 0 -23 -14 8 -1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV -3 -1 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 -3 -1 -6 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 1611 1670 1735 1788 1843 1982 2146 2118 1813 1564 1365 1077 711 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 16.1 16.3 16.5 16.7 16.9 17.3 17.5 17.5 17.6 17.5 17.1 16.8 16.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 124.5 125.6 126.7 127.6 128.5 130.6 132.7 134.8 137.7 140.1 142.1 145.0 148.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 10 11 10 9 9 11 10 12 12 11 12 16 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 5 4 1 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):270/ 9 CX,CY: -8/ 0 T-12 MAX WIND: 40 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 544 (MEAN=586) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 18.6 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 68.0 (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. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. SST POTENTIAL 1. 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 13. 14. 15. 15. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 0. 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ 0. 0. 1. 1. 0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. -0. -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. -6. -6. -7. -7. 0. 0. 0. 0. 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. 0. 1. 1. 1. 0. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -6. -10. -14. -17. -18. -19. 0. 0. 0. 0. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -3. -4. -3. -2. 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. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 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. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 0. 0. 0. 0. GOES PREDICTORS -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -2. -2. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -2. -0. 1. 3. 4. 5. 0. 0. 0. 0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE 1. 1. 1. 1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -4. -7. -7. -7. 0. 0. 0. 0. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 40. LAT, LON: 16.1 124.5 ** 2024 E. PACIFIC RI INDEX EP082024 HECTOR 08/26/24 12 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) : 88.5 36.9 to 148.5 0.46 999.0 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 0.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.33 999.0 MULTI-LAYER SHEAR (KT) : 17.3 34.9 to 8.5 0.67 999.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 263.4 800.8 to -82.5 0.61 999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : -1.8 -33.0 to 170.5 0.15 999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 40.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.50 999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 18.6 37.8 to 2.1 0.54 999.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 1.6 2.7 to 107.8 0.00 0.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 0.0 58.2 to 0.0 1.00 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : -0.2 2.2 to -2.3 0.54 999.0 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= 15% is 1.2 times climatological mean (12.5%) 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: 0.0% 15.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 1.8% 5.1% 1.9% 1.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% Bayesian: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 0.6% 6.8% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% DTOPS: 1.0% 5.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% SDCON: .8% 5.9% 1.8% 1.1% .6% 1.1% .5% 0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) EP082024 HECTOR 08/26/24 12 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) ##