* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2026 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * CRISTINA EP032026 06/08/26 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 39 38 36 34 35 38 40 46 46 45 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LAND 40 39 38 36 34 35 38 40 31 28 27 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LGEM 40 42 43 42 40 38 39 41 31 28 27 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Storm Type TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR (KT) 36 35 32 33 30 19 13 14 2 3 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 2 3 3 0 -1 -4 -4 -3 -3 -2 -1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 17 17 20 22 33 15 4 344 296 250 296 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 29.8 30.0 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 160 162 163 164 166 167 167 166 167 167 166 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -51.7 -51.5 -52.0 -52.3 -52.3 -52.5 -52.2 -52.1 -51.6 -51.9 -51.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 78 78 80 80 80 79 80 84 80 80 81 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 12 12 14 13 12 11 12 12 13 11 9 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR 88 82 86 80 72 83 81 85 88 90 74 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 77 95 91 96 88 108 124 102 140 92 107 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV -3 -1 0 0 2 -2 -1 -1 -5 1 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 88 77 65 69 76 38 34 2 -89 -121 -158 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.2 13.8 14.9 16.0 16.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 87.7 87.9 88.0 88.1 88.3 88.8 89.5 90.4 91.4 92.2 92.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 6 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 21 15 14 5 7 8 2 7 6 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):350/ 5 CX,CY: 0/ 5 T-12 MAX WIND: 30 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 695 (MEAN=586) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 38.5 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 43.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 0.1 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 0. 1. 1. 2. 6. 10. 15. 19. 22. 24. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG -1. -3. -5. -8. -11. -15. -18. -18. -16. -15. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR 0. 1. 1. 2. 3. 3. 3. 2. 1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. PERSISTENCE 2. 3. 3. 4. 3. 3. 2. 2. 2. 2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200/250 MB TEMP. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -3. -4. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. THETA_E EXCESS -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 700-500 MB RH 0. 0. 0. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. MODEL VTX TENDENCY 0. 1. 1. -0. -1. 0. -0. 2. -2. -4. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 200 MB DIVERGENCE 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 3. 4. 5. 4. 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. 1. 1. 2. 2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. GOES PREDICTORS -2. -4. -4. -5. -4. -4. -4. -5. -5. -5. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -2. -0. 1. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CHANGE -1. -2. -4. -6. -5. -2. -0. 6. 6. 5. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 40. LAT, LON: 11.9 87.7 **2026 E. Pacific RI INDEX EP032026 CRISTINA 06/08/26 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) : 122.9 30.0 to 148.5 0.78 9999.0 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 10.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.48 9999.0 MULTI-LAYER SHEAR (KT) : 43.3 34.9 to 7.7 0.00 0.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 31.2 800.8 to -82.5 0.87 9999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : 89.4 -33.0 to 170.5 0.60 9999.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 40.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.50 9999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 38.5 37.8 to 2.1 0.00 0.0 OCEAN HEAT CONTENT(KJ/CM2) : 14.0 0.0 to 107.8 0.13 9999.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 0.0 60.4 to 0.0 1.00 9999.0 Avg. IR BT 0-120 km (deg C) : -36.1 -15.6 to -90.4 0.27 9999.0 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= 0% is 0.0 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= 15% is 3.3 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% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% Logistic: 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 3.1% Bayesian: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Consensus: 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 6.2% DTOPS: 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% SDCON: 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 3.1% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) EP032026 CRISTINA 06/08/26 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) ##