* GFS version * * EAST PACIFIC 2021 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * TEST EP892023 02/13/23 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 70 63 52 40 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LAND 70 63 52 40 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A V (KT) LGEM 70 68 62 53 45 32 22 N/A 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 TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP TROP EXTP EXTP EXTP SHEAR (KT) 46 51 61 59 54 59 61 66 66 58 58 51 62 61 83 90 96 SHEAR ADJ (KT) 17 14 1 4 11 8 6 0 0 13 5 10 5 17 1 -1 -6 SHEAR DIR 274 266 267 276 283 292 295 305 310 307 300 281 271 251 240 242 257 SST (C) 26.1 26.4 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.3 25.7 25.3 24.8 24.7 24.5 24.4 24.3 21.0 15.8 14.8 13.9 POT. INT. (KT) 126 129 133 133 133 127 121 115 109 110 110 110 111 79 69 70 70 200 MB T (C) -54.7 -54.5 -54.5 -55.0 -55.1 -55.8 -55.7 -55.5 -56.0 -57.1 -57.9 -58.0 -57.7 -58.1 -58.9 -59.2 -59.0 200 MB VXT (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TH_E DEV (C) 7 7 7 6 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 700-500 MB RH 48 50 50 52 52 58 67 73 75 66 55 49 42 40 50 51 44 MODEL VTX (KT) 0 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -16 -15 -19 -29 -43 -47 -32 -60 -52 -53 -56 -56 -50 -27 -20 -46 -51 200 MB DIV -40 -68 -60 -23 -28 -36 -43 -66 -133 -123 -44 35 9 85 78 17 21 700-850 TADV 3 5 5 5 6 10 17 24 15 7 -1 1 25 35 7 -14 39 LAND (KM) 2275 2332 2359 2381 2414 2437 2392 2330 2249 2096 1834 1514 1063 414 -50 -742 -523 LAT (DEG N) 4.1 4.4 4.9 5.5 6.0 7.4 9.1 10.8 12.2 13.4 14.4 15.4 17.8 xx.x xx.x xx.x xx.x LONG(DEG W) 118.9 120.2 121.6 122.9 124.1 126.2 127.7 128.7 129.0 128.2 125.9 122.8 119.3 xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x xxx.x STM SPEED (KT) 13 14 15 14 13 12 11 8 7 9 15 18 24 34 37 40 48 HEAT CONTENT 1 6 13 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FORECAST TRACK FROM TABM INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):270/ 13 CX,CY: -12/ 0 T-12 MAX WIND: 55 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 702 (MEAN=587) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 14.7 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 10.0 (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. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 1. 1. 0. -0. -1. -2. -2. -3. -4. -4. SST POTENTIAL 0. 0. 1. 1. -1. -4. -6. -10. -12. -15. -17. -19. -24. -29. -34. -39. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG -6. -15. -25. -33. -44. -51. -55. -54. -50. -50. -55. -59. -61. -65. -72. -80. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -1. -2. -2. -3. -5. -6. -4. -3. -2. -1. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR -1. -2. -3. -4. -7. -10. -12. -12. -13. -13. -13. -12. -10. -8. -6. -4. PERSISTENCE 3. 5. 5. 5. 4. 2. 1. 1. 0. 1. 0. 0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 200/250 MB TEMP. 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 1. 1. THETA_E EXCESS 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -1. -2. -4. -5. -7. -8. -9. -10. -11. -13. -15. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -0. -0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. MODEL VTX TENDENCY 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 2. 2. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -6. -9. -11. -12. -10. -8. -5. -1. 1. 2. 850-700 T ADVEC -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3. 3. 5. ZONAL STORM MOTION 0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. -0. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 2. 2. 2. 1. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. -3. -4. -5. GOES PREDICTORS -2. -4. -4. -5. -5. -6. -8. -8. -9. -10. -11. -12. -12. -10. -8. -7. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -4. -3. -1. 1. 2. 4. 4. 4. 5. 4. 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL CHANGE -7. -18. -30. -41. -60. -76. -88. -93. -95. -98.-105.-108.-111.-114.-124.-136. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 70. LAT, LON: 4.1 118.9 ** 2021 E. Pacific RI INDEX EP892023 TEST 02/13/23 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) : 60.9 40.5 to 149.3 0.19 999.0 12 HR PERSISTENCE (KT) : 15.0 -22.0 to 44.0 0.56 999.0 D200 (10**7s-1) : -43.8 -33.0 to 159.5 0.00 0.0 850-200 MB SHEAR (KT) : 54.3 19.6 to 1.3 0.00 0.0 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 70.0 22.5 to 132.0 0.83 999.0 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 14.7 37.8 to 2.1 0.65 999.0 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 463.6 800.8 to -82.5 0.38 999.0 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 8.2 2.7 to 106.7 0.05 999.0 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 0.0 56.6 to 0.0 1.00 999.0 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : -0.1 2.2 to -2.3 0.52 999.0 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= 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= 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% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Logistic: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bayesian: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Consensus: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% DTOPS: 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% 999.0% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) EP892023 TEST 02/13/23 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) ##