* ATLANTIC 2021 SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST * * IR SAT DATA AVAILABLE, OHC AVAILABLE * * EIGHT AL082020 07/23/20 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 25 24 25 27 28 32 35 38 41 45 48 51 52 54 55 57 60 V (KT) LAND 25 24 25 27 28 32 35 34 30 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 V (KT) LGEM 25 24 24 24 24 25 26 28 26 26 27 27 27 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) 5 10 9 2 8 7 10 7 16 14 24 16 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR ADJ (KT) 0 1 0 -3 -2 1 3 0 3 -3 2 -3 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A SHEAR DIR 310 22 58 23 339 52 312 35 336 4 328 5 337 N/A N/A N/A N/A SST (C) 29.9 29.8 29.5 29.3 29.3 29.6 29.3 29.4 30.4 30.6 30.7 30.2 29.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A POT. INT. (KT) 166 165 159 156 156 161 155 157 169 168 169 169 150 N/A N/A N/A N/A ADJ. POT. INT. 144 144 139 135 135 138 132 133 146 148 153 145 126 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB T (C) -53.1 -53.2 -53.0 -52.7 -52.7 -52.6 -52.5 -52.4 -52.2 -52.5 -52.2 -52.4 -51.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB VXT (C) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A TH_E DEV (C) 9 8 9 10 9 10 9 11 11 11 12 13 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-500 MB RH 60 64 65 64 62 67 60 65 60 64 59 62 60 N/A N/A N/A N/A MODEL VTX (KT) 8 8 9 9 7 8 6 5 LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST LOST 850 MB ENV VOR -11 -2 20 1 -23 1 -19 7 -3 10 9 25 36 N/A N/A N/A N/A 200 MB DIV 4 17 31 7 -21 7 -13 13 6 40 26 39 46 N/A N/A N/A N/A 700-850 TADV -6 -8 -4 -2 -10 -1 -8 -4 -6 -3 -4 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAND (KM) 360 329 292 259 249 196 87 -6 -85 -140 -211 -317 -428 N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (DEG N) 25.8 26.2 26.5 26.9 27.2 27.8 28.1 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.6 28.5 28.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A LONG(DEG W) 89.1 89.9 90.6 91.4 92.1 93.7 95.1 96.5 97.6 98.3 99.2 100.4 101.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A STM SPEED (KT) 6 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A HEAT CONTENT 50 42 29 22 22 33 26 27 30 6 6 6 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A FORECAST TRACK FROM OFCI INITIAL HEADING/SPEED (DEG/KT):280/ 5 CX,CY: -4/ 1 T-12 MAX WIND: 30 PRESSURE OF STEERING LEVEL (MB): 472 (MEAN=620) GOES IR BRIGHTNESS TEMP. STD DEV. 50-200 KM RAD: 17.7 (MEAN=14.5) % GOES IR PIXELS WITH T < -20 C 50-200 KM RAD: 22.0 (MEAN=65.0) PRELIM RI PROB (DV .GE. 35 KT IN 36 HR): 3.8 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. 4. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 12. 13. 14. 15. 15. 16. SST POTENTIAL 0. -0. -0. 1. 3. 9. 15. 20. 25. 29. 33. 36. 40. 41. 42. 41. VERTICAL SHEAR MAG 1. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9. 10. 10. 9. 6. 4. 1. -0. -1. -1. -0. VERTICAL SHEAR ADJ -0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. VERTICAL SHEAR DIR -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. -0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. PERSISTENCE -1. -2. -2. -2. -1. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. 0. 0. -0. -1. -2. -2. 200/250 MB TEMP. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -3. -3. -2. -1. -1. THETA_E EXCESS 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. -0. -0. -1. -1. 700-500 MB RH -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -2. -2. -3. -4. -4. -4. -4. -5. -5. -6. -5. MODEL VTX TENDENCY -0. 0. 0. -2. -2. -5. -7. -10. -11. -12. -13. -14. -14. -14. -14. -14. 850 MB ENV VORTICITY -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. -2. 200 MB DIVERGENCE -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -2. -2. -2. -1. -0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 850-700 T ADVEC 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. ZONAL STORM MOTION -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. -1. STEERING LEVEL PRES 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 0. 1. 2. 2. 3. 2. 2. 1. 1. 2. DAYS FROM CLIM. PEAK -0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 2. 2. 2. GOES PREDICTORS -1. -1. -1. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. -5. -5. -5. -6. -6. -5. -5. -4. OCEAN HEAT CONTENT 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. -0. RI POTENTIAL -0. -1. -1. -2. -3. -3. -2. -1. -0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL CHANGE -1. 0. 2. 3. 7. 10. 13. 16. 20. 23. 26. 27. 29. 30. 32. 35. CURRENT MAX WIND (KT): 25. LAT, LON: 25.8 89.1 ** 2022 ATLANTIC RI INDEX AL082020 EIGHT 07/23/20 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 -45.0 to 30.0 0.53 2.8 MULTI-LAYER SHEAR (KT) : 15.0 41.0 to 7.4 0.77 2.5 HEAT CONTENT (KJ/CM2) : 33.0 0.0 to 147.0 0.22 0.5 STD DEV OF IR BR TEMP : 17.7 33.3 to 3.1 0.52 1.2 MAXIMUM WIND (KT) : 25.0 25.0 to 125.0 0.00 0.0 POT = MPI-VMAX (KT) : 114.5 30.0 to 128.0 0.86 0.8 2nd PC OF IR BR TEMP : 0.3 2.6 to -2.7 0.44 0.5 D200 (10**7s-1) : 7.6 -28.0 to 171.0 0.18 0.2 BL DRY-AIR FLUX (W/M2) : 90.2 814.0 to -65.0 0.82 0.9 %area of TPW <45 mm upshear : 3.0 95.0 to 0.0 0.97 0.4 SHIPS Prob RI for 20kt/ 12hr RI threshold= 5% is 1.0 times climatological mean ( 4.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 25kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 15% is 1.4 times climatological mean (10.9%) SHIPS Prob RI for 30kt/ 24hr RI threshold= 10% is 1.4 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= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 2.4%) SHIPS Prob RI for 45kt/ 36hr RI threshold= 0% is 0.0 times climatological mean ( 4.6%) SHIPS Prob RI for 55kt/ 48hr RI threshold= 11% is 2.4 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: 4.7% 14.8% 9.8% 7.5% 0.0% 0.0% 11.3% 0.0% Logistic: 7.3% 50.9% 39.4% 31.1% 22.9% 30.5% 28.4% 33.6% Bayesian: 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% Consensus: 4.1% 22.0% 16.4% 12.9% 7.6% 10.2% 13.2% 11.3% ## ANNULAR HURRICANE INDEX (AHI) AL082020 EIGHT 07/23/20 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 AL082020 EIGHT 07/23/2020 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) 25 24 25 27 28 32 35 34 30 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 18HR AGO 25 24 25 27 28 32 35 34 30 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 12HR AGO 25 22 21 23 24 28 31 30 26 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 6HR AGO 25 19 16 15 16 20 23 22 18 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 NOW CURRENT INTENSITY < 83 KT IN 6HR INTENSITY IN 6HR < 83 KT IN 12HR INTENSITY IN 12HR < 83 KT