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Tropical Depression Seven-EEP072026

9.0°N 100.5°W · moving WNW at 10 kt · Advisory 1, 2026-07-24 15:00 UTC

would be named Genevieve if it strengthens

30 kt1005 mb⚠ RI watch
24 h intensity change
+5 kt
past 24 h, best track
SHIPS-RII 30 kt / 24 h
18%
×2.1 climatology
SST along track
29.5 °C
SHIPS, 12:00 UTC run
Deep-layer shear
10 kt
850–200 mb

Intensity — past 72 h and official forecast

Maximum sustained wind (kt). Best track observed 6-hourly (solid); NHC official forecast (dashed). Vertical line marks the latest fix.

Rapid intensification probabilities

20 kt / 12 h9%×1.5 climo
25 kt / 24 h22%×1.7 climo
30 kt / 24 h18%×2.1 climo
35 kt / 24 h15%×2.4 climo
40 kt / 24 h0%×0.0 climo
45 kt / 36 h27%×4.1 climo
55 kt / 48 h63%×10.7 climo
65 kt / 72 h49%×10.3 climo

SHIPS rapid intensification index (RII): probability of each wind gain over each period, with its multiple of the basin climatological rate. Parsed from the 2026-07-24 12:00 UTC SHIPS run.

RI ingredients

Sea surface temperature29.5 °Chighly favorable

Warm water is the storm’s fuel — RI is rare below about 26.5 °C, and the most explosive cases ride water of 29 °C or more.

Ocean heat content14 kJ/cm²unfavorable

Heat content measures how deep the warm water goes — a deep warm layer keeps the storm’s own mixing from stirring up cold water that would cut off its fuel.

Deep-layer wind shear10 kthighly favorable

Shear tilts and ventilates the developing core — the calmer the winds aloft, the easier it is for the warm core to stack up vertically and deepen.

Mid-level humidity75%favorable

A moist middle atmosphere protects the core — dry air pulled in from outside evaporates cloud, cools the updrafts, and stalls intensification.

Values from the 2026-07-24 12:00 UTC SHIPS run, along the forecast track. Band edges are approximate guides drawn from rapid-intensification studies, not sharp physical cutoffs — storms occasionally intensify through “unfavorable” environments, and plenty of favorable setups never produce RI. Planned additions: ocean salinity (barrier layers) and inner-core structure.