*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL982019 08/25/19 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       24%                                 55%

LAT  (deg N)     29.8  30.7  31.5  31.9  32.1  33.0  33.9  34.9  36.1  38.0  39.8  42.3  45.7
LON  (deg W)     77.9  76.9  76.1  75.5  74.9  73.5  72.7  72.4  71.8  70.8  69.2  66.6  62.0
DTL  (km)         299   354   329   329   334   340   339   326   360   347   234   159   -11
TRACK SOURCE     AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01  AP01

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   24% is  0.8 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   55% is  1.3 times the sample mean (  43%)

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INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS 

               *******  48-HR ******   ******* 120-HR ******
                   AVG   TCGI   CONT       AVG   TCGI   CONT
DIVERGENCE        -1.0   -1.8   6.0%       1.0   -1.4  13.8%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.1   6.5%       1.4    2.4  20.6%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   18.8   9.4%      18.4   22.8  14.8%
RH                73.1   70.7  -0.1%      70.9   70.4   3.0%
GOES              29.1   18.2   0.6%      29.3   18.2   0.6%
DVORAK             0.8    0.5   1.2%       0.8    0.5   1.7%

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PREDICTOR DEFINITIONS (Averaged Over 500 km Radius)

GENESIS CLIM   = Climatological Prob (%) of Genesis (Source: NHC-TAFB Invest Database) 
DIVERGENCE     = GFS 850 hPa Horizontal Divergence (x10-7 s-1)
VORTICITY      = GFS 850 hPa Vorticity (x10-6 s-1)
VERTICAL SHEAR = GFS 200-850 hPa Vertical Shear (kt)
RH             = GFS 600-850 hPa Relative Humidity (%)
GOES           = GOES Water Vapor Pixels Colder than -40C (%)
DVORAK         = Dvorak T-number, source: TAFB

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