*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL912019 09/01/19 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       49%                                 82%

LAT  (deg N)     14.2  13.8  14.4  15.3  16.2  17.6  18.5  18.9  20.1  21.1  22.1  23.3  24.9
LON  (deg W)     24.2  26.1  26.1  26.5  27.0  28.7  30.6  31.9  32.8  33.5  34.0  34.7  35.2
DTL  (km)         723   932   925   967  1029  1234  1449  1573  1647  1711  1761  1830  1893
TRACK SOURCE     AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16  AP16

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   49% is  1.6 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   82% is  1.9 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    0.0   5.7%       1.0   -0.5  12.9%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.6  15.0%       1.4    3.6  33.2%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    8.5  19.7%      18.4   12.5  23.4%
RH                73.1   80.6  -0.2%      70.9   71.6   3.6%
GOES              29.1   40.2   2.0%      29.3   40.2   1.5%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   6.5%       0.8    1.0   6.9%

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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

Version 3.0, July 2018