*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL912019 09/02/19 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       47%                                 76%

LAT  (deg N)     14.3  14.6  15.7  17.0  18.2  19.4  20.9  21.8  22.9  24.4  25.8  27.4  29.5
LON  (deg W)     28.0  28.3  28.5  29.0  30.2  31.9  32.9  33.7  34.5  35.8  36.8  38.0  39.6
DTL  (km)        1130  1161  1183  1253  1404  1563  1650  1730  1808  1948  2065  2213  2246
TRACK SOURCE     AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13  AP13

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   47% is  1.6 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   76% is  1.8 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   -0.1   5.8%       1.0   -0.9  14.0%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.8  15.5%       1.4    3.6  32.0%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   11.8  17.6%      18.4   20.0  18.5%
RH                73.1   79.0  -0.2%      70.9   67.9   3.0%
GOES              29.1   41.4   2.0%      29.3   41.4   1.6%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   6.3%       0.8    1.0   6.8%

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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