*          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                                       52%                                 84%

LAT  (deg N)     14.0  14.2  15.1  16.1  16.8  17.8  18.6  20.1  21.4  22.8  24.5  26.3  28.2
LON  (deg W)     27.7  28.0  27.9  28.5  29.4  30.8  31.6  32.2  33.2  34.1  34.8  36.2  37.7
DTL  (km)        1101  1131  1117  1186  1291  1457  1549  1584  1678  1767  1848  2014  2203
TRACK SOURCE     AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15  AP15

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   52% is  1.7 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   84% is  2.0 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   6.2%       1.0   -1.3  15.7%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.7  16.1%       1.4    3.6  33.3%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    7.8  20.9%      18.4   14.8  22.1%
RH                73.1   81.7  -0.2%      70.9   74.6   4.0%
GOES              29.1   41.4   2.2%      29.3   41.4   1.6%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   6.8%       0.8    1.0   7.0%

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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