*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL912019 09/02/19 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       62%                                 81%

LAT  (deg N)     15.9  16.9  17.7  18.4  18.7  18.9  19.7  20.0  21.3  22.5  25.2  26.9  28.1
LON  (deg W)     28.9  29.5  30.9  32.1  33.1  34.2  34.9  35.7  36.6  37.0  37.4  38.2  38.2
DTL  (km)        1227  1303  1465  1605  1702  1811  1870  1949  2031  2067  2117  2222  2248
TRACK SOURCE     AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07  AP07

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   62% is  2.1 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   81% 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   -0.1   6.9%       1.0   -0.1  11.3%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.6  17.5%       1.4    3.6  32.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    9.6  22.1%      18.4   17.3  20.4%
RH                73.1   78.1  -0.2%      70.9   66.8   2.9%
GOES              29.1   49.5   2.9%      29.3   49.5   1.9%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5  12.9%       0.8    1.5  11.9%

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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