* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * AL922019 09/04/19 00 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 15% 15% LAT (deg N) 32.6 33.5 34.3 34.9 35.3 36.3 37.4 40.0 41.1 44.2 47.5 50.9 54.5 LON (deg W) 65.0 64.3 63.6 62.3 61.5 59.8 58.6 55.5 53.1 49.4 43.7 39.5 29.1 DTL (km) 1056 1057 1015 994 973 936 891 742 622 400 679 998 1244 TRACK SOURCE AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 AP15 TABM TABM TABM TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 15% is 0.5 times the sample mean ( 30%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 15% is 0.4 times the sample mean ( 43%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS ******* 48-HR ****** ******* 120-HR ****** AVG TCGI CONT AVG TCGI CONT DIVERGENCE -1.0 -1.6 4.1% 1.0 -0.9 5.9% VORTICITY 1.7 1.5 3.8% 1.4 0.7 4.8% VERTICAL SHEAR 16.3 30.5 3.8% 18.4 48.1 0.7% RH 73.1 65.7 -0.1% 70.9 56.7 0.6% GOES 29.1 34.6 0.8% 29.3 34.6 0.6% DVORAK 0.8 1.0 3.0% 0.8 1.0 2.9% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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