*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL972019 09/16/19 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       37%                                 63%

LAT  (deg N)     10.9  11.1  11.5  12.0  12.4  13.1  13.7  14.1  15.9  17.5  18.5  20.3  22.7
LON  (deg W)     41.7  42.1  42.3  42.7  43.3  44.8  46.5  48.1  50.2  53.4  58.1  60.8  63.6
DTL  (km)        1293  1272  1284  1290  1277  1234  1172  1119  1206  1106   801   559   529
TRACK SOURCE     AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20  AP20

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   37% is  1.2 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   63% is  1.5 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   -0.3   5.8%       1.0   -0.9  13.5%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.0   8.8%       1.4    1.8  18.6%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   12.1  16.1%      18.4   15.0  20.7%
RH                73.1   75.4  -0.2%      70.9   70.3   3.2%
GOES              29.1   18.1   0.8%      29.3   18.1   0.7%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   5.9%       0.8    1.0   6.6%

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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