*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL952020 08/09/20 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       39%                                 64%

LAT  (deg N)      9.8   9.5   9.1   9.8  10.1  11.0  11.5  11.9  11.9  12.5  13.2  14.1  16.7
LON  (deg W)     26.6  28.8  29.7  30.4  31.4  33.2  35.3  37.5  40.0  42.4  44.7  47.3  47.8
DTL  (km)        1101  1343  1450  1506  1596  1718  1682  1667  1508  1352  1250  1161  1399
TRACK SOURCE     AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   39% is  1.3 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   64% 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   -0.1   5.6%       1.0    0.3   9.2%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.2   9.8%       1.4    1.6  17.2%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   20.5  12.6%      18.4   13.6  21.5%
RH                73.1   80.4  -0.2%      70.9   74.7   3.8%
GOES              29.1   23.2   1.1%      29.3   23.2   0.8%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5  10.5%       0.8    1.5  11.3%

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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