*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL912020 09/04/20 00 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       29%                                 64%

LAT  (deg N)     11.2  10.9  10.5  10.2  10.0  10.3  10.9  12.4  13.8  14.3  14.7  14.7  14.2
LON  (deg W)     37.0  38.8  39.2  39.5  39.7  40.0  39.0  37.3  34.7  33.6  33.5  33.9  34.3
DTL  (km)        1601  1534  1475  1431  1401  1411  1524  1726  1855  1732  1719  1762  1808
TRACK SOURCE     AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06  AP06

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   29% is  1.0 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   -3.0   8.7%       1.0   -1.9  17.0%
VORTICITY          1.7    1.5   6.0%       1.4    1.6  16.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   23.7   8.9%      18.4   17.5  19.3%
RH                73.1   74.1  -0.1%      70.9   75.7   3.6%
GOES              29.1   12.1   0.5%      29.3   12.1   0.4%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   4.9%       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