*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL952020 09/12/20 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       55%                                 76%

LAT  (deg N)     11.7  11.9  12.2  12.4  12.7  12.3  14.9  15.7  17.6  19.9  21.3  22.8  23.8
LON  (deg W)     30.5  31.3  31.9  32.5  32.9  34.7  34.6  35.0  34.5  34.4  35.0  36.8  38.9
DTL  (km)        1447  1526  1582  1641  1678  1788  1836  1878  1840  1815  1865  2043  2260
TRACK SOURCE     AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14  AP14

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   55% is  1.8 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   76% is  1.8 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   -3.2  12.7%       1.0   -2.3  19.2%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.3  15.1%       1.4    2.8  26.7%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   12.4  18.9%      18.4   18.7  19.2%
RH                73.1   79.1  -0.2%      70.9   68.5   3.1%
GOES              29.1   19.3   1.0%      29.3   19.3   0.7%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   7.0%       0.8    1.0   6.8%

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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