*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL922021 08/08/21 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       26%                                 26%

LAT  (deg N)     15.0  15.3  15.6  16.2  16.9  18.2  19.3  20.2  21.4  22.8  24.7  26.3  27.4
LON  (deg W)     27.0  28.1  28.9  30.0  31.2  34.0  37.1  40.1  42.5  44.3  45.7  46.2  46.0
DTL  (km)        1020  1138  1226  1343  1485  1801  2110  2164  2117  2166  2188  2197  2239
TRACK SOURCE     AP21  AP21  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   26% is  0.9 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   26% is  0.6 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    1.9   1.5%       1.0    1.3   3.3%
VORTICITY          1.7    1.2   5.0%       1.4    0.2   3.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   14.7  11.6%      18.4   16.2  11.2%
RH                73.1   70.1  -0.1%      70.9   63.4   1.3%
GOES              29.1    7.9   0.3%      29.3    7.9   0.2%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5   7.8%       0.8    1.5   6.3%

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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