*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL952021 08/13/21 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       45%                                 61%

LAT  (deg N)     14.1  14.4  14.7  15.0  15.2  15.9  16.6  17.5  18.2  19.4  20.3  21.2  22.6
LON  (deg W)     46.7  48.4  50.2  52.0  53.9  57.5  60.5  63.6  65.3  66.8  68.0  69.5  71.3
DTL  (km)        1196  1135  1082  1056   911   681   582   239    43   100   167   171   311
TRACK SOURCE     AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   45% is  1.5 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   61% is  1.4 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    0.0   5.6%       1.0   -1.0  13.6%
VORTICITY          1.7    1.6   8.0%       1.4    0.9  12.0%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    6.8  20.1%      18.4   13.8  21.0%
RH                73.1   70.7  -0.2%      70.9   72.4   3.4%
GOES              29.1    8.0   0.4%      29.3    8.0   0.3%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5  10.9%       0.8    1.5  11.1%

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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