*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL982021 08/24/21 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       44%                                 44%

LAT  (deg N)      8.5   9.4  10.3  11.3  11.9  12.9  14.0  14.7  15.4  16.3  17.8  19.9  22.6
LON  (deg W)     25.1  25.9  26.8  27.9  29.2  32.1  34.4  36.0  37.0  38.2  39.8  41.3  41.9
DTL  (km)         996  1040  1110  1191  1305  1589  1821  1988  2003  1972  1978  2057  2266
TRACK SOURCE     AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25  AP25

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   44% is  1.5 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   44% is  1.0 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    0.3   5.1%       1.0    0.6   6.8%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.4  11.0%       1.4    1.4  12.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    9.2  19.4%      18.4   18.9  15.0%
RH                73.1   78.5  -0.2%      70.9   70.7   2.7%
GOES              29.1   42.5   2.2%      29.3   42.5   1.3%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   6.5%       0.8    1.0   5.3%

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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