*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL902021 08/31/21 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                      100%                                100%

LAT  (deg N)     10.5  10.8  11.2  12.0  12.3  12.3  13.4  14.6  16.8  18.3  20.1  21.4  23.0
LON  (deg W)     21.2  23.0  24.2  26.0  27.8  30.3  31.9  33.8  35.8  37.7  39.8  41.7  43.0
DTL  (km)         515   692   812   970  1146  1410  1559  1752  1969  2167  2176  2167  2247
TRACK SOURCE     AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26  AP26

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:  100% is  3.3 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:  100% is  2.3 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   -4.7  20.7%       1.0   -4.0  21.6%
VORTICITY          1.7    5.2  28.9%       1.4    5.6  40.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    4.0  31.2%      18.4    5.2  23.7%
RH                73.1   87.7  -0.2%      70.9   83.4   2.0%
GOES              29.1   50.6   3.6%      29.3   50.6   1.7%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5  15.7%       0.8    1.5  10.1%

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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