*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL932021 09/11/21 12 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       29%                                 54%

LAT  (deg N)     15.4  15.1  15.7  15.9  16.0  15.6  15.0  14.5  14.3  14.4  14.5  14.3  13.9
LON  (deg W)     22.5  23.8  24.9  26.2  27.4  29.5  31.6  33.4  35.0  36.9  39.4  42.0  45.5
DTL  (km)         540   677   799   940  1068  1289  1514  1709  1883  1944  1741  1528  1256
TRACK SOURCE     AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   29% is  1.0 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   54% is  1.3 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    0.4   3.8%       1.0    0.4   8.3%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.4   8.6%       1.4    2.2  19.6%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    8.3  15.3%      18.4    7.8  22.7%
RH                73.1   62.9  -0.1%      70.9   60.8   1.8%
GOES              29.1   11.9   0.5%      29.3   11.9   0.4%
DVORAK             0.8    0.5   1.4%       0.8    0.5   1.7%

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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