*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL952021 09/15/21 00 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       46%                                 67%

LAT  (deg N)     10.9  10.8  10.7  10.6  10.5  10.5  10.9  10.9  11.2  11.6  12.1  12.8  13.8
LON  (deg W)     24.5  26.1  27.6  28.9  30.1  32.4  35.7  38.8  41.8  44.0  45.9  47.8  49.4
DTL  (km)         850  1024  1185  1320  1447  1684  1605  1534  1305  1159  1073  1010  1029
TRACK SOURCE     AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN  AEMN

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   46% is  1.5 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   67% is  1.6 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   -2.9  10.8%       1.0   -0.8  13.2%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.0   9.5%       1.4    1.6  17.5%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   17.9  14.2%      18.4   15.9  20.4%
RH                73.1   83.1  -0.1%      70.9   76.7   3.5%
GOES              29.1   18.8   0.9%      29.3   18.8   0.7%
DVORAK             0.8    1.5  10.7%       0.8    1.5  11.4%

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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