*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL972021 09/19/21 00 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       55%                                 66%

LAT  (deg N)     10.0  11.3  12.1  12.8  13.8  16.0  17.6  20.1  21.7  22.2  21.0  19.7  18.4
LON  (deg W)     27.3  27.4  28.4  29.1  29.7  31.8  33.3  34.6  34.4  35.3  37.4  39.0  40.8
DTL  (km)        1170  1140  1215  1271  1318  1537  1714  1833  1802  1894  2114  2196  1967
TRACK SOURCE     AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  AP04  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   55% is  1.8 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   66% is  1.5 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    0.6   5.0%       1.0    0.2   9.6%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.1  10.8%       1.4    1.3  15.0%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    9.5  20.7%      18.4   13.9  21.5%
RH                73.1   74.8  -0.2%      70.9   63.2   2.3%
GOES              29.1   30.7   1.7%      29.3   30.7   1.1%
DVORAK             0.8    2.0  17.0%       0.8    2.0  16.1%

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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