*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL982021 09/21/21 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       70%                                 70%

LAT  (deg N)      7.7   6.6   6.3   6.0   5.9   5.5   5.3   5.7   6.9   8.8  11.0  13.0  14.6
LON  (deg W)     25.7  26.7  26.4  26.8  27.2  28.1  29.0  29.8  30.9  32.5  34.5  36.6  38.6
DTL  (km)        1094  1251  1240  1295  1336  1439  1365  1359  1438  1547  1664  1803  1810
TRACK SOURCE     AP21  AP21  AP21  AP21  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   70% is  2.3 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   70% 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   -2.8  13.7%       1.0   -1.0  14.5%
VORTICITY          1.7    1.1   8.2%       1.4    0.1   6.5%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   13.5  21.1%      18.4   15.0  22.0%
RH                73.1   78.3  -0.2%      70.9   72.5   3.7%
GOES              29.1   30.4   1.9%      29.3   30.4   1.2%
DVORAK             0.8    2.5  25.2%       0.8    2.5  22.0%

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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