* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * AL972023 08/01/23 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 6% 14% LAT (deg N) 43.0 44.8 45.8 46.8 47.7 49.3 50.6 51.5 52.2 52.0 51.2 51.3 52.6 LON (deg W) 54.2 51.0 48.2 45.5 42.8 37.7 32.2 26.0 19.0 10.7 2.0 -5.2 -9.9 DTL (km) 413 266 389 559 747 1119 1514 1080 593 29 -73 9999 9999 TRACK SOURCE AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 6% is 0.2 times the sample mean ( 30%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 14% is 0.3 times the sample mean ( 43%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS ******* 48-HR ****** ******* 120-HR ****** AVG TCGI CONT AVG TCGI CONT DIVERGENCE -1.0 0.6 1.6% 1.0 -0.9 4.8% VORTICITY 1.7 2.0 3.4% 1.4 2.3 7.9% VERTICAL SHEAR 16.3 54.3 0.0% 18.4 55.5 0.0% RH 73.1 56.6 0.0% 70.9 66.0 0.9% GOES 29.1 18.5 0.3% 29.3 18.5 0.2% DVORAK 0.8 0.5 0.6% 0.8 0.5 0.7% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2.1, February 2018