* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * AL942015 07/31/15 06 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 TCGI (%) 44.1 80.4 HDIV (x10-7s-1) 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 -3.0 -5.0 -4.0 -4.0 -5.0 -3.0 -1.0 VORT (x10-6s-1) 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 VSHD (kt) 15 14 13 10 7 7 8 10 11 9 6 5 5 MLRH (%) 83 79 75 75 74 68 70 69 71 75 76 76 74 PCCD (%) 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A TNUM 1.50 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A LAT (deg N) 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.1 11.5 11.0 10.9 11.7 12.8 13.8 14.3 LON (deg W) 30.4 31.2 32.1 32.8 33.5 34.6 35.4 36.0 36.7 37.6 38.8 40.0 41.1 DTL (km) 1436 1515 1602 1680 1754 1767 1679 1608 1578 1641 1673 1643 1590 TRACK SOURCE BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG Prob of Genesis (t= 48h) = 44.1 is 1.6 times the sample mean ( 27.9) Prob of Genesis (t=120h) = 80.4 is 2.0 times the sample mean ( 40.3) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTIONS OF CLIMATOLOGY AND INDIVIDUAL PREDICTORS TO TCGI PROBABILITY ******* 48-HR ****** ******* 120-HR ****** AVG FCST %CONT AVG FCST %CONT CLIM (%) 27.9 40.3 HDIV (x10-7s-1) -1.3 0.2 -5.2 -1.2 -2.0 11.9 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.2 -0.1 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 3.3 VSHD (kt) 16.8 9.7 7.4 19.0 8.6 11.6 MLRH (%) 64.9 73.6 0.2 61.3 73.4 -0.4 PCCD (%) 29.1 30.1 0.2 28.7 30.1 0.3 TNUM 0.9 1.5 12.3 0.9 1.5 13.4 %CONT = % contribution to TCGI probability --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREDICTOR DEFINITIONS (Averaged Over 500 km Radius) CLIM = Climatological Probability of Genesis (Source: NHC-TAFB Invest Database) HDIV = 850-mb GFS Horizontal Divergence DV24 = 24-hr Change in GFS 850-mb Vorticity (VORT) VSHD = 850-200 mb GFS Vertical Shear MLRH = 600-mb GFS Relative Humidity PCCD = % GOES WV Pixels Colder Than -40C TNUM = TAFB T-Number