* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * AL932015 09/14/15 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 TCGI (%) 27.4 37.8 HDIV (x10-7s-1) 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 -1.0 0.0 -2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.0 VORT (x10-6s-1) 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0.1 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.8 -1.2 -1.1 -0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 VSHD (kt) 18 19 15 11 9 7 13 5 8 12 18 23 26 MLRH (%) 79 76 77 78 74 74 73 70 71 65 60 58 55 PCCD (%) 16 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) 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.7 12.3 13.0 13.9 14.9 16.1 17.0 17.8 18.5 LON (deg W) 38.3 38.9 39.5 40.0 40.5 41.1 41.5 41.4 41.1 40.7 40.7 41.1 41.9 DTL (km) 1562 1555 1515 1480 1454 1443 1464 1540 1646 1771 1848 1893 1896 TRACK SOURCE BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG BAMG Prob of Genesis (t= 48h) = 27.4 is 1.0 times the sample mean ( 27.9) Prob of Genesis (t=120h) = 37.8 is 0.9 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 1.2 -6.9 -1.2 0.4 -14.4 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.2 -0.5 -3.9 -0.2 -0.3 -2.2 VSHD (kt) 16.8 12.4 3.4 19.0 13.7 4.8 MLRH (%) 64.9 75.3 0.0 61.3 68.8 0.4 PCCD (%) 29.1 16.2 -2.1 28.7 16.2 -1.9 TNUM 0.9 1.5 9.0 0.9 1.5 10.8 %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