* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * AL932015 09/14/15 18 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 TCGI (%) 27.4 27.5 HDIV (x10-7s-1) 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 -2.0 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -1.0 -3.0 -1.0 0.0 VORT (x10-6s-1) 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 -0.7 -0.6 DV24 (x10-6s-1) 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.8 -1.1 -1.3 -1.4 -0.7 0.6 0.9 VSHD (kt) 18 12 6 1 0 13 16 31 34 33 27 33 33 MLRH (%) 71 71 70 65 64 60 54 48 44 52 62 68 63 PCCD (%) 5 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 1.00 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) 11.2 11.4 11.8 12.2 12.8 14.1 15.8 17.9 20.5 23.0 25.1 26.9 27.9 LON (deg W) 40.1 41.0 41.6 42.2 42.7 43.7 44.4 44.7 44.5 43.7 42.6 41.0 39.6 DTL (km) 1455 1387 1364 1344 1353 1395 1495 1667 1928 2213 2472 2449 2379 TRACK SOURCE AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI Prob of Genesis (t= 48h) = 27.4 is 1.0 times the sample mean ( 27.9) Prob of Genesis (t=120h) = 27.5 is 0.7 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 0.7 -5.1 -1.2 -0.6 -4.3 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.2 -0.1 1.7 -0.2 -0.4 -3.7 VSHD (kt) 16.8 9.7 5.4 19.0 22.2 -2.7 MLRH (%) 64.9 63.7 -0.1 61.3 58.8 -0.3 PCCD (%) 29.1 5.4 -3.9 28.7 5.4 -3.5 TNUM 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.8 %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