* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * AL932015 09/16/15 12 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 TCGI (%) 34.2 40.7 HDIV (x10-7s-1) -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 VORT (x10-6s-1) 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.0 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 VSHD (kt) 8 9 13 20 26 25 30 27 31 39 22 13 5 MLRH (%) 71 66 64 61 54 47 46 53 58 59 54 48 40 PCCD (%) 45 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) 14.5 15.3 16.0 16.7 17.5 18.7 20.0 21.2 22.2 23.2 23.7 23.9 23.9 LON (deg W) 44.1 44.4 44.6 44.8 45.1 45.6 46.7 47.4 48.9 50.1 52.0 53.4 55.1 DTL (km) 1404 1452 1499 1550 1607 1696 1774 1856 1804 1710 1542 1418 1262 TRACK SOURCE AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO AVNO Prob of Genesis (t= 48h) = 34.2 is 1.2 times the sample mean ( 27.9) Prob of Genesis (t=120h) = 40.7 is 1.0 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 -0.7 -1.0 -1.2 -0.1 -9.1 DV24 (x10-6s-1) -0.2 -0.3 -1.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 VSHD (kt) 16.8 20.4 -2.7 19.0 22.2 -2.7 MLRH (%) 64.9 56.1 -0.4 61.3 53.8 -0.9 PCCD (%) 29.1 45.4 2.7 28.7 45.4 2.5 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