*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL932022 08/31/22 18 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       29%                                 68%

LAT  (deg N)     37.7  37.8  38.0  38.1  38.3  38.1  38.0  37.8  38.2  38.9  39.6  39.9  40.2
LON  (deg W)     46.0  45.6  45.2  45.0  44.7  44.4  44.4  44.4  44.6  45.1  45.1  43.9  41.3
DTL  (km)        1161  1163  1164  1160  1161  1189  1205  1216  1176  1090  1018  1058  1195
TRACK SOURCE     TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   29% is  1.0 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   68% is  1.6 times the sample mean (  43%)

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INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS 

               *******  48-HR ******   ******* 120-HR ******
                   AVG   TCGI   CONT       AVG   TCGI   CONT
DIVERGENCE        -1.0   -1.4   6.5%       1.0   -1.3  15.0%
VORTICITY          1.7    0.8   4.4%       1.4    2.1  20.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   14.2  12.9%      18.4   14.1  21.5%
RH                73.1   67.5  -0.1%      70.9   68.0   3.0%
GOES              29.1   17.4   0.7%      29.3   17.4   0.6%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   5.0%       0.8    1.0   6.7%

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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