* ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX * * GFS VERSION * * AL932022 09/01/22 06 UTC * TIME (hr) 0 6 12 18 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 Prob of Genesis 44% 80% LAT (deg N) 38.2 38.4 38.2 38.1 38.0 38.0 38.0 37.9 38.2 39.1 40.5 41.9 43.2 LON (deg W) 45.1 44.9 44.6 44.4 44.0 43.7 43.9 44.2 44.1 43.6 42.5 40.7 38.2 DTL (km) 1149 1140 1173 1192 1221 1237 1226 1221 1198 1145 1096 1121 1234 TRACK SOURCE AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI AVNI TCGI 0-48h Genesis Forecast: 44% is 1.5 times the sample mean ( 30%) TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast: 80% is 1.9 times the sample mean ( 43%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS ******* 48-HR ****** ******* 120-HR ****** AVG TCGI CONT AVG TCGI CONT DIVERGENCE -1.0 -1.7 8.9% 1.0 -1.5 16.3% VORTICITY 1.7 1.2 7.1% 1.4 2.6 25.2% VERTICAL SHEAR 16.3 13.5 17.0% 18.4 12.9 23.0% RH 73.1 67.1 -0.1% 70.9 70.5 3.4% GOES 29.1 4.3 0.2% 29.3 4.3 0.2% DVORAK 0.8 1.5 11.1% 0.8 1.5 11.9% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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