*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL072024 09/21/24 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       23%                                 23%

LAT  (deg N)     26.3  26.0  25.9  25.7  25.8  26.3  27.6  29.8  32.2  34.7  36.8  37.8  38.2
LON  (deg W)     42.6  42.7  43.0  43.4  44.0  45.2  45.8  45.8  45.1  43.2  40.5  36.1  29.2
DTL  (km)        2453  2481  2481  2440  2385  2287  2218  1983  1751  1572  1517  1712  1739
TRACK SOURCE     AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   23% is  0.8 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   23% is  0.5 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    1.3   2.0%       1.0    0.3   4.8%
VORTICITY          1.7    1.9   6.0%       1.4    0.8   5.8%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3    5.6  13.7%      18.4   14.8  10.7%
RH                73.1   48.5   0.0%      70.9   55.9   0.7%
GOES              29.1    6.0   0.2%      29.3    6.0   0.1%
DVORAK             0.8    0.5   1.2%       0.8    0.5   1.0%

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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