*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL962024 11/02/24 06 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       69%                                 69%

LAT  (deg N)     40.2  39.9  39.4  38.9  38.6  38.4  39.4  41.4  43.7  46.2  48.8  51.2  53.2
LON  (deg W)     34.0  32.7  30.9  29.1  27.1  23.0  18.6  14.5  11.2   9.2   8.4   7.9   7.5
DTL  (km)        1701  1814  1865  1720  1551  1198   811   470   186   293   248    69   -84
TRACK SOURCE     AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  AVNI  TABM

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   69% is  2.3 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   69% 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    0.9   5.0%       1.0    1.3   6.9%
VORTICITY          1.7    3.8  19.4%       1.4    1.3  17.6%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   15.5  19.8%      18.4   23.8  18.2%
RH                73.1   64.5  -0.2%      70.9   61.3   2.4%
GOES              29.1    3.6   0.2%      29.3    3.6   0.2%
DVORAK             0.8    2.5  25.1%       0.8    2.5  24.1%

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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