Figure captions

Fig. 1.  The skill of the threshold and scaled versions of the rapid intensification (RI) 
index relative to climatology for the 1995-2003 Atlantic and E. Pacific developmental 
samples.  

Fig. 2.  The skill of the RI index relative to climatology for the 2004 independent sample. 

Fig. 3. The skill of the RI index for the 20,25,30, and 35 kt thresholds for the 1995-2003 
developmental samples.

Fig. 4. The skill of the RI index for the 20,25,30, and 35 kt thresholds for the independent 
2004 sample.