549  
FXUS10 KWNH 280635  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
235 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2020  
 
VALID JUL 28/0000 UTC THRU JUL 31/1200 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
00Z MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 
07Z UPDATE: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NOTED WITH THE REST OF THE 00Z  
GUIDANCE AND NO CHANGES TO THE MODEL BLEND PREFERENCES AT THIS  
TIME.  
   
..MID-UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST
 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
LARGE CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER ONTARIO IS FORECAST TO SETTLE  
OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH ITS SURFACE FRONT  
MARCHING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, MID-ATLANTIC, AND NORTHEAST.  
MODELS HAVE CONVERGED ON A SIMILAR POSITION, STRENGTH, AND TIMING  
OF THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES AND A GENERAL MODEL BLEND CONTINUES TO BE  
PREFERRED.  
 
   
..MID-LEVEL ENERGY OVER GREAT BASIN
 
   
..ENERGY ADVANCING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY
 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND THROUGH 48 HOURS; ECMWF/CMC/NAM  
BLEND AFTER  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
MID-LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE GREAT BASIN REGION SLIPS EASTWARD TOWARD  
THE ROCKIES AND EVENTUALLY SPILLS OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY  
48 HOURS. MODELS MOSTLY AGREE ON THIS EVOLUTION THROUGH 48 HOURS,  
HOWEVER AFTERWARDS THERE ARE SOME PHASING DIFFERENCES NOTED WITH  
THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE UKMET SEPARATES  
THIS ENERGY THE MOST TO THE WEST WHILE THE GFS DROPS THE ENERGY  
THE FURTHEST SOUTH AND AT A FASTER CLIP. THE CONSENSUS IS FAVORED  
WITH THE ECMWF/CMC/NAM SHOWING THE BEST CONSISTENCY AT THIS TIME.  
 
   
..UPPER LOW/TROUGH APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND THROUGH 48 HOURS; ECMWF/GEFS/ECENS  
BLEND AFTER  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL WELL OFFSHORE  
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. ONE PARTICULAR SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED  
IN THE FLOW IS FORECAST TO SWING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST IN THE  
WED NIGHT TO THURSDAY TIME FRAME. HERE THE GFS/NAM ARE  
CONSIDERABLY MORE AMPLIFIED WITH THE FEATURE AND ALSO  
SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN THE NON-NCEP GUIDANCE. LOOKING AT THE  
ENSEMBLES, THE DETERMINISTIC RUNS OF THE GFS/NAM ARE PROBABLY TOO  
FAST AT THIS TIME. A BLEND OF THE ECMWF/GEFS/ECENS IS PREFERRED  
FOR DAY 3.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.SHTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
THIS PRODUCT WILL TERMINATE AUGUST 15, 2020:  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDIA/NOTIFICATION/PDF2/SCN20-58PMDHMD_TERMINATION.  
PDF  
 
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