843  
FXUS10 KWNH 031622  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
1222 PM EDT MON AUG 03 2020  
 
VALID AUG 03/1200 UTC THRU AUG 07/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z GFS/NAM EVALUATION WITH PREFERENCES & FORECAST CONFIDENCE  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
ANY NAM/GFS INITIALIZATION ERRORS ARE SMALL AND DO NOT APPEAR TO  
DEGRADE THEIR SHORT RANGE FORECASTS.  
 
DEEP UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WEST THURSDAY  
SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH MOVING INTO CA BY WEDNESDAY  
DEEP CYCLONE EJECTING OUT OF SOUTHEAST CANADA  
SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS/MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES WED-THU  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
THE GUIDANCE IS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE DETAILS OF THESE  
SYSTEMS, SO A MODEL BLEND OF THE 12Z GFS, 12Z NAM, 00Z UKMET, 00Z  
CANADIAN, AND 00Z ECMWF IS PREFERRED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE.  
 
TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
THE 12Z GFS, AND TO SOME DEGREE THE 00Z UKMET, ARE QUICKER TO  
EJECT ISAIAS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EAST INTO CANADA AND BEST MATCH  
THE 15Z NHC TRACK FOR THIS SYSTEM. FOR QPF PURPOSES, THE 06Z FV3  
SAR/GFS PARALLEL AND 12Z ARW HAVE ASPECTS THAT APPEAR USEFUL FOR  
THE RAINFALL FORECAST FROM MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST  
ADVISORY FROM NHC FOR THE LATEST ON THE TRACK AND THINKING  
REGARDING ISAIAS.  
 
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.  
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