255  
FXUS10 KWNH 221722  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
122 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2019  
 
VALID AUG 22/1200 UTC THRU AUG 26/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z INITIAL MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND FORECAST  
CONFIDENCE  
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..OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS
 
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
EXCEPTIONS: ECMWF/UKMET BLEND IN GULF/FL FOR DAY 2  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE EXCEPT GULF/FL (BELOW AVERAGE)  
 
OVERALL VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON PROGRESSION OF THE SYNOPTIC FLOW  
PATTERN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THROUGH SUNDAY INCLUDING THE TROUGH  
SPREADING EAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CONUS  
AND TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS, THE PROGRESSION OF THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE  
FROM THE GREAT PLAINS TO EASTERN CANADA, AND LOW/TROUGH  
PROGRESSION OVER EASTERN CANADA AND LINGERING TROUGH OVER THE  
NORTHEAST CONUS. OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT ON PLACEMENT IN THE QPF  
ARC THAT IS MERIDIONAL UP THE GREAT PLAINS THEN AROUND THE  
SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC THAT WHOLLY SHIFTS EAST  
FROM DAY 2 TO 3.  
 
THREE TROPICAL CONCERNS ALSO ARE IN PLAY OVER SOUTHERN FL, THE  
WEST-CENTRAL GULF COAST, AND TS IVO IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. WILL  
CONTINUE TO PREFER THE ECMWF/UKMET WHICH REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT  
FOR SURFACE LOW DEVELOP OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FL  
PENINSULA WITH THE HIGHEST QPF OFF THE SOUTHEAST FL COAST ON DAY 2  
AND NEAR THE EASTERN NC COAST ON DAY 3. A LINGERING TROPICALLY  
SOURCED TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BRINGS LOCALLY  
HEAVY RAINS TO THE COAST OF FAR EASTERN TX/SOUTHERN LA FOR BOTH  
DAYS 2/3. AND IN THE PACIFIC THE 15Z NHC FORECAST FOR TS IVO IS  
CLOSEST TO THE GFS TRACK.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
JACKSON  
 

 
 
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