095  
FXUS10 KWNH 310516  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
116 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2019  
 
VALID AUG 31/0000 UTC THRU SEP 03/1200 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
00Z PRELIMINARY MODEL EVALUATION, CONFIDENCE, AND PREFERENCES  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
   
..OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS  
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: NON-NAM BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
THE GLOBAL SUITE REMAINS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN A  
WESTERN-RIDGE/EASTERN-TROUGH SETUP THROUGH THE NEXT 3 DAYS. WHILE  
SMALL SCALE PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW WILL IMPACT QPF, THERE IS  
GENERALLY SMALL SPREAD AMONG THE MAJORITY OF THE MODELS. THE LONE  
EXCEPTION IS THE 00Z/31 NAM WHICH BECOMES TOO FAST AND AMPLIFIED  
WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE PAC NW ON DAY 2, AND LIFTING INTO  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY DAY 3. THIS HAS THE EFFECT OF PUSHING THE  
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT TOO QUICKLY EAST AND TOO  
SHARPLY TO THE SOUTH, AND FOR THIS REASON THE NAM IS REMOVED FROM  
THE PREFERRED BLEND.  
 
OTHERWISE, THE PREFERENCE THIS CYCLE INCLUDES ALL OTHER AVAILABLE  
GUIDANCE, ACCOUNTING FOR THE TYPICAL BIASES.  
 
   
..HURRICANE DORIAN  
 
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PLEASE REFER TO THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST  
TRACK  
 
FOR THE 03Z NHC ADVISORY PACKAGE, A BLEND OF THE UKMET AND ECMWF  
ARE MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED, BUT BEFORE 48 HOURS THE NHC TRACK DOES  
LACK THE GLOBAL CONSENSUS SLIGHTLY. BY 00Z/2 THE UKMET AND ECMWF  
ARE NEARLY ON TOP OF THE NHC TRACK HOWEVER, SO THESE ARE PREFERRED  
TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
WEISS  
 
 
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