699  
FXUS10 KWNH 020500  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
100 AM EDT MON SEP 02 2019  
 
VALID SEP 02/0000 UTC THRU SEP 05/1200 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
00Z PRELIMINARY MODEL EVALUATION, CONFIDENCE, AND PREFERENCES  
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..OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS
 
 
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PREFERENCE: NON-NAM BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE LONGWAVE SYNOPTIC  
PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A RIDGE IN THE WEST AND A TROUGH IN THE  
EAST. THERE IS LITTLE VARIATION IN THE GUIDANCE, AND THE FEATURES  
DETERMINING THE PREFERRED BLEND ARE GENERALLY SMALLER SCALE. THE  
NAM DEEPENS THE EASTERN TROUGH A LITTLE TOO MUCH WHEN COMPARED TO  
THE GLOBAL CONSENSUS. AND IS ALSO MUCH FLATTER WITH HEIGHTS ACROSS  
THE NW. OTHERWISE, THE 00Z GFS AND 12Z NON-NCEP SUITE ARE WELL  
CLUSTERED DESPITE SMALL TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES IN A SHORTWAVE MOVING  
EASTWARD FROM THE PACNW INTO THE NORTHERN TIER. DESPITE THESE  
DIFFERENCES, QPF FIELDS ARE WELL ALIGNED SO A BLEND WHICH INCLUDES  
ALL OF THE GLOBAL SUITE EXCEPT THE NAM IS REASONABLE.  
 
   
..HURRICANE DORIAN
 
 
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PLEASE REFER TO THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST  
TRACK  
 
THE 00Z GFS IS STRONGLY COLLOCATED WITH THE 03Z NHC ADVISORY  
TRACK, AND A HEAVY WEIGHT OF THIS MODEL AT LEAST INTO DAY 3  
PRODUCES THE MOST INTEGRITY TO THE NHC TRACK FOR DORIAN. THE UKMET  
AND ECMWF ARE ALSO REASONABLE, BECOMING MORESO LATER IN THE  
FORECAST PERIOD AS THE GFS BECOMES ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE  
ENVELOPE AND THE NHC TRACK BECOMES RIGHT OF THE GFS.  
 
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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