325  
FXUS10 KWNH 011940  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
339 PM EDT TUE OCT 01 2019  
 
VALID OCT 01/1200 UTC THRU OCT 05/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z MODEL EVALUATION WITH PREFERENCES AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE  
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..OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS  
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
19Z UPDATE: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE NOTED WITH THE REST OF THE  
12Z DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE NOW AVAILABLE.  
 
---PREVIOUS DISCUSSION---  
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED MID TO UPPER LEVEL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS TO  
START THE FORECAST PERIOD, CHARACTERIZED BY DEEP TROUGHING ACROSS  
THE INTERIOR WEST AND RIDGING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S., WILL  
GRADUALLY BECOME MORE ZONAL BY THE END OF DAY 3. THROUGH DAY 1 AND  
MUCH OF DAY 2, THE FORECAST GUIDANCE IS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT  
SUCH THAT A GENERAL MODEL BLEND CAN BE APPLIED.  
 
DIFFERENCES IN THE MODEL GUIDANCE DEVELOP BY DAY 3 WITH RESPECT TO  
A CLOSED LOW DROPPING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA SOUTHWARD INTO THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE GFS IS A BIT FLATTER AS THE WAVE MOVES  
ONSHORE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WHILE THE CMC IS A TOUCH FASTER  
THAN THE REST OF THE GLOBAL DETERMINISTIC MODELS. THE ECMWF IS  
MORE AMPLIFIED SIMILAR TO THE CMC, BUT SLOWER COMPARED TO THE REST  
OF THE MODELS. THOUGH OVERALL THE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT TOO  
SIGNIFICANT TO EXCLUDE ANY ONE SOLUTION OR MODEL OVER THE OTHER AT  
THIS TIME, SO A GENERAL MODEL BLEND IS PREFERRED AT THIS TIME.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
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