188  
FXUS10 KWNH 291632  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
1231 PM EDT TUE OCT 29 2019  
 
VALID OCT 29/1200 UTC THRU NOV 02/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z MODEL EVALUATION WITH PREFERENCES AND CONFIDENCE  
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..POWERFUL CLOSED LOW OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
 
   
..ENERGY EJECTING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS/MIDWEST WEDNESDAY
 
   
..COLD FRONT/SURFACE WAVE NEAR OH/TN VALLEYS BY THURSDAY
 
 
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PREFERENCE: ECENS MEAN WITH ECMWF/UKMET/CMC BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE AFTER 31.12Z  
 
SHORTWAVE ENERGY CURRENTLY DROPPING THROUGH NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL  
REACH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CLOSE OFF AT  
500 MB. THE WAVE THEN SLOWLY TRACKS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  
THROUGH 48 HOURS (31.12Z), MODEL AGREEMENT IS AVERAGE TO ABOVE  
AVERAGE. HOWEVER, AS THE POSITIVE TILTED TROUGH AXIS BECOMES MORE  
NEGATIVELY TITLED, THE WAVE DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION.  
HERE MODEL DIFFERENCES BECOME MORE NOTICEABLE. AFTER BEING  
CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE PREVIOUSLY,  
THE LATEST GFS NOW IS ON THE SLOWER SIDE OF THE MODEL ENVELOPE.  
THE NAM IS MUCH COLDER AND THEREFORE A BIT DEEPER AND FURTHER TO  
THE NORTHWEST WITH ITS ULL POSITION (AS WELL THE SURFACE LOW).  
THEREFORE, NO TO LITTLE INCLUSION OF THE NAM AND DETERMINISTIC GFS  
IS PREFERRED. THE REST OF THE GUIDANCE (UKMET/CMC/ECMWF) ARE ALL  
IN FAIRLY GOOD CLUSTERING AND MIRROR THE EC/GEFS MEANS SOMEWHAT.  
WITH THAT IN MIND, THE WPC PREFERENCE IS FOR A EC/ECENS MEAN BLEND  
INCORPORATING THE GEFS MEAN, CMC, UKMET AS WELL.  
   
..NEXT UPPER TROUGH/FRONT OVER THE PLAINS BY FRIDAY
 
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL QUICKLY DROP THROUGH THE  
LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY.  
MODEL SPREAD IS MINIMAL WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM, SO A GENERAL MODEL  
BLEND WILL BE PREFERRED FOR THE TIME BEING.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
TAYLOR  
 

 
 
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