947  
FXUS10 KWNH 111835  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
134 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2020  
 
VALID FEB 11/1200 UTC THRU FEB 15/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z MODEL EVALUATION WITH FINAL PREFERENCES & CONFIDENCE  
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OVERALL PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS  
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PREFERENCE: NON-UKMET BLEND THROUGH DAY 2, NON-UKMET/NON-NAM BLEND  
BY DAY 3  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS, THE CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE  
SOUTHWEST US IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD AND THEN BECOME  
ABSORBED INTO THE DEVELOPING NORTHERN STREAM TROUGHING OVER THE  
CENTRAL US AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS. MEANWHILE, RIDGING IS  
GENERALLY EXPECTED ALONG THE WESTERN US THROUGH DAY 2, BEFORE THE  
NEXT EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH SPLITS INTO DISCRETE NORTHERN AND  
SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST-NORTHERN  
ROCKIES AND OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL-SOUTHERN CA RESPECTIVELY. AT  
THE SURFACE, LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST  
REGION BY 12Z WEDNESDAY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE EASTERN OH VALLEY AND  
THROUGH THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY  
MORNING.  
 
OVERALL, THE MOST RECENT GUIDANCE IS IN AVERAGE TO ABOVE AVERAGE  
AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES THROUGH DAY 2. THE EXCEPTION  
IS IN THE 12Z UKMET, WHICH COMPARED TO THE OTHER GUIDANCE IS A BIT  
MORE AMPLIFIED AND FASTER WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE PAC  
NW TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. BY DAY 3  
(FRIDAY), THE NAM IS THE ONLY MODEL THAT CLOSES OFF A 500 MB LOW  
OFF THE SOUTHERN CA COAST, WHILE THE NAM IS ALSO ON AMPLIFIED  
EDGES OF THE GUIDANCE SPREAD WITH THE TROUGH TRAVERSING THE  
EASTERN CONUS.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.HTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
HURLEY  
 

 
 
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