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FXUS10 KWNH 271613
PMDHMD
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1211 PM EDT MON APR 27 2020
VALID APR 27/1200 UTC THRU MAY 01/0000 UTC
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR
INGEST...
12Z MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING LATEST PREFERENCES AND CONFIDENCE
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..DEEP TROUGH/LOW CENTER EXITING THE NORTHEAST
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE
THE MODELS GRADUALLY TAKE THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
CLOSED LOW IMPACTING THE NORTHEAST GRADUALLY AWAY FROM THE REGION
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE GUIDANCE SHOWS RATHER MINIMAL MODEL MASS
FIELD SPREAD AS THE SYSTEM EXITS AWAY, AND SO A GENERAL MODEL
BLEND WILL BE PREFERRED.
..NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE MIDWEST
..SYSTEM ADVANCING INTO THE EASTERN U.S. BY THURSDAY
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PREFERENCE: BLEND OF THE 00Z UKMET/ECMWF/ECENS MEAN
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH CLIPPING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA TODAY IS EXPECTED TO AMPLIFY
SOUTHEASTWARD DOWN ACROSS THE MIDWEST BY WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO
A DEEP LAYER RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND SOUTHWEST
CANADA GOING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE GUIDANCE SHOWS A
STRONG CLOSED LOW EVOLVING OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL FOCUS ON
THE OH VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY THURSDAY AS A DEEP
LAYER TROUGH ENVELOPS MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. BY THAT TIME
PERIOD. ALL OF THE MODEL SHOW REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE
HEIGHT FALL EVOLUTION AND SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS GOING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY, THERE IS SOME SPATIAL SPREAD WITH THE
SURFACE LOW EVOLUTION AS THE 12Z NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS TAKES THE
SURFACE LOW/ENERGY A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY NORTH ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES, WITH THE 00Z NON-NCEP SOLUTIONS TENDING TO KEEP LOW
PRESSURE CONFINED MORE TO THE OH VALLEY, AND WITH A BIT BETTER
DEFINED TRIPLE-POINT LOW OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AT THE END
OF THE PERIOD GIVEN PLACEMENT OF STRONGER HEIGHT FALLS FOCUSING
STILL A TAD FARTHER SOUTH. HOWEVER, AMONG THE NON-NCEP SOLUTIONS,
THE 00Z CMC DOES APPEAR TO BE A BIT TOO WEAK WITH ITS SURFACE LOW
REFLECTION. GIVEN THE DEPTH OF THE CLOSED LOW, A RELATIVELY SLOWER
EVOLUTION IS PREFERRED BY THE END OF THE PERIOD, AND THIS WOULD BE
RESPECTFUL OF THE AMPLIFYING AND TELECONNECTING RIDGE DOWNSTREAM
OFF THE EAST COAST. THE UKMET AND ECMWF ARE RATHER WELL CLUSTERED
AND OVERALL HAVE BETTER ENSEMBLE SUPPORT AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY
FROM THE 00Z ECENS SUITE, SO WILL PREFER A NON-NCEP CONSENSUS
WEIGHTED TOWARD THE UKMET, ECMWF AND ECENS MEAN.
..WEAK SHORTWAVE CLIPPING THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE
A MODEST AND RATHER PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL COME IN OFF
THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND CLIP AREAS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. A WEAK AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AN ATTENDANT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS ENERGY.
THE 00Z ECMWF WAS PERHAPS A TAD SLOWER THAN THE MODEL CONSENSUS,
BUT THE MODEL DIFFERENCES ARE QUITE MODEST, SO A GENERAL MODEL
BLEND WILL BE PREFERRED WITH THIS SYSTEM.
..SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE WEST ON THURSDAY
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PREFERENCE: NON-GFS BLEND
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE
THE MODELS BRING ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN OFF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
ON THURSDAY AND IN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WEST. THE GUIDANCE
REFLECTS A RELATIVELY LOW-AMPLITUDE TO THIS SYSTEM AT LEAST
THROUGH THIS PERIOD, BUT THE GFS IS TAD STRONGER THAN THE NAM AND
ALSO THE NON-NCEP MODELS AT THIS POINT. THE LATEST GEFS/ECENS
MEANS ARE NOT AS ROBUST AS THE DETERMINISTIC GFS, AND SO WILL
SUGGEST LEANING AWAY FROM THE RELATIVELY DEEPER GFS AT THIS POINT.
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