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FXUS10 KWNH 130705  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
304 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2020  
 
VALID MAY 13/0000 UTC THRU MAY 16/1200 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
00Z MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND CONFIDENCE  
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...CLOSED LOW OVER ALBERTA TRACKING TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES  
THU...THEN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRI...  
...SURFACE LOW MOVING FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL US WED NIGHT INTO  
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRI...  
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PREFERENCE: ECMWF/UKMET/GFS/GEFS MEAN  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
SIMILAR TO THE GFS, THE 00Z ECMWF AND GEFS MEAN HAVE ALSO TRENDED  
TOWARD A SLOWER SOLUTION WITH THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES FROM THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY TO SATURDAY. WHILE THE  
GFS STILL APPEARS TO BE A BIT TOO AMPLIFIED FOR A PERIOD ACROSS  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY INTO  
FRIDAY, ITS SLOWER TIMING IS NOW LESS OF AN OUTLIER IN COMPARISON  
TO THE ECMWF, UKMET, CANADIAN AND GEFS MEAN. THE NAM, WHICH WAS  
LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH ITS PREVIOUS RUN, IS NOW ALONG THE LEADING  
EDGE OF THE GUIDANCE WITH THE TROUGH AS IT MOVES FROM THE UPPER  
MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY TO SATURDAY.  
 
....CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST  
THU...MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FRI...  
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUES TO TAKE A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW FROM THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THURSDAY MORNING, EASTWARD ACROSS THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES ON FRIDAY. SOME  
TIMING/AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCES BEGIN TO DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM MOVES  
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING, BUT OVERALL MODELS ARE  
FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY.  
 
   
..BROAD MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO THU/FRI  
   
..SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN NM/WEST TX FRI  
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
OVERALL, MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT -- CONTINUING TO SHOW A  
LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT  
BEFORE BROADENING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS  
FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.  
 
...AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS BY EARLY  
SATURDAY ...  
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
WHILE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE DETAILS, THE OVERNIGHT  
DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE WAS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT -  
INDICATING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS  
BY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
PEREIRA  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.SHTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
 
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