556  
FXUS10 KWNH 011901  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
300 PM EDT WED JUL 01 2020  
 
VALID JUL 01/1200 UTC THRU JUL 05/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z FINAL MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND FORECAST  
CONFIDENCE  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 
...CLOSED LOW EXITING NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AND BACK DOOR FRONT  
DIVING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY...   
..DEVELOPING TROUGH NEAR THE GULF COAST FRIDAY
 
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND THROUGH FRIDAY  
NON UKMET/CMC SATURDAY /D3/  
CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH FRIDAY, AVERAGE SATURDAY  
 
19Z UPDATE: NO CHANGES TO THE PREFERRED BLEND WITH THE 12Z  
NON-NCEP SUITE. THE CMC HAS BACKED OFF A BIT ON THE AMPLITUDE OF  
THE TROUGH/CLOSED LOW NEAR THE GULF COAST, TRENDING MORE TOWARDS  
THE PRIOR PREFERRED CONSENSUS.  
 
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION:  
GUIDANCE IS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH LITTLE SPREAD IN BOTH THE  
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF THE CLOSED LOW DROPPING E/SE  
AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND LATE IN THE WEEK. BY FRIDAY THE CLOSED LOW  
OPENS AND IS WELL REMOVED FROM THE EAST COAST, AND A GENERAL BLEND  
IS ACCEPTABLE THROUGH D2.  
 
THEREAFTER, AS A RIDGE TRIES TO BLOSSOM NORTHEAST FROM THE MIDDLE  
OF THE COUNTRY, A TROUGH DIGS BACK INTO NEW ENGLAND, WHILE A  
SECONDARY TROUGH DEVELOPS BENEATH THE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE GULF  
COAST. IN NEW ENGLAND, A BACK DOOR FRONT DIGGING SOUTHWARD FRIDAY  
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY FEATURES SIMILAR TIMING, ALTHOUGH THE GFS MAY  
BE A BIT TOO FAST TO DRIVE THE FRONT SOUTHWEST AS IT ENCOUNTERS A  
RIDGE AND MAY GET HUNG UP BY INTERACTION WITH MID-LEVEL IMPULSES.  
THE ECMWF ON THE OTHER HAND IS THE WETTEST OF THE GUIDANCE AND  
FEATURES THE SUBTLY STRONGEST SHORTWAVE. A BLEND OF THESE FEATURES  
SHOULD GET SOMETHING CLOSE TO REALITY, AND IS CLOSER TO THE  
ENSEMBLE MEANS. ACROSS THE GULF COAST, THE UKMET SHOWS NO EVIDENCE  
OF A TROUGH AS IT BULGES THE RIDGE TOO QUICKLY FROM THE W/SW,  
WHILE THE CMC IS A STRONG OUTLIER WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE  
TROUGH, CLOSING IT OFF NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. REMOVING THESE  
TWO FEATURES FROM THE BLEND LEAVES A GOOD GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONG  
THE REST OF THE GLOBAL MODELS IN A BROAD POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH  
LINGERING NEAR THE GULF COAST SATURDAY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED,  
HOWEVER, THAT THIS TROUGH DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO RESIDUAL MCVS  
DIVING THROUGH THE MS VLY EARLIER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE  
POSITION AND INTENSITY OF THESE FEATURES ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT  
TO PLACE, ESPECIALLY BY D3, SO UNCERTAINTY IN THE BLEND AND THE  
EVOLUTION BECOMES MUCH GREATER BY THE WEEKEND.  
 
   
..DEEP UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW ACROSS THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST
 
 
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND THROUGH FRIDAY  
NON NAM/UKMET SATURDAY /D3/  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
19Z UPDATE: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THE PREFERENCES AFTER  
EXAMINATION OF THE 12Z NON-NCEP SUITE.  
 
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION:  
EXPANSIVE CLOSED LOW MEANDERING ACROSS FAR WESTERN CANADA AND THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY AS MULTIPLE VORT  
CENTERS ROTATE AROUND THEMSELVES AND WITHIN THE LARGER GYRE.  
SLOWLY, THIS FEATURE IS LIKELY TO GENERALLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO  
CANADA, LEAVING JUST A WEAK TROUGH ACROSS THE PACNW BY FRIDAY. THE  
GUIDANCE DOES FEATURE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN THE INTENSITY AND  
POSITION OF THE INDIVIDUAL VORT CENTERS, BUT THE GENERAL MASS  
FIELD SHOWS GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. THEREAFTER, THE NAM  
AND UKMET BOTH DIVE A STRONGER SHORTWAVE NEAR THE OR COAST FOR D3,  
AMPLIFYING THE TROUGH ONCE AGAIN, BECOMING OUTLIERS COMPARED TO  
THE GLOBAL CONSENSUS. WHILE QPF LOOKS MINIMAL ACROSS THE NW DURING  
THIS TIME, A DEEPER TROUGH AND A MORE SW TO NE ORIENTED JET STREAK  
IN RESPONSE COULD PROVIDE MORE SIGNIFICANT ASCENT LOCALLY D3. THE  
REMAINING GUIDANCE INCLUDING THE ENSEMBLE MEANS SHOW A FLATTER  
DEPICTION OF THE TROUGH BY THIS TIME WITH A MORE ZONAL JET STREAK,  
AND THIS IS PREFERRED FOR THE REGION AT THE END OF THE FORECAST  
PERIOD.  
 
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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