243  
FXUS10 KWNH 060648  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
248 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2020  
 
VALID JUL 6/0000 UTC THRU JUL 9/1200 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
00Z MODEL EVALUATION INCLUDING PREFERENCES AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE  
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7Z UPDATE: THE UKMET TRENDED A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE SOUTHEAST  
U.S. TROUGH AND IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE MODEL CONSENSUS. THE NAM  
REMAINS SLOWER WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA BY  
THURSDAY MORNING. OVERALL NO MAJOR CHANGES NECESSARY FOR THE  
MODEL PREFERENCES.  
 
TROUGH BUILDING OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. THIS WEEKEND  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: GFS/ECMWF/UKMET  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVE TROUGH ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE  
NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND MONDAY, AND IS QUICKLY REPLACED BY BRIEF  
RIDGING FOR TUESDAY. BY MID-WEEK, A BROAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
CROSSES NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. OVERALL, MODEL GUIDANCE IS FAIRLY  
AGREEABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME MINOR MODEL DIFFERENCES  
NOTED, WITH THE NAM FASTER AND THE CMC NOT AS STRONG WITH THE  
MID-WEEK TROUGH. BLENDING THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET SHOULD SERVE AS A  
GOOD STARTING POINT.  
 
TROUGH/WEAKNESS OVER THE GULF COAST REGION  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
BROAD WEAKNESS IN THE LARGER SCALE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST  
AND DEEP SOUTH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS  
WITH SOME SUGGESTION IN THE LATEST GUIDANCE OF MORE ORGANIZED  
SHORTWAVE ENERGY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY MID-WEEK. MODEL  
GUIDANCE HAS CONSOLIDATED BETTER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF CYCLES  
AND LARGELY AGREE ON THE EVOLUTION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  
 
TROUGH WITH MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND  
CANADA  
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PREFERENCE: ECMWF/CMC/EC MEAN BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
WITHIN THE BROAD TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, A STRONGER  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE COAST LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  
ASIDE FROM A SLIGHTLY DEEPER NAM, MODEL AGREEMENT IS VERY GOOD  
WITH THIS SYSTEM. EVENTUALLY THE ENERGY WORKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES AND IS FORECAST TO CLOSE OFF OVER THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN  
ROCKIES. THE GFS IS INITIALLY QUICKER HERE, BUT BECOMES WELL  
CLUSTERED WITH THE OTHER GUIDANCE BY THE END OF THE FORECAST  
PERIOD. THE NAM BECOMES SLOWER WITH THE CLOSED LOW ACROSS  
SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA BY MID-WEEK. WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVING  
TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD, THE NAM AND GFS ARE MORE  
POTENT BY DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHEREAS THE  
NON-NCEP GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MORE OF AN OPEN TROUGH.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.SHTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
HAMRICK  
 

 
 
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