813  
FXUS10 KWNH 121903  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
303 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2020  
 
VALID JUL 12/1200 UTC THRU JUL 16/0000 UTC  
 
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR  
INGEST...  
 
12Z MODEL EVALUATION WITH FINAL PREFERENCES/CONFIDENCE  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 
...MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF  
THE U.S. MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY...  
 
PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 12Z NAM AND 12Z ECMWF  
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE  
 
A MID-UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSES NY/NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND  
MONDAY, EVENTUALLY MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON TUESDAY.  
WEAK WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT  
FROM THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC TO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND.  
 
SLIGHT TIMING DIFFERENCES PERSIST AS THE MID-LEVEL CLOSED LOW  
MOVES FROM EASTERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE 12Z  
ECMWF MOVED THE 700 MB LOW FASTER, SO THE 12Z ECMWF/12Z CMC/12Z  
NAM ARE IN THE MIDDLE, WITH THE 12Z GFS FASTER TO MOVE THE LOW  
OFFSHORE. THE 12Z UKMET ALSO MOVED THE 700 MB LOW OFF FASTER, SO  
THE TREND IN THE NEW 12Z ECMWF LOOKS GOOD.  
 
...LONGWAVE TROUGH AXIS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY ..  
 
PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 12Z CMC/12Z ECMWF  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
THE MODELS SHOW GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH A BROAD 500 MB TROUGH  
AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY, THEN OUT OF THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER MS VALLEY TUESDAY. SOME MINOR TIMING  
AND AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCES WERE SEEN, WITH THE 12Z GFS A BIT FASTER  
AND 12Z NAM SLIGHTLY MORE AMPLIFIED TUE. THE 00Z-12Z CANADIAN  
GLOBAL AND ECMWF REPRESENT THE MIDDLE GROUND, BUT THE DIFFERENCES  
AMONG THE ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A GENERAL MODEL BLEND FOR  
THE PREFERENCE.  
 
THE 12Z GFS APPEARS TO LOWER 700 MB HEIGHTS/SEA LEVEL PRESSURE  
NEAR WHERE IT PRODUCES CONVECTION IN SOUTHERN WI/NORTHERN IL. THE  
GFS MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM A BIT OF CONVECTIVE/GRID SCALE  
FEEDBACK, SO THE LOW PRESSURE FURTHER SOUTH DEPICTED IN THE 12Z  
CANADIAN GLOBAL/09Z SREF MEAN/12Z ECMWF/12Z NAM/00Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE  
MEAN IS PREFERRED.  
 
MODEL TRENDS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/HTML/MODEL2.SHTML  
500 MB FORECASTS AT WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/H5PREF/H5PREF.SHTML  
 
THIS PRODUCT WILL TERMINATE AUGUST 15, 2020:  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDIA/NOTIFICATION/PDF2/SCN20-58PMDHMD_TERMINATION.  
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