170  
FXUS10 KWNH 070441  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
1241 AM EDT FRI AUG 07 2020  
 
VALID AUG 07/0000 UTC THRU AUG 10/1200 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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OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S.  
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PREFERENCE: GENERAL MODEL BLEND  
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE  
 
THERE IS GENERALLY GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL  
U.S. AND INTO CANADA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THERE ARE SOME MODEL  
DIFFERENCES IN THE PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE CLOSED MID LEVEL  
LOW TRACKING ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN INTO MANITOBA THIS WEEKEND.  
THOUGH THE DIFFERENCES ARE RELATIVELY MINOR, THEY DO HAVE  
RAMIFICATIONS DOWNSTREAM, AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY EJECTED FROM THE  
BASE OF THE CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW TRACK THROUGH THE FAST MID LEVEL  
FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND,  
ESPECIALLY AFTER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THOUGH THERE IS SOME SPREAD  
IN THE TIMING OF THE SHORT WAVES, THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED IN THE  
FAST MID LEVEL FLOW. OVERALL, A GENERAL MODEL BLEND SHOULD  
SUFFICE, ALLOWING THE TIMING DIFFERENCES TO BE MUTED TO SOME  
DEGREE.  
 
THERE IS ALSO SOME MODEL SPREAD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE  
WAVE ON A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO  
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SPREAD MAY BE  
TIED TO THE SHORT WAVE TIMING IN THE FAST MID LEVEL FLOW, BUT THE  
DIFFERENCES IN THE SURFACE LOW PLACEMENT APPEAR TO BE TYPICAL FOR  
A DAY 2/DAY 3 FORECAST, SO A MODEL BLEND SHOULD WORK HERE AS WELL.  
 
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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HAMRICK  
 
 
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