051  
FXUS10 KWNH 070652  
PMDHMD  
 
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
251 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 SYNOPTIC SCALE MODEL AGREEMENT ACROSS THE  
CONTINENTAL U.S. AND INTO CANADA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THERE  
ARE SOME MINOR MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF  
THE CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW TRACKING ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN INTO  
MANITOBA THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE NAM A BIT MORE AMPLIFIED COMPARED  
TO THE MODEL CONSENSUS AND THE GEFS MEAN SLIGHTLY FASTER WITH THE  
PROGRESSION OF THE MAIN SURFACE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA. 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 TRACKS THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE 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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