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PMDHMD
MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1246 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2020
VALID AUG 11/1200 UTC THRU AUG 15/0000 UTC
...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMSDM) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIR
INGEST...
12Z NAM/GFS EVALUATION INCLUDING PRELIMINARY PREFERENCES AND
FORECAST CONFIDENCE
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...LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
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PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 11/00Z ECMWF AND 11/00Z GEFS MEAN
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR A LONGWAVE TROUGH TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NORTHERN CA IN RESPONSE TO UPSTREAM RIDGING
ALONG 155W. LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVES EJECT AND MOVE EAST NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS WHICH GRADUALLY
HELPS TO SHIFT THE TROUGH AXIS EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
AND HIGH PLAINS BY THURSDAY. MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES DEVELOP,
WITH THE 11/12Z OPERATIONAL GFS REMAINING ON THE FASTER SIDE OF
THE ENVELOPE OF SOLUTIONS. GIVEN THE GFS BIAS OF BEING TOO QUICK,
PREFER A COMBINATION OF THE MOST RECENT ECMWF AND GEFS MEAN.
MID TO UPPER MS VALLEY
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PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 11/12Z GFS AND 11/00Z ECMWF
CONFIDENCE: AVERAGE
OF THE 11/12Z NCEP SUITE, THE GFS APPEARED TO HAVE FEWER PROBLEMS
WITH GENERATING CONVECTIVELY INDUCED VORTICITY MAXIMA THAN THE
NAM. WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE GFS AND ECMWF GIVEN
THE DIFFERENCES NOTED WERE THE 12Z UKMET/CMC/00Z NAM/00Z ECMWF
SHOWED CONVECTIVELY GENERATED VORTICITY MAXIMA THAT RESULTED IN
POTENTIALLY SPURIOUS CLOSED LOWS WITHIN PROGRESSIVE WAVES EJECTING
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY (UKMET OVER IA, NAM OVER MO
THU NIGHT)). THE 00Z GFS ALLOWED FOR A LESS DEVELOPED AND FASTER
MOVING LOW, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A TREND ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SOUTHEAST TO MID ATLANTIC
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PREFERENCE: BLEND OF 11/12Z GFS AND 11/00Z ECMWF
CONFIDENCE: SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
THE MODELS SHOW A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC
THAT KEEPS A MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND
GEORGIA IN PLACE OR DRIFTING SLOWLY. OF THE OPERATIONAL GLOBAL
MODELS, THE MOST RECENT VERSIONS OF THE ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO
BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE THE ON-GOING
PREFERENCE AT THIS TIME.
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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