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Wintry 1/9-12 Winter Potential Great Dane or Yorkie

Only hires cams run from previous global runs (ie 18z HRRR/RAP initializes with 12z GFS forecast, nudged towards observations made at 18z with data assimilation).. Global models are fresh runs at each 18z, 00z, 06z, 12z.

And the most recent run is considered the most accurate. Any inter-run differences in accuracy due to 'off-run' data availability are far exceeded by gains in accuracy as you reduce lead-time.
Did global models at one time only only ingest new data at 12 and 00?? Maybe that is what I’m remembering.
i think the perception of the 00z and 12z being of higher mettle is because this is when balloons get launched and that data is ingested
this is what I’m remembering..
 
Folks have expressed various opinions regarding whether they like the Euro AI / don't like it. The published data over the last 3 winters have the GFS Graphcast and Euro AI as the top performing models at 500mb at Day 5. On the chart, AIFS is the Euro AI. HRES/IFS is the Euro

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I think the key here is D5. We have mainly been looking at D7-D10 (or beyond).
 
There are so many people chiming in that as a novice I don’t know if I should be happy or sad w the trends.
I honestly think, like many possible events for our general area, it will be hard to have a good sense of this one until 24-48 hours out. If we go back towards suppression it will be colder but precip will limited. If we continue to amp, see the great lakes low cutting off our cold air train, or see the southern jet pull north we rain. We're
trying to get something in between but then tiny changes on timing, pressure, placement, temp, etc, can make the whole difference for specific areas. Right now it's really hard to nail down a true trend because there is so much flipping from run to run. That shows small detail changes can have a big effect on what happens. The possibility is certainly there but, as usual, we need some things to go our way. There is certain to be some happy folks and some disappointed folks by next weekend. Stay tuned.
 
it isn't perfect though, the new orientation really digs in TX/NM now and that's what triggers height rises in the carolinas to beanskips point
 
Homerun from the ICON. Keep it down there for at least 2 more days.
Yep. Not everyone is going to be happy whatever happens. A board wide event is rare. Suppressed and I'm loving it and folks north of Atl not so much. Typically I watch Ala, Atl north, and Tenn and NC happy as clams while if I get anything, it covers half the drive, and maybe roofs for a few hours. Atl gets 5 inches and I get a half inch at the very end, and it evaporates in the high winds and brutal dry cold. I'm ready for a Macon bowling ball, only 75 miles further north this time, lol.
 
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