Yea it's certainly done that in the past. It seemed a little strange to me how that low tracked but I guess it's also plausible due to it being slower. Euro should tell the tale today. If it keeps things suppressed then folks in RDU can breath a sigh of relief. Also we're still 4 days out.
IF the GFS is right then that ULL will help drive out that warm nose for those on the edge of this. Want to see what the Euro does cause the NW trend will happen so we need suppression on our side now.
@117 it's a two contour closed low so it's a monster. But more warm air with this run. Check out hr 123. Still think this probably overcomes the warm air for most.
@81 the GFS looks a bit slower. Closer to the Euro, but it still has two strong parcels of energy starting to interact in the west. Our energy in the NE is further west which is gonna suppress this a little more than the 00z if I had to guess.
Early guess on the 12z GFS is that it and the Euro are starting to come to an agreement and meeting in the middle. Out to 72 and some slight changes between it and the 00z run last night. It still looks really good though. So get the popcorn ready.
Yea it was essentially the German NAM. It was then updated to cover more areas here. It does really well here especially at around 90 hours or so. But I've seen it bust pretty hard here as well.
For everyone watching we need that ridge in the northwest to act as the highway to to the south. The energy in the NE to play the perfect game of suppression/relief and for the 00z GFS to work out some northern energy to drop down and juice our system.
Bingo. It's hilarious to me a model made specifically for Germany who europeans mainly use for short range is used so often here. (me being the worst offender of course)
6z EPS again goes towards the GFS. Not the monster GFS is but a nice low track with an I-85 special. RDU east across much of the state is 4+. Not so far east with that 4+ as the 00z. Sorry @ILMRoss
There's spread but the overall setup is there which is the key. Also it appears the Euro keeps taking more steps towards the GFS. Gut feeling is we see some consolidation at 12z...but a long with the others the GFS looks too amped.