Eskimo Joe

Updated morning AFD from LWX:

06z Euro is well west and yields a steady, soaking rain of 1" - 2.5" west of the Bay. Would be a drought buster for sure.

Seems that NCEP has been putting real yeoman's work into the GFS recently.

Naw go for it.

Thank you.

You'd expect partly cloudy and 45. Preview of winter 2023 where everything is too far east?

None of those images loaded for me.

We have a positive IOD right now? Is there a website with a reliable tracking of thie index? Is there any lag between IOD change and NAO change?

Yea at least for this domain it's terrible.

^that's not an encouraging map

Only 0.27 in the day. Glad it's been slowly raining though so it can absorb.

Not very El Nino like behavior right now.

M0.17" since 12pm.

Matrix glitch. Sometimes it works in your favor.

Near normal just means 34 and rain instead of 35 and rain down here.

Mulching with straw mitigates a lot of those problems.

Thanks for the insight. I appreciate the analysis.

-QBO is favorable for cooler weather, correct?

A lot of mesonets are supporting the solar and wind industries without knowing it.

More highlights tomorrow folks!

Some additional tidbits for severe weather. Please note these are conclusions from various presentations and not my own thoughts. 1.) Mesonets that capture solar irradiance (W/m^2) should visualize their data. Gradients in solar irradiance can illustrate CAPE gradients that will support convective initiation. NOTE: The Maryland mesonet will show this once stations are deployed. 2.) The SPC HREF performs poorly with mid level cloud erosion times in cool weather severe episodes, especially in the Mid Atlantic and Northeast. The cause remains unknown and warrants further study. If the SPC HREF shows an area breaking out into the warm sector, and does not have support from the rest of the CAMS, consider disregarding the SPC HREF. 3.) When forecasting big hail events, the 12z RAOB closest to your location can be helpful in identifying an EML. This is especially true when comparing to special 18z RAOB because the 12z data will feature a comparatively cool surface temperature which lets a forecaster "see" the fingerprint of an EML advecting from Texas or the Mexico highlands.