This storm is just taylor made for ECU Pirate country in Greenville. Perfect track and dynamics will be increasing the farther east you go as the storm matures
Agree. It comes down to precip rates and how shallow the near surface warm layer is. In this case the GFS and NAM yield good rates and the warm layer is very shallow (in this area) so I’d expect to see surface temps move 2-3 degrees lower than modeled. But look above, as warm nosing aloft is a separate problem. The Euro doesn’t have the precip rates
I’ve never since revered the Euro like I did before the Dec 2010 storm. Still like it and want it on my side, but It hasn’t been the same ever since for whatever reason
Correct on RGEM out to hr48, then it flips to the GEM Global after hr48....you can see the resolution change with the pixel size after hr48. Also, at the bottom, it has Forecast System R for RGEM out to hr48, then it flips to G for Global after hr48
These things almost always climb north right. The fly in the ointment here is that the UKMet and Euro are headstrong on being south...so that flys counter to maybe conventional wisdom
Here's the 12z UKMet at hr48 at 500mb. Just comparing the trajectory of the height lines with the GFS, it matches up quite well. The UKMet has been super suppressed all along, but the map argues that precip will be north this run - precip will be out on Pivotal later
For all of its fallacies, I have a hard time seeing the GFS just collapse and look like the current Euro come go time based on how it is just consistently inching north....the Euro just has to come north with precip here soon.
Not to mention the NAM is obviously north as well