But this is an example of where I think AI is just broadly spreading QPF rather than honing in on details. That’s a lot more QPF in NNE vs deterministic models and less in SNE.
Looks like that energy ejecting out of the Baja is a little more south and neutered. It may be for the best on the S coast because it looked like thermals were running warmer DC-south.
It’s a big push of isentropic lift…more of a consistent upglide over the cold dome.
Sadly you can’t seem to find isentropic model maps anymore online. This would be a pretty cold isentropic surface to work with.
You’re ripping like 0.60”+/6hr at times. Even with clearing there’s going to be compaction on the bottom of those cores as the weight increases on the lower crystals. A little wind will break the crystals down a bit too. So I just find it hard to see 12-15” of fluff in 6hrs during the meat of it.
If you were clearing hourly then yeah…you’re probably getting 20-25:1 hourlies at times.
Btw….to anyone using the Beta site on Pivotal be careful when clicking soundings. When I’m in landscape mode the lat/long is correct, but when I flip the view to portrait it’s shifting my longitude off by a solid 1°.
I think that’s a good safe number. Soundings are pretty good here, but it’s tough to sustain huge ratios (20-25:1) with higher QPF. There’s a period on the euro where we’re saturated and in the DGZ from the sfc to H5.
That run would shorten the period of deep max DGZ for many too. It’s probably just the NAM doing its own synoptic things rather than nailing the mid level warming.