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NYC CWA January 26-27 OBS and Discussion Thread


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lol thats exactly how we feel in the out here with its performance as of late for several systems.

Yup, it's flip flopping like a fish out of water. I wonder if it has something to do with the convection..or grid scale feedback..whatever it might be..to be quite honest, the model sucks lately.

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If the situation were reversed, where all major guidance except the NAM showed a miss but the NAM gave us a snowstorm, you'd be in here with a flame thrower for any NAM huggers :lol:

WRONG- correct me of im wrong but last year the NAM was the model that lead the charge on a few snow storms...and it was correct...that is what bothers me. I happen to like the NAM a lot more than the GFS..especially 24-36 hrs out.

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Yup, it's flip flopping like a fish out of water. I wonder if it has something to do with the convection..or grid scale feedback..whatever it might be..to be quite honest, the model sucks lately.

What stinks more is that MM5, Arw and NMM will be pretty much useless tonight since they get a lot of data from NAM.

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Who cares about the NAM? 9PM SREF's are steadfast. If we go by the NAM, BOS sees flurries and they are under a WS Warning already. I don't remember the last time OKX had an event with egg on face (well, I do...1999...WS Warning issued and dropped in a 6 HR period!) It's time to monitor the SREF's. Fortunately, they really have no budged. All in all, a reasonable 5-7 inch snow from DCA up to BOS.

The worst OKX event by far was their performance the night of 12/25/02...their AFD at 7pm said "some snow was occurring"...that was back in the days when the NWS tried to cover up busts by doing things like not putting a 4 inch report or a 6 inch report in a PNS statement if it did not verify their advisory/warning...Upton though I think is one of the better offices in the country and I've lived all over.

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What stinks more is that MM5, Arw and NMM will be pretty much useless tonight since they get a lot of data from NAM.

Wouldn't call them useless, but they like to follow the NAM. We'll see what's really going on when we get a look at them and see if they're further north and west.

I'd like to see the GFS hold or tick NW.

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WRONG- correct me of im wrong but last year the NAM was the model that lead the charge on a few snow storms...and it was correct...that is what bothers me. I happen to like the NAM a lot more than the GFS..especially 24-36 hrs out.

i might tend to prefer it in that time range as well...but not when i know the gfs and euro agree. Ill take the euro in any time frame over any other model (meso's not included).

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Wouldn't call them useless, but they like to follow the NAM. We'll see what's really going on when we get a look at them and see if they're further north and west.

I'd like to see the GFS hold or tick NW.

RGEM holding at 10:10 will be telling.

If it also does what NAM just did then we have a problem.

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i might tend to prefer it in that time range as well...but not when i know the gfs and euro agree. Ill take the euro in any time frame over any other model (meso's not included).

aaaah, magic words. the EURO disagrees. even though its been less than stellar this year, its still better than the GFS.

If the EURO follow suit later i wil lean towards the NAM....also the MM5 will be interesting, the NMM and ARW are crappy useless models...

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Too bad the overrunning doesn't setup earlier Wed morning and last throughout the day before the mid-level deformation swings through. By the time it finally does, the entire structure is deteriorating, and modest lift pulls out quickly.

The NAM is quite unreliable with timing and can be too slow...thats one thing I always use the GFS on over it unless they are both agreeing.

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I got this from another site.

SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE

NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD

0132Z WED JAN 26 2011

THE 00Z NAM MODEL HAS STARTED AND IS RUNNING ON TIME. OBSERVATIONS

AVAILABLE FOR NAM INGEST INCLUDED 14 ALASKAN...31 CANADIAN...68

CONUS...4 MEXICAN...AND 3 CARIBBEAN STATIONS.

00Z NAM RAOB RECAP...

TBW/72210 - BALLOON FORCED DOWN BY ICING CONDITION...10151.APX/72634 - CODE 10159.

MZT/76458 - CODE 10159.

CWD CONTINUES UNTIL 26/0500Z. GOES-E RSO ONGOING UNTIL 26/0315Z.

$$

HANDEL/SDM/NCO/NCEP

I found the issue lol

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The nAM is not a bad model by any means

Never said it wasn't a good model. It has its moments though. All Im saying is that it can be VERY volatile with QPF from even 6-12 hours out. Watch the 6z NAM at 6hours and compare it to the 00z run at 12 hours....Trust me

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