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January 2012 Storm Threats and Discussion


PhineasC

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DTK said the JMA is a good model and it verifies up there with the GFS. I guess this will be a good test, i have a feeling it will be plenty of rain so that part will verify right.

it might be but i dont really care. for the most part looking at 12 models just confuses people. when a gfs/euro blend usually works why get all convoluted? sure if there are important questions to be answered and you are trying to build more of a brain superensemble -- but im not really that smart.

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I'm going on record in saying I don't think we should punt this weekend event. Not that that means anything to anyone, but I'm remaining optimistic this time. A 12z Euro/18z GFS blend would be nice. The Euro track and strength shifted slightly south and colder to the GFS. Don't forget that the Euro just yesterday morning had a decent snow for parts of the area for this time frame.

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I'm going on record in saying I don't think we should punt this weekend event. Not that that means anything to anyone, but I'm remaining optimistic this time. A 12z Euro/18z GFS blend would be nice. The Euro track and strength shifted slightly south and colder to the GFS. Don't forget that the Euro just yesterday morning had a decent snow for parts of the area for this time frame.

you're a dreamer. the euro didnt really shift from 0z to 12z as much as it's stronger.

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I agree we shouldn't abandon all hope on Sunday. Still obviously some play in the track, but would be a temp issue even if the track gets better.

knowing the euro there probably wont even be a storm other than some washed out pos sliding to our south

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you're a dreamer. the euro didnt really shift from 0z to 12z as much as it's stronger.

I was wondering how long it would be before you slapped me down. :P

What I wrote didn't come off as I meant it. Yes, I know the Euro didn't shift. What I meant was, if the Euro were to shift toward the GFS and vice versa, we might pull off a snow. I still think it's possible. I'm sticking to it.

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DTK said the JMA is a good model and it verifies up there with the GFS. I guess this will be a good test, i have a feeling it will be plenty of rain so that part will verify right.

Eh, I said that...but I didn't imply it should be used if it's an outlier (also, GFS>JMA....it's just that the gap isn't as huge as people seem to claim). Also, if you don't look at it regularly you probably shouldn't look at it at all (especially for higher impact events).

I (sort of) agree with Ian; and looking at so many models is really pointless if you don't really know anything about them (or have been looking at them long enough to understand their strengths/weaknesses).

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Eh, I said that...but I didn't imply it should be used if it's an outlier (also, GFS>JMA....it's just that the gap isn't as huge as people seem to claim). Also, if you don't look at it regularly you probably shouldn't look at it at all (especially for higher impact events).

I (sort of) agree with Ian; and looking at so many models is really pointless if you don't really know anything about them (or have been looking at them long enough to understand their strengths/weaknesses).

i wasnt trying to be dismissive of your previous post, fwiw. i just think plenty of folks here and similar places get so lost in model land they don't actually get very far. it's not quite cotton picking for the best data but perhaps needless extra hope for an improbable solution. knowing and factoring in model biases is of course useful. i dont really know much about the jma except it did well on some storm some time. i personally try to minimize my time spent on these sorts of things so i dont generally look past the american/euro combo unless it's more critical to get an idea on questionable details by looking for support etc.

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i wasnt trying to be dismissive of your previous post, fwiw. i just think plenty of folks here and similar places get so lost in model land they don't actually get very far. it's not quite cotton picking for the best data but perhaps needless extra hope for an improbable solution. knowing and factoring in model biases is of course useful. i dont really know much about the jma except it did well on some storm some time. i personally try to minimize my time spent on these sorts of things so i dont generally look past the american/euro combo unless it's more critical to get an idea on questionable details by looking for support etc.

I didn't get the impression at all that you were being dismissive (and your point of people getting lost in model land is well taken). I just wanted to clarify that I wasn't really advocating using the JMA as your go-to model when I was simply trying to point out it isn't really a "terrible model".

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significant negative ao coming at least till 0z is in

Severe season will be rocking. In other words, the plains will shift east this year and you will be treated to massive CB towers all around DC for photo ops. Then a tornado will no damage your neighborhood but will provide a great photo op as it drops in to visit you and shake your hand. Meanwhile, Ellinwood will be sad that he missed it in Gaithersburg. Ji will cancel next winter as well.

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00z GFS: Chilly and dry this upcoming weekend. Not even a hint of any precip.

MDstorm

the whole run is dry up to 240 hrs. Man what a winter. Nothing else left to say. I can't believe it stays like this but I guess we shall see. After a brief warm up,, almost the whole country goes cold. I would think something would pop soon.

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00z GFS: Chilly and dry this upcoming weekend. Not even a hint of any precip.

MDstorm

the year of the phantom storm and the gfs owning the euro in the mid-range. (just dont tell the fancy global 500mb lines)

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Euro has a clipper next Monday...probably goes to our north, but we get "clipped" as of now...

maybe early next week is our best chance to get something small and marginal to get on the board......PNA spike and the NAO looks serviceable for a brief period....probably still low probability, but if the goal is a 1" event, it might be doable...

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