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November 2012 Observations and Discussions


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The Euro completely caved on it's previous 500mb solution. Don't know yet if it will go to what the GFS has, but it is definitely way different than what it had before and closer to the GFS at 500mb. It is diving energy all the way down from Canada to the Southeast this time. Looks interesting. Looks like it will definitely stir up a coastal this time. Coastal starting to form near the Carolina Coast at 210 hrs. Low deepening near Cape Hatteras at 228 hrs. It deepens it to 996mb before it cuts off at 240 hrs. It is quite warm with no high pressure to the north. However, at 240 hrs when it cuts off, it looks awfully close to me to dropping the entire polar vortex in there. Just saying.

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It's interesting to see NYC start out November with each of the first ten days with a negative daily temperature departure.

the first ten days averaged 43.0.....I did a quick check for 1879...It averaged 40.9 for the first ten days...1951 averaged 44.2...November 1951 had a cold November but an above average December thru Feb...lets hope that doesn't happen again...

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the first ten days averaged 43.0.....I did a quick check for 1879...It averaged 40.9 for the first ten days...1951 averaged 44.2...November 1951 had a cold November but an above average December thru Feb...lets hope that doesn't happen again...

It looks like the last real shot of cold that we saw in November was the second half of November 2008.

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The Euro completely caved on it's previous 500mb solution. Don't know yet if it will go to what the GFS has, but it is definitely way different than what it had before and closer to the GFS at 500mb. It is diving energy all the way down from Canada to the Southeast this time. Looks interesting. Looks like it will definitely stir up a coastal this time. Coastal starting to form near the Carolina Coast at 210 hrs. Low deepening near Cape Hatteras at 228 hrs. It deepens it to 996mb before it cuts off at 240 hrs. It is quite warm with no high pressure to the north. However, at 240 hrs when it cuts off, it looks awfully close to me to dropping the entire polar vortex in there. Just saying.

Nah the polar vortex isn't that mobiel. The southern stream would have to be the one to come to it, which would happen near Greenland if it did.

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My wife's flight that was due to land at LGA was rerouted to ALB due to fog!! How the hell do they reroute a flight from freaking Seattle to a place hours away?? I hate Delta!

you'd rather the plane crash? 1stworldproblems relax man. it will cost them more money to do what they are doing, i am certain they aren't doing it to be dicks.

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The Euro likely would be snow with that precipitation that comes back here toward the end of the run when the low retrogrades next Wednesday. HPC is also showing some concern about that high that is up in Canada and the storm off the coast if you read through the lines. That high has moved into Quebec from far Northern Canada into that location and is around 1040. It has 850's below 0 and temps in the low to middle 30's at the surface, just like the last storm.

EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION

NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD

159 PM EST MON NOV 12 2012

VALID 12Z THU NOV 15 2012 - 12Z MON NOV 19 2012

...UNSETTLED PATTERN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WEST...

...COOL HIGH PRESSURE TO PREVAIL IN THE SOUTHEAST...

...ONSHORE FLOW SHAPING UP ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC SHORELINE...

FOR THE MOST PART...THE MEDIUM FORECAST THROUGH DAY5-6 REMAINS

UNCHANGED ACROSS THE EAST WITH THE PRELIMINARY GRAPHICS COMPRISED

OF A 30/30 12/00Z ECMWF-GEFS MEAN AND 20/20 OPERATIONAL 12/00Z

ECMWF/GFS. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO USE THE 00Z CANADIAN

MEANS/OPERATIONAL GIVEN ITS LACK OF CONTINUITY OFF THE EAST AND

WEST COASTS.

SPRAWLING CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER EASTERN CANADA AND

THE SOUTHEAST...IS SLOWLY ERODED FROM THE WEST AND NORTH BY A

SERIES OF LOW-AMPLITUDE H7-H7 WAVES THAT MIGRATE WSW-TO-ESE ALONG

AND NORTH OF 45N LATITUDE AND HAVE MORE SENSIBLE WEATHER IMPACTS

FOR CANADA THAN THE UNITED STATES.

THE LACK OF A DEFINITIVE STORM TRACK IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM AND

BENIGN PATTERN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE FORECAST PERIOD ALLOWS

FOR THE SURFACE RIDGE AND HIGH TO ACTUALLY BUILD/STRENGTHEN RATHER

THAN WEAKEN BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD. THAT'S THE SOLUTION

NOW TAKEN ALONG/EAST OF THE EAST COAST SHORELINE...FOR THE LATTER

HALF OF THE PERIOD. IN FACT...THE STORM TRACK BECOMES SO

PERSISTENT AT HIGH LATITUDE...THAT THE SURFACE HIGH AND RIDGE

SLOWLY BECOMES A SERIES OF VERY WEAK BACK-DOOR TYPE COLD FRONTS

THAT MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN MID

ATLANTIC. IN TURN...THE TAIL END OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FRONT

BECOMES THE AREA/REGION FOR BAROCLINICITY...INVOF BERMUDA BETWEEN

30-40N LATITUDE. FOR SEVERAL CYCLES NOW...THE GFS/ECMWF HAVE

DISPLAYED THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2 DISTURBANCES ALONG 65-70W.

DEFINITELY WORTH WATCHING THIS REGION OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC FOR

FUTURE DETAILS SO LONG AS THE SURFACE HIGH REMAINS STATIONARY OVER

SOUTH CENTRAL QUEBEC.

ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA...THE ECMWF/GEFS MEANS AND

BOTH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE 12/00Z OPERATIONAL RUNS MODELS HAVE

SETTLED IN ON A DEEP H5 LOW SOLUTION INVOF 52N 140W BY DAY 6. AND

THE GFS/ECMWF CONTINUE TO CARRY A WEAK CUTOFF OFF THE CENTRAL

CALIFORNIA COAST...THEN SWEEP THE SYSTEM INLAND IN THE DAY4-5

PERIOD AHEAD OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COOLER MARITIME AIRMASS

LODGED IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. BY THE END OF THE FORECAST

PERIOD...EVEN THE 00Z CANADIAN ENSEMBLE SCOOT A OPEN WAVE EASTWARD

INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS IS USUALLY THE CASE...THE GEFS

MEMBERS ARE GENERALLY FASTER...WITH THE ECMWF A TAD SLOWER.

MOST OF NOT ALL THE VARIANCE IN THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST BEGINS

TO DEVELOP IN THE DAY 7 PERIOD AND IS A DIRECT RESULT OF

PERSISTENCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE WEST...COUPLED WITH AN

EMERGING CLUSTER OF SOLUTIONS FOR UPPER TROUGHING ALONG THE EAST

COAST.

12Z CYCLE UPDATE...

IN SHORT...LITTLE CHANGE DAYS 3-5. BOTH COASTS NORTH OF 35N SHOULD

BE UNDER BROAD MOISTURE ADVECTION DAYS 6-7.

FINAL GRAPHICS USED ASPECTS OF THE 12/12Z GFS-UKMET-ECMWF TO

TIGHTEN THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ACROSS

THE EAST COAST (DAYS 6-7). A DECENT 8-12MB GRADIENT FROM SEA-ACV

AND WITH THE FINAL GRAPHICS DRAWN FOR EXACTLY 12Z...WOULD EXPECT

ANY ADDITIONAL GRADIENT WOULD BE MORE OF A COASTAL JET ENHANCEMENT

GIVEN THE VERY SLOW SEWD PROGRESSION OF THE PARENT SFC CYCLONE IN

THE SERN GULF OF ALASKA. THE 12-18MB GRADIENT FROM MTP-HSE DAYS

6-7 SEEMED A REASONABLE STARTING POINT GIVEN THE 12Z

GFS/UKMET/ECMWF DO NOT BUDGE MUCH FROM A CENTRAL PRESSURE IN THE

1032MB-1038MB RANGE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA FROM DAY 5 THROUGH 7.

VOJTESAK

Looks seasonable but GoA low is preventing cold air from moving into the CONUS.

Low off the coast days 8-10 on 12z Euro but looks warm.

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Nope, 850's below 0 and surface temps in the lower 30's with a 1043mb high over Quebec. That is snow, even if soundings don't show it yet, which I don't care about because the Euro also shows snow on Wednesday morning and the GFS showed rain with the last storm with an even weaker high over Quebec. That is snow.... Or will be if that depiction actually happens.

Nope... looks far too warm. Perhaps wet snow in the highest elevations but even that may be a stretch on this run.

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I know that the GOA low is the kiss of death as long as it stays there. How long is it progged to stay there?

The 12z GFS Ensembles still have a GoA low at 300 hours, but it's dying off as the Aleutian ridge amplifies...we also have a -NAO building in:

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Week 4 of the Euro Weeklies has a powerful Aleutian ridge as well with a -NAO developing; this causes it to show lower than normal 500mb heights over the East, meaning an increased chance of storminess and cold weather.

I think the pattern looks fairly benign for most of November, but we should see an interesting start to December if the Aleutian ridge amplifies as modeled. It could be a gradient pattern if the NAO stays in positive territory, but not sure on that. Overall, I'd expect average temperatures the next 2-3 weeks with a gradual improvement in the Pacific pattern. There's a chance for a Nor'easter right before Thanksgiving, but it will probably be a rain event with a modified high.

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Nope, 850's below 0 and surface temps in the lower 30's with a 1043mb high over Quebec. That is snow, even if soundings don't show it yet, which I don't care about because the Euro also shows snow on Wednesday morning and the GFS showed rain with the last storm with an even weaker high over Quebec. That is snow.... Or will be if that depiction actually happens.

There's a chance for snow in the NW suburbs as the storm starts, but 850s do go above freezing eventually. It's a close call at 168:

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Nope, 850's below 0 and surface temps in the lower 30's with a 1043mb high over Quebec. That is snow, even if soundings don't show it yet, which I don't care about because the Euro also shows snow on Wednesday morning and the GFS showed rain with the last storm with an even weaker high over Quebec. That is snow.... Or will be if that depiction actually happens.

There's a big difference between saying "I think that will be snow because such and such" and saying "The GFS shows snow". One is true, the other is a lie.

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The GFS shows temps at 850 below 0 and surface temps in the lower 30's in Northern New Jersey. That is snow as far as I can tell. HPC has already expressed their concern in that regard. No one is lying here.

Here are the readings for Caldwell, NJ, 850 is below 0, even at Caldwell

MON 12Z 19-NOV 3.3 -0.1 1024 90 100 0.27 564 545

MON 18Z 19-NOV 2.8 -0.1 1022 96 100 0.38 562 545

TUE 00Z 20-NOV 2.4 -0.6 1023 96 100 0.20 562 544

Here is Andover

MON 12Z 19-NOV 2.1 -0.6 1025 89 99 0.15 564 544

MON 18Z 19-NOV 2.2 -0.3 1023 96 100 0.34 563 544

TUE 00Z 20-NOV 1.5 -0.8 1024 97 100 0.19 562 543

TUE 06Z 20-NOV 1.1 -0.3 1021 95 99 0.03 560 543

Here is Sussex

MON 12Z 19-NOV 1.7 -0.7 1025 88 99 0.10 564 544

MON 18Z 19-NOV 2.4 -0.7 1024 93 99 0.26 563 544

TUE 00Z 20-NOV 1.4 -1.3 1025 96 100 0.17 562 543

TUE 06Z 20-NOV 0.9 -0.4 1022 95 98 0.03 560 543

Here is Morristown

MON 12Z 19-NOV 3.1 0.1 1024 91 100 0.31 564 545

MON 18Z 19-NOV 2.8 0.1 1022 95 100 0.39 562 545

TUE 00Z 20-NOV 2.4 -0.3 1023 96 100 0.18 562 544

There's a big difference between saying "I think that will be snow because such and such" and saying "The GFS shows snow". One is true, the other is a lie.

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