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February 2013 mid-long range disco thread


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Still time for things to get its act together!  As usual the ones always throwing the towel in early will be back for the new model runs. If you given up why come back, you already said its over why waste your time. but I do enjoy the comical relief. I aint saying it is going to happen or not but i am not giving in yet.Wait until next runs might be a differnt story.

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supposedly euro ensembles bullish on pdpunt3

 

looks better than the op but not sure if it's just because of smoothing. low develops a bit quicker so we might get more than a what looks like a frontal squall.

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looks better than the op but not sure if it's just because of smoothing. low develops a bit quicker so we might get more than a what looks like a frontal squall.

At least there will be a legit trough with cold air, although the way it looks to evolve favors areas to the north. Still, I am more interested in this period and beyond than the Wed night chance of a couple inches of sloppy wet snow followed by two days with highs around 50.

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nevermind, your missing my point. they are one of many tools mets use. the modeling  shows them  different possibilitys,  its up to the met to use their knowlegde to  examine the data, and use the best solution. so models are a tool

 

I spent 20 years trying to teach my junior forecasters this very thing ...  Only excuse I never tolerated was "the models blew it."  Models can't forecast - they are mathematical representations of the atmosphere. :) The forecaster should use it with all available data, especially satellites and actually looking at the sky to make sure everything makes sense.

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At least there will be a legit trough with cold air, although the way it looks to evolve favors areas to the north. Still, I am more interested in this period and beyond than the Wed night chance of a couple inches of sloppy wet snow followed by two days with highs around 50.

How long can we say this though? I feel like all winter we are always looking ahead being "more interested in this period and beyond" in reference to PD3.

 

We are kind of running out of time. The period needs to be now.

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How long can we say this though? I feel like all winter we are always looking ahead being "more interested in this period and beyond" in reference to PD3.

 

We are kind of running out of time. The period needs to be now.

Lol but the NOW period sucks. A fairly zonal flow..and no cold air source. Favors weakish storms sliding off the coast,  and no mechanism to feed cold air in.

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How long can we say this though? I feel like all winter we are always looking ahead being "more interested in this period and beyond" in reference to PD3.

 

We are kind of running out of time. The period needs to be now.

To quote Klaus Wolter,

 

 

For now, the MEI remains as solidly neutral as it has ever been.

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Since early this morning I've been noticing the trend of the GFS to hold the ss sw back. It's 18z run has it about 400 miles or so back to the west at 06z Thurs vs its 6z run. Meanwhile the ns sw isn't slowing. I wonder if the NAM solution is really that preposterous considering that if that sw is held back enough the ns sw starts to interact with it.

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Also, this might end up causing more model swings.

000

NOUS42 KNHC 101734

REPRPD

WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS

CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.

1230 PM EST SUN 10 FEBRUARY 2013

SUBJECT: WINTER STORM PLAN OF THE DAY (WSPOD)

VALID 11/1100Z TO 12/1100Z FEBRUARY 2013

WSPOD NUMBER.....12-072

I. ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS

1. NEGATIVE RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.

2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY.....NEGATIVE.

II. PACIFIC REQUIREMENTS

1. FLIGHT ONE --NOAA 49--

A. P10/ DROP 6 (45.0N 159.0W)/ 12/0000Z

B NOAA9 08WSC TRACK10

C. 11/1900Z

D. 13 DROPS ON TRACK AS PUBLISHED

E. 41,000 TO 45,000 FT/ 12/0600Z

2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK: POSSIBLE

A. P23/ DROP 8 (47.0N 175.0W)/ 13/0000Z

$$

JWP

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How long can we say this though? I feel like all winter we are always looking ahead being "more interested in this period and beyond" in reference to PD3.

 

We are kind of running out of time. The period needs to be now.

 

 

Lol but the NOW period sucks. A fairly zonal flow..and no cold air source. Favors weakish storms sliding off the coast,  and no mechanism to feed cold air in.

 

I'm starting to resign myself in a Ji-like fashion that spring is on our doorstep. Mentally, I'm ready to stick a fork in this sad, mostly snowless winter.

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Also, this might end up causing more model swings.

000

NOUS42 KNHC 101734

REPRPD

WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS

 

You can always tell when a storm is probably on its last legs when people begin placing their hope on extra recons. For the life of me I can not remember a single time over many years where these extra missions made any significant difference. Not knocking you whatsoever winterwxlvr I am just wondering if maybe we should start considering calling the time of death on this puppy. :arrowhead:

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You can always tell when a storm is probably on its last legs when people begin placing their hope on extra recons. For the life of me I can not remember a single time over many years where these extra missions made any significant difference. Not knocking you whatsoever winterwxlvr I am just wondering if maybe we should start considering calling the time of death on this puppy. :arrowhead:

I wasnt posting it for hope. In fact, I agree with you. Seems like every time this happens, the models trend worse for us. However, the fact remains that there's quite a bit of model disagreement, the ns sw is sitting out over the north pacific, and I don't think they would order a flight were it not deemed important. I'm just curious where the models go after this. Might not make a bit of difference.

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