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First Week of March Nor'Easter


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NOUS42 KWNO 040145
ADMNFD
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0144Z MON MAR 04 2013
THE 00Z NCEP MODEL PRODUCTION HAS STARTED ON TIME.
00Z NAM RAOB RECAP...
72240/LCH - FLIGHT EQUIPMENT FAILURE...10158
74494/CHH - FLIGHT EQUIPMENT FAILURE...10158
72558/OAX - GROUND EQUIPMENT FAILURE...10142
91765/PPG - GROUND EQUIPMENT FAILURE...10142
78970/POS - 10159
91376/MAJ - PURGED TEMPS/MOISTURE 127-103 MB...TOO COLD
91334/TKK - PURGED TEMPS/MOISTURE 850-809 MB...WET BULB EFFECT
HANDEL/SDM/NCO/NCEP

 

It initialized 100 mb temps too cold, but I doubt that helps you.   :P

 

Although I'm not sure what's being referred to by "wet bulb effect"

You are misunderstanding the message.  This data is from soundings that either was not available, or was "purged" (deleted) before ingest due to the sounding having what appeared to be erroneous data.

 

"Wet bulb effect" occurs when the thermometer gets wet, then passes through dry air and cools off like a wet bulb thermometer does... producing an unrealistic lapse rate.

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You are misunderstanding the message.  This data is from soundings that either was not available, or was "purged" (deleted) before ingest due to the sounding having what appeared to be erroneous data.

 

"Wet bulb effect" occurs when the thermometer gets wet, then passes through dry air and cools off like a wet bulb thermometer does... producing an unrealistic lapse rate.

 

Oh so it's not that the NAM initialized with these things wrong, but that they were noticed before initialization and corrected/purged?

 

Does NCEP also release a product that examines how well the first guess field compares to reality then?

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Oh so it's not that the NAM initialized with these things wrong, but that they were noticed before initialization and corrected/purged?

Correct.

 

Does NCEP also release a product that examines how well the first guess field compares to reality then?

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/pmdhmd.html

 

MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONNWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD1025 PM EST SUN MAR 03 2013VALID MAR 04/0000 UTC THRU MAR 07/1200 UTC...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIRINGEST......EVALUATION OF THE 00Z NAM...ANY INITIALIZATION ERRORS WITH THE 00Z NAM HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO BETOO INSIGNIFICANT TO IMPACT ITS FCST.
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Correct.

 

 

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/pmdhmd.html

 

MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONNWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD1025 PM EST SUN MAR 03 2013VALID MAR 04/0000 UTC THRU MAR 07/1200 UTC...SEE NOUS42 KWNO (ADMNFD) FOR THE STATUS OF THE UPPER AIRINGEST......EVALUATION OF THE 00Z NAM...ANY INITIALIZATION ERRORS WITH THE 00Z NAM HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO BETOO INSIGNIFICANT TO IMPACT ITS FCST.

 

ah ha, thanks

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0Z GFS definitely showing precip shield further to the north.

 

At 75 hrs, the total QPF for the .5, .75, and 1.0 contours all look 50+ miles shifted northward.  Jackpot area still south, but this is definitely north...

 

0z here....

 

 

gfs_namer_075_precip_ptot.gif

 

 

18Z here...

 

gfs_namer_081_precip_ptot.gif

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Low position is similar to 18z  to about OC Md and then east but has higher qpf all the way up the coast from phl to bos.

 

Any idea why?  Sorry to be asking questions that may seem obtuse.. but if the low is similarly positioned, why do folks think the QPF field is so much more expansive?  Weaker low pressure center??

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The initial ULL maxes out so that DC gets heaviest precip. We still get some though...Then as the phasing begins it restrengthens and pounds SNE. We get precip, but thats why we get the least out of the 4 major cities. I still don't buy it though. 

 

Either way it's making me have a tough decision on where to roadtrip.

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GFS hugs the coast and brings in warm air off the ocean hence heaviest snows are further west in N Va to S Central PA. Area gets a period of snow wed night as storm pulls away.

 

Okay.. lol, we solved the issue of not getting as much QPF.. now we need to work on temps.

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