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February Medium/Long Range Disco


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Looking farther out, it sure seems like the GFS has been wanting to "end" winter around or just after President's Day weekend.  That's shown up at least a few times now.  Hard to tell if that's something permanent, or a temporary oscillation in the flow to be followed by a better look to close out the month into early March.

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You love bowling balls. Last one made us cry though except for midlo

 

You're referring to the "Noquester" event on March 6, correct?  Forgot that one was a bowling ball like system as well.

 

(EDIT:  Looked like I had a double post before for some reason, deleted one of them, and they both got zapped!  So had to just re-post this!)

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That would be the Noquester event you're referring to, correct (Mar. 6)? Yeah, that was also a bowling ball as I recall now.

Yep, but it was a different animal. It originated in Canada and not the west coast. This one is intriguing because it closes off in the middle of the country and then just crawls practically due east. Strong hp and favorable heights above us just say no to a cut. The vort is strong but has no option but to close off and do its own thing.

18z gefs has some closed h5 solutions but not the best outcomes. All we can do is tuck this run into our memory banks and see what happens over the next 4 days or so. Seems very low prob for now. Heck, next weekend only has one thing that seems high prob....a big cold hp and decent antecedent airmass. But if it runs away like a scared kid then we won't be happy.

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Yep, but it was a different animal. It originated in Canada and not the west coast. This one is intriguing because it closes off in the middle of the country and then just crawls practically due east. Strong hp and favorable heights above us just say no to a cut. The vort is strong but has no option but to close off and do its own thing.

18z gefs has some closed h5 solutions but not the best outcomes. All we can do is tuck this run into our memory banks and see what happens over the next 4 days or so. Seems very low prob for now. Heck, next weekend only has one thing that seems high prob....a big cold hp and decent antecedent airmass. But if it runs away like a scared kid then we won't be happy.

 

Yeah, I noticed that there was more separation of the main trough, that vort really dug farther south on this run compared to previously (it seems).  Which from what I can tell appears to help out the confluence for us to the north, and as you say the system can then only close off and move east, with redevelopment.

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looks like the cutter option may be gone now. the two models who had big cutters have now lost it(GFS and GGEM). It may be big storm or nothing type scenario

 

Oh, no you don't! :P   I think that option is definitely not gone.  Or, at the least, a crappy Miller-B that screws us is still well in the realm of probability here.

 

(EDIT:  That all said, I sure hope we're seeing a trend toward a better looking chance here.)

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If we are gonna get something big. the 2/9-2/12 period might be our best shot. Euro and GFS both have the look of a big storm, though not quite the same paths getting there. Looks like there will be some decent west based blocking around that time and huge height anomalies NW of Alaska. All we need is some timing and enough of a block to keep that  big high in place so the southern energy takes the low road. Could be fun.

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The biggest difference between the ECMWF and GFS is in the stratosphere and how they handle the PV. The GFS suite for a full 24hrs' worth of runs has suggested a stronger stratospheric disturbance and west -NAO. If this feature is legitimate, this fantasy-land, overexposed storm will actually become a real possibility.

 

Let's see if the ECMWF/EPS head in that direction. Watch the PV - NAO sector !

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Dt calls weatherboy out for posting a weather porn map but then he does the same thing one day after he cancelled the feb 9 storm

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Amazing isn't it? Meanwhile, Maue laughs his way to the bank.

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