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9/30-10/5 Joaquin-Trough Interaction-DISCUSSION/OBS


bluewave

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Still more rain to come but by Sunday morning 5-6 inches in the area with Virgina over a foot of rain

There could be huge flooding along the Apps from WV and VA on north if the 2-4" of rain today is accompanied by more rain related to the backing front related to Joaquin. Orographic lift can help too if the flow is from the SE. If I had to guess now, that's where I think a lot of the headlines after this will be. 3" or more of rain in the coastal areas is significant but manageable unless it all falls at once, which it won't in this case. It will be over a few days.
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Yep! Looks like 8-10 inches for the metro area...Virgina hit the worst with 10-12

I'd like to see a slower progression of the trough. It lifts out fairly quickly on the GFS which prevents some of the really prolific totals that we were originally seeing. It would also allow Joaquin to make it further NW with a greater chance of getting captured.

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My thoughts right now:

 

[1] Significant rainfall - drought denting, if not busting, is probable over the next several days, due to favorable synoptic pattern. An amplified, closed low in the mid levels, to the west of our longitude is a signal in and of itself for heavy rainfall.

 

[2] The pattern appears to be analogous to Atlantic recurvature predecessor rainfall events. The question will be: are models correctly handling the placement of mid/upper level features? The axis of the PRE will be difficult to determine until we approach the time frame. However, the following check points are met on most model data: A) PRE's usually develop to the west of the longitude at which the cyclone sits - this appears to be the case;  A; the low level theta-e ridge axis could be close to the coast; C) The Northeast corridor is favorably placed within the right-rear quadrant of an upper level jet streak; D) There is a closed, upper level low and its concomitant trough upstream of the potential PRE. All of those aforementioned variables appear to be present. The problem is that any shifting of the mid/upper level pattern could result in the PRE being focused primarily west or east of us.

 

[3] The effects of Joaquin will be indirect, most likely. I don't think we're looking at a direct cyclone impact.

 

[4] The robust surface ridge in SE Canada is aiding in the moisture convergence, and possible strong coastal winds. The overall impact of the potential event would be significantly less without the presence of the strong high pressure ridge.

 

[5] Rainfall amounts are usually higher than progged in some areas that receive the core of the PRE, while other areas will likely receive less than progged. Exact amounts impossible to determine right now. But a safe bet would probably be at least 1-2" areawide through the next several days.

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Pressure way down and recon hasn't hit the center 

 

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 This could be significant because even the aggressive hurricane models don't have the pressure under 1000 mb until late tonight/early tomorrow, forget the GFS which doesn't take it under 1000 until Thursday.  Not saying its going to strengthen significantly, just pointing out none of the models have a great handle on this yet. 

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A public service announcement from a tropical weenie:

 

The CMC/GGEM is a worthless tropical model. You need to forget that you actually care about it in the Winter.  That's not anecdotal, that's objective NHC forecast track scoring. It's so bad it's excluded from the consensus average tropical track forecasts.

 

It would be like posting lots of maps and discussing the NAVGEM for a February Noreaster.

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