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1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

I said it before, but I have a feeling the non-hydrostatic models might end up as the superior guidance in this system...we'll see. Still some time as we're about 60 hours out, but given the extreme height falls showing up on most guidance in such a tight gradient, I'd pay attention to the non-hydros as we get closer.

Yea you need high resolution to see such a compact, deep system. 4k NAM and RGEM may be useful, tho NAM is always too wet.

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1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

I said it before, but I have a feeling the non-hydrostatic models might end up as the superior guidance in this system...we'll see. Still some time as we're about 60 hours out, but given the extreme height falls showing up on most guidance in such a tight gradient, I'd pay attention to the non-hydros as we get closer.

It's one of the few times where I can view the NAM and not say "tossed" this far out.  Given those height falls and source region of development...I certainly would give it credit even at this stage...just with the typical caveats obviously.

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4 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

I said it before, but I have a feeling the non-hydrostatic models might end up as the superior guidance in this system...we'll see. Still some time as we're about 60 hours out, but given the extreme height falls showing up on most guidance in such a tight gradient, I'd pay attention to the non-hydros as we get closer.

It's not that the GFS is bad in my mind, I wonder if it's just the coding of the model itself to "smooth out" these explosive systems.

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2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yes, but with good physics. 

Yeah, the non-hydrostatic models are the NAM, RGEM, and RPM I think. The SREFs are too...but I wouldn't trust them even in this situation. Maybe a glance.

 

ECMWF does better than most hydrostatic models in this situation due to it's excellent vertical resolution.

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12 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah, the non-hydrostatic models are the NAM, RGEM, and RPM I think. The SREFs are too...but I wouldn't trust them even in this situation. Maybe a glance.

 

ECMWF does better than most hydrostatic models in this situation due to it's excellent vertical resolution.

Is that why GFS and a GGEM are still playing catchup to Euro?

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3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Is that why GFS and a GGEM are still playing catchup to Euro?

This would be my guess...there's a chance that they end up more correct, but in my experience with these high dynamic systems with tight gradients, they are usually last to the party. We saw it in the Jan 12, 2011 storm and we saw it to a lesser extent in the Oct 2011 storm and Feb 2013 storms.

 

Same deal in the 12/9/05 storm though that was obviously much longer ago....but the relative differences in guidance were similar. Those were still hydrostatic models and a model like the NAM (even the old ETA back then) was non-hydrostatic. I think the old SUNY MM5 back then did well in that system too as a non-hydrostatic model.

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8 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

This would be my guess...there's a chance that they end up more correct, but in my experience with these high dynamic systems with tight gradients, they are usually last to the party. We saw it in the Jan 12, 2011 storm and we saw it to a lesser extent in the Oct 2011 storm and Feb 2013 storms.

 

Same deal in the 12/9/05 storm though that was obviously much longer ago....but the relative differences in guidance were similar. Those were still hydrostatic models and a model like the NAM (even the old ETA back then) was non-hydrostatic. I think the old SUNY MM5 back then did well in that system too as a non-hydrostatic model.

Miss that Suny inside 24 hours it's handling of the last 1000 ft of the atmosphere was fantastic.  Talk about DejaVu, that NAM run....

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5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

the RGEM's going to be interesting -

Yeah the 00z run will finally be in range to capture the peak of the event...though it will still be a bit out of the RGEM's wheelhouse on reliability. I really like to get to 36 hours on that model. But it should do well with this type of system in theory.

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2 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah the 00z run will finally be in range to capture the peak of the event...though it will still be a bit out of the RGEM's wheelhouse on reliability. I really like to get to 36 hours on that model. But it should do well with this type of system in theory.

right - that's the key ... this is different than the more classic Norwegian model low theory...  This a good ole fashioned set where there is a ton of thermal compression along a line from about along an axis from NJ to E of Porltand Maine (or so..); basically the termination edge from tonight and tomorrow's fresh CAA. Sorry if this is covered I don't have much time to go back after morning coffee; I did mention it awhile ago but it smacks of Dec 2005 in that regard.  Very tight thickness and very upright structured frontal slopes and the inflow from all that huge jet max riding over top turning vertical and tapping that difluence gets a jolt - it causes this to get tainted by convective type mechanics.

anyway, ...RGEM may also be better qualified once we start getting thunderstorms involved ... 

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51 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

This would be my guess...there's a chance that they end up more correct, but in my experience with these high dynamic systems with tight gradients, they are usually last to the party. We saw it in the Jan 12, 2011 storm and we saw it to a lesser extent in the Oct 2011 storm and Feb 2013 storms.

 

Same deal in the 12/9/05 storm though that was obviously much longer ago....but the relative differences in guidance were similar. Those were still hydrostatic models and a model like the NAM (even the old ETA back then) was non-hydrostatic. I think the old SUNY MM5 back then did well in that system too as a non-hydrostatic model.

suny mm5, rest in peace. it did very well for nyc metro in boxing day 2010. sucks its no more because it was useful for big events. 

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