Getting ahead of some questions & addressing others that I've seen going around:

1. There doesn't appear to be any flag of a major initialization issue with the 12z ECMWF. If anything, it continues the trend towards a weaker & more positively tilted upper level trough. pic.twitter.com/JNgiOd8Syk

— Tomer Burg (@burgwx) February 12, 2024