yes Richmond VA as ground zero…
5 days, but this is not a complex setup. No multiple shortwaves or potential phasing of streams type variability. I’m seeing most of the forecast is about a significant arctic airmass… the shortwave will ride the boundary…
That’s it. I think we gain a day or two of guidance accuracy given the lack of complexity here.
To be sure, I thought the axis of heaviest precip would be closer to I80 a few days ago. Now that’s the margin to be out of this completely already, imo.
Trend hasn’t been good on a “north trend” if you zoom out to few days ago.
In terms of lead time I’d normally agree with you.
But this is as suppressive a look you can get based on airmass ( without mid level confluence).
We are filling in for Canada this weekend.
NNE already with high odds of very cold and very dry after today through month end imo. I’m more inclined to include that region to pike - north than not, at this point. But will give that a few more days of model runs…
Said differently, it’s like it took the rest of guidance two days to catch up to the EC AIFS…
I’m able to say that bc it had the right depiction and stayed on it….
Hasn’t the EC AIFS had highest verification scores as of late…? I’m not sure why anyone is doubting it against the other globals.
Having that 32F surface isotherm dancing around our heads was a pretty easy tell we could get a good event here despite all the short term model waffling, across the other guidance.
The EC AIFS also kicked azz bc look at the past two days of runs—-so consistent.
Yea buckshot. Exactly.
I’m painting with CPC brush here…
Which one? — it’s this one…
I ain’t picking and choosing runs here either. Pretty much all major guidance has had some variation of this over the last day or two and you can see the signal faintly on the ensembles…
That day 9/10 threat I think that’s big dawg potential for mid Atlantic. Our region can be in on it but I really feel like odds are low north of pike. Best focus around interstate 80.
Of course early but that’s my feel for best threat in view right now.