0.71”. This has been a fine August so far. Just wish it wasn’t coming off a dreadful Jun/Jul.
I’d prefer the 5” that the RGEM gives me the rest of the way, rather than the <1” on the HRRR and NAM.
I think a lot of us E of 81 are going to be looking at the pre-game action today and tomorrow. The HRRR is really aggressive on that, with the NAM less widespread but still with heavy pockets.
I’m not on the doom train yet, but I think we have to be realistic that on the east side of the circulation there will be training cells that put some in the winner’s category and leave others with a more moderate result.
The broad brush of the models is similar. Misses the Tues/Wed shallow trough and meanders near the GA/SC coast and then interacts with the second trough later in the week which pulls it north. How exactly it interacts with the second trough and how deep the trough digs affects our chances for heavy rain. The Euro is risky because it is a very shallow trough that shunts the storm off before it is able to climb too much. Obviously the ICON is on the opposite side.
There has been little indication of a hit up here, so that it probably not worth being hyped about. What we really want is for the tropical moisture to get banked up against a front.