Yeah it would be nice for 60s. But hey, put on some dark colored clothes and let the sun heat up that fabric like Tip’s car seats lol. I take any day with sun as a gift these days.
6z EPS definitely got closer. I guess the issue may be this being a flat wave and not something wound up, but that is a big thermal gradient at 850. There probably would be a heck of a deformation band if that happened verbatim.
3-11" is completely understandable like Will said. Maybe if it were broken down by elevation ranges it would help, but that's a lot of work for the office.