You would think so but it really isn't. Although I think it tends to do better when there is a well-defined lifting mechanism (like a cold front or pre-frontal trough) and larger-scale lift. But days in which convection is of the pop-up variety it's not very good. But given how small of a scale we're dealing with regarding the pop-up stuff, even the HRRR I don't think is high enough resolution to sniff out those processes.
Sometimes I wonder if there are too many forecast products available on the models. If it wasn't for QPF charts or snowfall maps how many storms would get "hyped" up?
Especially if GFS is correct. Not very often you see NAM MOS > GFS MOS with temps. While I'm a big fan of NBM for temps I think tomorrow is a prime example of when it should be tossed.
Despite how tilted the structure is early on looks like it tries to become vertically stacked and occlude rather quickly. Something to watch too when taking into account max rain totals.
This system is very tilted with height. So there is room for some significant strengthening. But look at this upper-level look. I don't think some of the hi-res can be discounted. At this point, even being so close in, I don't think any solution can be discounted. There is no hardcore evidence of any one solution having more merit than another. There has been some ensemble support to.
I really do hope that we can muster up some coastal storms moving into the fall. One thing we would usually rely on too is some remnant tropical systems in the Gulf moving up along and advancing cold front but no signs of that.
I see lush green trees everywhere. Sure some lawns are brown and crisp (some more than others) but unless you are peculiar about lawn upkeep most peoples lawns get brownish anyway in the summer, especially when you add in dog pee and poop
Guess this is going to be a pretty legit system it's just a question of how far west can this tuck? Could you argue the upper-levels favor a potential tuck scenario?