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Carvers Gap

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  1. We need the PNA ridge in the LR to get a bit taller. If it doesn't, we are going to see a continent-wide chinook to end December. I think we cool off again as modeling has trended towards a favorable January...but it is worth noting that early January could be seasonal to AN. The 12z GFS was a great lead off....rest of the modeling suite left it on base w/ the side getting struck out in order. What does interest me is a storm which will follow this cold blast which is firmly on all modeling. Again, at this range everything is on the table. Christmas is still nine days out.
  2. The 12z Euro is a more extreme cutter than the CMC in my opinion. The CMC is kind of in the middle of the GFS and Euro in terms of track. Not a step in the right direction for the Euro. That said, if it is hanging on to that energy too long in the northern plains(and it easily could be doing that), the GFS could be right...but no way in heck I am sharing a foxhole w/ the GFS after the past 3-4 weeks of performance. Again, the big thing right now is there is going to be some variation as this is still seven days out. I lean cutter for now...but barely.
  3. Would not surprise me either w/ the Euro having issues w/ digging a tad too much out west which is cutting the slp directly into the block - and that doesn't make sense.
  4. Basically we have a cutter on the Euro/CMC vs the wildly erratic GFS(and slightly progressive). I hope the GFS is right, but it is gonna have to have some support.
  5. Looks to me like the 12z Euro is super similar to the 12z CMC. The 12z GFS may be on to something, but it has absolutely zero support right now at 12z. It can sniff out storms, but it might be sniffing something as well....has been since the upgrade. Both camps are plausible.
  6. When I am having to find the ' instead of the "....you know that was a big run. GFS...all caveats apply.
  7. At 186, the slp is crawling towards the benchmark at a hefty 965. The block won't let it escape.
  8. GFS is a Miller A - slightly organized, but take a look at it and you will see its point.
  9. Sure. The good thing w/ a -NA0 is that it tends to shunt systems west -> east. This is a powerful block, so I think anything is on the table regarding suppression - overrunning to cold/dry.
  10. While the Kuchera map above seems destined for the scrap heap, it does represent what "could" happen with overrunning into very, very cold air. If we want a big storm, we have to be willing to live on that boundary of dry/cold and what appears to be the GOM trying to be open for business. That storm track has shown up on modeling multiple times.
  11. Here is the Kuchera of the 6z GFS run(again...you all know the rules about taking the GFS seriously at the moment)....
  12. I think right now with seven days to go, there is still going to be a lot of variation. With each run new model data is added, which changes the results some. This is also the range in which modeling often "loses" systems (5-7 days). For now, we have an Arctic front rushing into the area and a slp popping on the lee side of the Apps and maybe another on the coast. Spacing could also be an issue. We have gone from almost nothing in the pattern to multiple vortices and waves - lots to juggle. With each tweek of each new vortex, it changes all of it. A Miller A, a frontal wave, overrunning...or nothing. The first three make the most since given the strength of the front to quote John.
  13. 6z GFS overrunning event(can't find a better term for the multiple waves....though tech not a 100% overrunning event)
  14. I was thinking about that as well. If we get a snow layer, we could take a swing at some all time record lows.
  15. Quick LR update(Euro Weeklies): The Weeklies pretty much hold the pattern for the entire run. The source regions gets a bit sketch as maritime air may or may not work into the patter upstream in Canada. Basically the top of the PNA ridge height and position seem to allow maritime Canadian air to flow across the top of the ridge. Still, slightly BN to seasonal temps in January will get the job done. Fly in the ointment(always is one) is that that BN precip will be found over the area. Before anyone panics, that is often the signal for areas which get more snow(or it is just dry....lol). Snowy patterns are often not super juicy on precip anomalies.
  16. Euro was a good pass, but not nearly as much for the valleys. That said, we are going to see a lot of variations this far out. Both the GFS and Euro have some Miller A in them.
  17. The 12z CMC and GFS both are pretty solid to the end of each of their runs.
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