2 cycles ago we were worried that a complete whiff was still in play, and now you want to argue that those two runs "aren't even close" to each other. gtfoh
I was looking at a more macro view of the overall setup they've settled into. not trying to resolve differences between them that neither model has resolved itself anyway.
ya know, i don't really want to do this right now, but it's starting to annoy me.
if you think this is "not even close" for 90 hours out concerning a major extratropical cyclone then all the more power to you
Looks like the Euro and the GFS have finally met in the middle wrt the handling of the shortwave in the sw conus. euro is actually hanging back a tad more than the gfs this time.
I wish I had access to the control member for that 18z run. If that went unrealistically east compared to OP, this close to the event the entire ensemble suite will be messed up.
you have to look at the context of the locations of each poster. it was further west and stronger for most of us, down here. for you and dryslot, it was definitely further east and weaker. they are both correct.