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definitely better. not great, but a big improvement. definitely more similar to 00z than 06z

improvement on the GEFS... lower heights out ahead of the trough and in SE Canada. should be colder

I would consider this a general improvement to the height field over SE Canada. OP runs gonna OP run this cuts because the GFS phases with the NS vort in MN/IA. if that vort kicks ahead and interacts with the ULL in SE Canada, this would be much farther S. really no way to tell with that kind of stuff at this range

yeah, climo won't matter as much when you have cross-polar flow like that. you can snow until the 20th to the coast with that look. the 10-20th period does look very good, but we'll see if we can cash in on the 4th beforehand. tons of time to go

seems to me like it's being inconsistent. it flip-flopped between 18, 00, and 06z. doesn't inspire much confidence, IMO I can guarantee if the OP is less amped at 12z it will follow lock-step. it's not a good ensemble for illustrating spread. the EPS is easily the best for that. not to say that it's wrong or anything... we can get an inland runner, but it's just been making big shifts on a whim

luckily the GEFS is underdispersive, so it'll follow the OP nine times out of 10. not surprising that it's quite rainy

I'll take this at 8 days out. very dynamic solution with hints of confluence and there's cold air around

LMAO

I wouldn't say that... the ECMWF is suppressed

the thing with ensemble mean temps is that much of the members that show snow will probably be between 28 - 34, but the ones that cut and show rain can be like 50 - 60 degrees, so temps are prone to being skewed high. the 500mb and track of the SLPs looked great, though

this is pretty nice for the 4th. the initial wave establishes some confluence over the NE so that it's harder for the main wave to cut main wave tracks underneath. should look good snowfall wise and temp wise. absolute ton of moisture with this thing as well

main wave tracks underneath. should look good snowfall wise and temp wise. absolute ton of moisture with this thing as well

this is pretty nice for the 4th. the initial wave establishes some confluence over the NE so that it's harder for the main wave to cut

ENS are much improved overall for the 3/4 threat. lower heights over the E US seems to be the theme

not gonna lie, the ENS look great so far. the OP runs are cool and all, and their solutions aren’t ridiculous or anything, but the ENS improving holds way more weight at this range

GEPS also much improved. way lower heights over the E US

the GEFS actually has lower heights in the E US before the wave arrives, unlike the OP

i’ll take it. at this range I just wanna see a strong storm consistently showing up if it was perfect people would be saying “well you don’t wanna be in the bullseye 8 days out” so you can never truly win at this range

no, not really, but it's 4-5 days away. confluence is always a bear for modeling so we'll see where it goes

that's not how that works

that is a significant to major event lmao hell, I'm 23 and I know that after living through the 10s in NYC

this is apparently a less exciting solution

love seeing that -NAO and 50/50 dipole. shows that it's a true block

slightly OT as we wait for the ECMWF, but the GEFS synoptically looks pretty great for 3/4. stout -NAO and a 50/50 signal as well with a digging trough over the eastern half of the country this is a good signal for a storm that'll be affected by confluence with the nascent 50/50 and -NAO dipole

interestingly enough, there are a handful of members that jackpot the N Mid-Atlantic and leave NE with scraps. one is even suppressed down to DC looking at the 500mb from each member, it's apparent that these members have higher heights initially, leading to the S/W digging more and ending up farther S. this allows less influence from the primary SLP take these two members, for example. member 28 on the left likely has a progressive front-end thump with the greatest amounts in NNE. however, member 29 on the right has a pretty classic DCA-PHL-NYC axis that is certainly influenced by confluent flow to the N. so, I think this bears a lot of watching. we want to see the S/W amped for a farther S track. all of the members that have this kind of snowfall distribution (members 20, 21, 27, 29) have the same initially amped S/W