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December Medium/Long Range Discussion


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5 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Latest GEFS for early Jan. This isn't a good look if you are a polar vortex.

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I dont consider myself knowledgeable on the 10hPa PV. In layman's terms, what does this weakening SPV translate to down in the trop? These SSWE's are discussed ad nauseum every year anymore it seems, but why? I know we can't say what it means for particular regions, but is it safe to assume with SPV weakening the PV doesn't allow it to 'stack vertically' over the Arctic Circle and can thus cause more displacing of the TPV and lobes to freely roam and wobble around rather than just remain anchored and stationary well to the N? Thanks.

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1 hour ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Place me in the euro camp. IMO there will be no low on a front. There will be a low dragging a front through. We will get warmer than forecast in front of it, it will rain, the front will come through, the wind will exceed expectations, the temps will fall short of modeled lows. This is not the type of setup we have much of a chance with.

I am inclined to agree with this, but I have to keep the faith since I apparently called for a while Christmas.:P

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45 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

I dont consider myself knowledgeable on the 10hPa PV. In layman's terms, what does this weakening SPV translate to down in the trop? These SSWE's are discussed ad nauseum every year anymore it seems, but why? I know we can't say what it means for particular regions, but is it safe to assume with SPV weakening the PV doesn't allow it to 'stack vertically' over the Arctic Circle and can thus cause more displacing of the TPV and lobes to freely roam and wobble around rather than just remain anchored and stationary well to the N? Thanks.

There are some good scholarly papers on the TPV/SPV relationship(and correlation to the AO), and its complex to say the least. They are completely separate entities, and sometimes there is little to no interaction(coupling) during winter. The reality is, for sensible weather, we are far more interested in the TPV, which is actually larger(multiple vortices), and directly influences our weather. We want a pattern that can disrupt and dislodge these vortices, and bring them south. That's how we get the cold down into the midlatitudes. It can happen at times even with a relatively strong SPV/+AO, as occurred 2013-14 with the big EPO/WPO block. In general though, when we have a persistently negative AO winter(which we clearly want) the SPV is a weakling, and it gets that way largely by transfer of heat into the upper trop/strat.

eta- @Ralph Wiggum

Good read here: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/98/1/bams-d-15-00212.1.xml

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1 minute ago, jaydreb said:

GFS trending the wrong way for xmas snow.  Also gives us a nice rainy coastal a few days later.  

I’ve see this before I think...lol

 

that would be extra painful but good thing it’s an eternity away

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28 minutes ago, LP08 said:

I’ve see this before I think...lol

 

that would be extra painful but good thing it’s an eternity away

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OP  at range, but it's almost the exact same location as the last of debacle.

Really looking to achieve offshore ideal track, hopefully upstream blocking will shake things up. 

Also this regarding the 25th. 

Model guidance will continue to struggle with the #Christmas
 
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system. The storm energy is currently located over a data sparse region of the north pacific & is embedded within a broad/complex jet streak. The energy is incident on the west coast by Monday evening.
 
 
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21 minutes ago, poolz1 said:

GFS ops have insisted on the monster block developing after the x-mas frontal passage.....and reloads it this run.  Ens up to now seem pretty muted....you would think there would be a better signal.  Wait and see...

eta:  12z gefs sniffing it out now....

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If that verifies I know the Op gfs shows that low inland, but we’d def be able to pinch that H5 low farther southeast. Long way to go. Could be a mirage, could be a signal....

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25 minutes ago, poolz1 said:

GFS ops have insisted on the monster block developing after the x-mas frontal passage.....and reloads it this run.  Ens up to now seem pretty muted....you would think there would be a better signal.  Wait and see...

Also pondering data sparse regions with some of these Northern disturbances and last minute model swings. 

HM did mention if blocking develops robustly as the models indicate it could lead  to interesting low latitude winter storm analogs. 

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1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

@poolz1 was just coming to say that GEFS definitely has some support for a storm running to our south with a cold high to the north around D9. Not much more to say at this point. ~D12 or so also. 
 

Pattern looks active AF from Xmas onward with a stout -NAO and -AO. Rest up now..

Really does look active!  Right as start entering prime climo too....

The fact that we had nothing last year and it being the first threat of the season....I am still recuperating from the last track..lol  

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1 hour ago, frd said:

OP  at range, but it's almost the exact same location as the last of debacle.

Really looking to achieve offshore ideal track, hopefully upstream blocking will shake things up. 

Also this regarding the 25th. 

Model guidance will continue to struggle with the #Christmas
 
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system. The storm energy is currently located over a data sparse region of the north pacific & is embedded within a broad/complex jet streak. The energy is incident on the west coast by Monday evening.
 
 
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Thanks for the data, good info

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