RL3AO wrote:bamajammer4eva wrote:Tallahassee NWS model discussionAt first, it seemed like today's 12z guidance was coming into
pretty good agreement with the area of disturbed weather in the
southeast Gulf. Tracks on the 12z GFS, Canadian, and UKMET were
somewhere in between Destin and Cedar Key. Intensities still
varied quite a bit, but each of those three models showed a well
defined system. Then the 12z ECMWF came in and flipped-flopped
tremendously again, now barely showing any system at all. The
ECMWF's performance with this system has been very inconsistent,
which is atypical of this model. Its performance was also poor for
the last heavy rainfall event locally. Perhaps its upgrade to 9
km resolution is causing problems with the convective
parameterization in the model, although that's just a speculation.
At any rate, the official forecast trended towards a wetter
scenario with the potential for the area of disturbed weather to
affect our forecast area by the middle to end of the week,
particularly across the southeast big bend. We continue to want
people to follow this system closely this week as the forecast
continues to be refined.
Interesting to see that in an afd. 9km is a really strange resolution to parameterize convection.
the genius who insisted upon 9km resolution should be locked in an attic for life like Bertha in Jane Eyre
