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Model Output Discussion 1st Nov.2013


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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.

Will you please refrain from making daft, pointless and off-topic posts? The thread is busy enough as it is...Posted Image 

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  • Location: Leeds/Bradford border, 185 metres above sea level, around 600 feet
  • Location: Leeds/Bradford border, 185 metres above sea level, around 600 feet

GFS is good to day 7, no comparison to the monumental 0z ECWMF though.

 

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  • Location: uxbridge middlesex(- also Bampton oxfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: blizzard conditions. ice days
  • Location: uxbridge middlesex(- also Bampton oxfordshire

Could see some spectacular heights at Greenland by 144 ecm the way things are evolve!!

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  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, thunder, hail & heavy snow
  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)

Good point.remember glacier point saying dont always look for the yellows and oranges when looking for blocking"nearly put apples then"!!!It happened last winter and did deliver even tho the mb readings were not massive.

That's true to be fair. Even in the chilly Winter of 1962 and 1963, there were times where blocking High Pressure systems to the North-West/North were only occupied by greens and bluey-green colours.

 

An example from the period: 3rd January to 10th January 1963, where their were no oranges or yellows accompanying the Highs to the North and North-West.

 

3rd January 1963

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10th January 1963 (blocking continues to the North-West)

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I suppose when Northern blocking forms, the Highs may generally be accompanied by more yellow and orange colours (and perhaps can help make them even more robust), otherwise the example above shows how Northern blocking can continue without the oranges and yellows being part of the blocking High Pressure systems.

 

It probably should also be noted when it got to the 12th January 1963, a little 'bubble' of yellows started to re-emerge in the High Pressure system to the North-West.

 

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But the fact that the blocking did still manage to carry on before some of the yellows started to come back with those Highs, I think does show that the yellows and oranges aren't always necessary for these kind of setups (even though they probably help with the formation of blocking at the start).

 

As for the models, the cold spell/snap still looks likely for the beginning part of next week, at least, with a cold North-Westerly and/or Northerly flow looking likely on most models as High Pressure amplifies to the West of the UK. Whether we'll see this topple will clearly depend on a number of aspects. Some of these include how far North the High to our West can ridge, and whether Lows to the West of the High can pump enough Warm Air Advection Northwards to disrupt the Polar Vortex enough to help form longer term blocking to the North-West of us. I think as some others mentioned, I think we do need to watch out that not too much energy and Lows pile over the High to our West (similar to what some of the last few GFS runs had showed) as we could easily see a flat, more mobile Westerly type pattern returning. There is also that other possibility that the High to our West could topple in a way to turn the Northerly or North-Westerly winds into cold North-Easterly winds. :)

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: cold
  • Location: Sunderland

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My, my, the UKMO has a friend. Classic troughing into central Europe- strong MLB ridging into Greenland with a good retrogressive motion on it, a little unorthodox WAA up there- but the end result is a slack, wintry N'ly for much of the UK at 144. EC's done its job again.

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Hmm ECM at 120 the -4 line is only just touching Scotland. In the previous trunk at 144 they were halfway down the country

 

Dunner worry, they're on the way down

 

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

Hmm ECM at 120 the -4 line is only just touching Scotland. In the previous trunk at 144 they were halfway down the country

 

t144 looks fine for coldies

 

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  • Location: Ireland
  • Location: Ireland

Hmm ECM at 120 the -4 line is only just touching Scotland. In the previous trunk at 144 they were halfway down the country

 

850mb temps will chop and change right up to 24-48 hours out. A lot depends on the exact timing and movement of features to the north that won't be nailed down yet.

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  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Heat and Snow
  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire

Hmm ECM at 120 the -4 line is only just touching Scotland. In the previous trunk at 144 they were halfway down the country

 

Yes but look at the northern hemisphere!

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  • Location: Manchester
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and warm in the Summer, cold and snowy in the winter, simples!
  • Location: Manchester

GFS  Posted Image UKMO Posted Image ECM Posted Image

 

144 comparisons show GFS is keenest to push energy through over the block.

Also UKMO and ECM have low pressure developing on the Western flank which could aid WAA to our NW

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  • Location: uxbridge middlesex(- also Bampton oxfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: blizzard conditions. ice days
  • Location: uxbridge middlesex(- also Bampton oxfordshire

Heading for alignment, -12 850, s rolling in .....

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  • Location: Glasgow, Scotland (Charing Cross, 40m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: cold and snowy in winter, a good mix of weather the rest of the time
  • Location: Glasgow, Scotland (Charing Cross, 40m asl)

Excellent from the ECM, it usually has more moderate uppers than the GFS so we shouldn't be too surprised but the euros are looking excellent tonight:

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  • Location: Burton-on-Trent (90m), Larnaka most Augusts
  • Location: Burton-on-Trent (90m), Larnaka most Augusts

ECM and UKMO still keep some form of link between the Atlantic High and North Pole High. GFS in typical fashion says no to that and ramps up the low pressures to the North of our block.

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  • Location: Ireland
  • Location: Ireland

For as good as the ECM charts look, the -8 air never extends further south than northern Scotland out to T168. Of course that will change with each run, but perhaps an indication that the GFS has been overdoing the cold uppers.

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  • Location: Burton-on-Trent (90m), Larnaka most Augusts
  • Location: Burton-on-Trent (90m), Larnaka most Augusts

168 shows -8 uppers crossing northern Scotland

 

 

 

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That's a nice line of lows building up in the Atlantic, I hope that aids the retrogression of high pressure to our Northwest.

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire

For as good as the ECM charts look, the -8 air never extends further south than northern Scotland out to T168. Of course that will change with each run, but perhaps an indication that the GFS has been overdoing the cold uppers.

 

I noticed last year that whilst the GFS often lessened the depth of the cold uppers as the time approached, the ECM increased the depth of the uppers. Therefore perhaps a middle ground scenario on upper temps may be the path to take?

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