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The hunt for cold - Model discussion (late November)


Paul
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If you're hunting for cold potential in the model output, this thread is for you. But if you'd like to look more widely at the models, please head over to the general model discussion thread.

This is a model related thread, so a general, frequent theme of the model output is a given, but it will not be strictly enforced:

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  • Location: Reigate Hill
  • Weather Preferences: Anything
  • Location: Reigate Hill
2 minutes ago, booferking said:

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Although the above is from Saturday it does suggest there is low variance within models as the GFS 0z mean is very similar. Mesoscale the pattern looks to have a high degree of confidence for the remaining days of December. There are micro details that have yet to be resolved, from timing and wavelength longitude differences, Certainly for cold lovers little hope with the medium term from trop patterns, though the experts indicate Tropical waves due later this month, but that may just be the wave 1 activity of the Euro ridge? No wave 2 signs (that are more important). 

Nothing mild likely either so seasonal for many especially northern areas.

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
2 minutes ago, Interitus said:

Conditions seem right but it could go either way, or if there is one it could be marginal so as not to have much of an impact. Then depending on how it affects the waveguides it could be well into February before there is another shot.

If there's one person on board i would want when it comes to strat events its you (chiono as well), your knowledge wrt SSW's and vortex strength analogues in terms of how things will pan out is second to none, so i am a bit disappointed, very wary now although i'm not changing my forecast (yet), as i have analogued around 10th to 15th Jan for a potent E/NE flow since mid Nov, with an SSW possible and a lot of knowledgeable people on board i would be mad to, but i am concerned now.

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

Wouldn't that northerly be a potential stonker - were it to become real:

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  • Location: Milltimber, Aberdeen ~ 80m asl
  • Location: Milltimber, Aberdeen ~ 80m asl
10 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Meanwhile, back in the troposphere, we see a continued and growing signal for the return of the trop PV to exactly where we don't want it....

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Yup, never a good trend. It looks increasingly likely to me that if we are to get any cold air, it will now be from the east rather than from the north. The current window for GL height increases is diminishing and my fear is that the forecast SSW results in a displacement to N. America.

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  • Location: Hertfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPS
  • Location: Hertfordshire

I know it’s at T384 hrs but a stonking northerly would be following a few frames later

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  • Location: Cobham Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: clear skies , hard frost , snow !
  • Location: Cobham Surrey
25 minutes ago, Interitus said:

Conditions seem right but it could go either way, or if there is one it could be marginal so as not to have much of an impact. Then depending on how it affects the waveguides it could be well into February before there is another shot.

This is a real reality check - this guy knows his stuff and is always level headed . Clearly the SSW that people have been saying is a done deal and we are beyond questioning whether it will happen or not is still not resolved !

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  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex
  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex

Can mention the SSW all you want but while I’m seeing charts like this at t300 I’m struggling to be overly positive to be honest, SSW isn’t  a guarantor of cold and whilst I’m seeing hideous charts like this I’m not getting my hopes up!

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Just now, Badgers01 said:

This is a real reality check - this guy knows his stuff and is always level headed . Clearly the SSW that people have been saying is a done deal and we are beyond questioning whether it will happen or not is still not resolved !

06z GFS marginal again, minimum +0.1 m/s!

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  • Location: Cobham Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: clear skies , hard frost , snow !
  • Location: Cobham Surrey
Just now, Weathizard said:

Can mention the SSW all you want but while I’m seeing charts like this even in th darkest depths of FI I’m struggling to be overly positive to be honest, SSW is a guarantor of cold and whilst I’m seeing hideous charts like this I’m not getting my hopes up!

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 SSW are certainly not a guarantor of cold ...

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  • Location: South Croydon
  • Location: South Croydon

I seem to remember that last year the NWP struggled with the wave 2 event.  I seem to recall it was significantly after the event that the models picked up the implication for the troposphere but when they did the impact was marked.  Before the event and immediately afterward they did not cope at all well if my memory serves me well.

I'm not sure how well they cope with a wave 1 event.  Do they find a displacement easier to model than a total split?  Anyway, I'd say patience is a virtue right now.

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  • Location: st albans
  • Location: st albans

Need to bear in mind that predicating your strat forecast solely on gfs is not a great starting point .....

exeter will have eps and glosea - lets see if their tone changes in an hour or so 

 

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  • Location: Freshwater Isle of Wight
  • Location: Freshwater Isle of Wight
6 minutes ago, ICE COLD said:

I know it’s at T384 hrs but a stonking northerly would be following a few frames later

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Yes it is 384 but unusually deep cold air is poised in just the right place to the north of Iceland and looks ready to sweep down across the UK. All change next run.

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  • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
  • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
27 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Meanwhile, back in the troposphere, we see a continued and growing signal for the return of the trop PV to exactly where we don't want it....

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Is it returning though?

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From that point, it then begins a slow steady shift towards northern Europe, allowing heights to build towards Greenland-

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All hypothesis at that range but sooner or later we'll start to see big changes in the trop profile. How they affect us remains to be seen but for now we're still in the game...

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  • Location: west yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: extreme weather
  • Location: west yorkshire

This ssw in my opinion people have been putting too much influence on it bringing cold to the U.K. and it does now appear that some of the output is toying with the idea of the displacement been over N America. Which would in turn fire up the jet stream coming out of the states. Which in turn would bring us unsettled Atlantic driven weather. As the old adage goes if it can go wrong for the U.K. it normally does. I’m certainly not convinced this ssw will bring the goods in January for our tiny island. 

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  • Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL
  • Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL
3 minutes ago, terrier said:

This ssw in my opinion people have been putting too much influence on it bringing cold to the U.K. and it does now appear that some of the output is toying with the idea of the displacement been over N America. Which would in turn fire up the jet stream coming out of the states. Which in turn would bring us unsettled Atlantic driven weather. As the old adage goes if it can go wrong for the U.K. it normally does. I’m certainly not convinced this ssw will bring the goods in January for our tiny island. 

We just got to wait Terrier , January still a long way away..

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
8 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

Need to bear in mind that predicating your strat forecast solely on gfs is not a great starting point .....

exeter will have eps and glosea - lets see if their time changes in an hour or so 

 

Or even worse if their forecast of cold reverses completely!

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  • Location: Carryduff, County Down 420ft ASL
  • Location: Carryduff, County Down 420ft ASL
16 minutes ago, ICE COLD said:

I know it’s at T384 hrs but a stonking northerly would be following a few frames later

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Would it though? Potential spoiler there...

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  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL
  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL

It can take 1 or 2 weeks following a SSW for it to take effect lower down, so we are talking about 1st or second week of January we should see some impact at our latitude (not necessarily the UK ), so let’s not get too worried about FI charts - they are rubbish at the best of times so trying to forecast the fallout of SSW is impossible at this range. What we can expect to see is a typical borefest of UK winter charts, then Around XMAS a possible flip to something special hopefully. As long as this SSW happens, the UK has a good chance of “big freeze”, the METO are forecasting and monitoring it so let’s stay with that. 

 

Also, I think GLOSEA was seeing a big warming (SSW) in Jan a few weeks back, is this still the case I wonder - and is this warming next week just a precursor- if so 2 back to back SSWs could have some serious potential.

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  • Location: Hampstead / Cambridge
  • Location: Hampstead / Cambridge

Nothing much to worry about IMO, nothing is expected before the opening few days of Jan at the earliest - if (and it's a big if) the SSW (and other Pacific and tropical factors) takes hold. 

This anomaly at the far reaches of FI is interesting. I'm more interest in anomaly trends across GEFS at this point rather than the detail of anything: 

 

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  • Location: Hertfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPS
  • Location: Hertfordshire
2 minutes ago, Ali1977 said:

It can take 1 or 2 weeks following a SSW for it to take effect lower down, so we are talking about 1st or second week of January we should see some impact at our latitude (not necessarily the UK ), so let’s not get too worried about FI charts - they are rubbish at the best of times so trying to forecast the fallout of SSW is impossible at this range. What we can expect to see is a typical borefest of UK winter charts, then Around XMAS a possible flip to something special hopefully. As long as this SSW happens, the UK has a good chance of “big freeze”, the METO are forecasting and monitoring it so let’s stay with that. 

Spot on Ali . Everyone using the GFS/GEFS is not even in range yet . The same happened last feb/ March , the models throwing out charts until they got a handle on it . Of course it doesn’t guarantee cold weather here but we have a higher chance than normal and the meto are bullish about cold in the new year . Gonna be a great watch over the Christmas period. 

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington
3 minutes ago, weirpig said:

Not related to Uk cold.  But on the para in the far reaches  that is one seriously cold Atlantic.   

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