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Please keep this thread solely to discussing the model output. The model banter thread is available for more loosely model related chat, ramps and moans.

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  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
6 minutes ago, Chris K said:

I get the feeling that the GFS may be being a tad over progressive here. There are still some disagreements between the main models of the depth and track of the LP systems and until these are resolved, there could still be changes ahead in the short term.

Whilst the fantastic coldageddon charts may have disappeared, the overall picture may still remain positive. ECM will be interesting later, to see if it sides more with UKMO or GFS. I may be interpreting the charts incorrectly, but in my eyes, the 12z GFS high that collapses towards Iberia would not need much change to head up NE across the UK and maybe somewhere favourable from there? God damn another UK high..hope not! 

Look at the polar vortex over Greenland.

Can't have factored in the ssw??.

Unbelievable. A catastrophe if its a protracted snowy cold spell your after.

A day or two off from model watching me thinks.

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  • Location: Harrogate, Pannal Ash, 179m
  • Location: Harrogate, Pannal Ash, 179m

12z is a big downgrade for Eastern Europe, Balkans and Greece. 3 hours of snowy conditions and nothing else as there isn't any support for something more than this. These - 10 or - 16 don't provide any kind of precipitation as the cold travels through thousands of km of dry ground. 

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  • Location: HILL OF TARA IRELAND
  • Weather Preferences: SNOW ICE
  • Location: HILL OF TARA IRELAND
12 minutes ago, Banbury said:

Lets just remember 48 hours ago , ECM charts were being posted with BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM as a headline

Things can change quickly 

You've got to be realistic, the shortwaves are the spoilers ecm will follow the others! 

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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
8 minutes ago, KTtom said:

Despite all the ramping with the 'booms etc, we seem to be back where we started by next weekend!

GFSOPEU12_213_1.png

-10 uppers and widespread snow showers and ice days from the west...pull the other one

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  • Location: Kildare, Ireland
  • Location: Kildare, Ireland
19 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

The broad pattern cannot see the micro ......but over a period of several weeks, it will be right on occasions. That’s why I remain totally confident that this is a blip. 

Totally aggre with this.  The macro picture hasn’t changed longer term and one aggressive low isn’t going to trump all the effects of the SSW going forward.  

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  • Location: Liphook
  • Location: Liphook
1 minute ago, joggs said:

Look at the polar vortex over Greenland.

Can't have factored in the ssw??.

Unbelievable. A catastrophe if its a protracted snowy cold spell your after.

A day or two off from model watching me thinks.

Don't worry that is just a transfer, its unfortunately required if you want to get a good northern block from the position we are in at 144hrs. Watch for heights to start to build close to Greenland from 240hrs onwards and hopefully shift the jet even further south.

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  • Location: Chertsey, Surrey
  • Location: Chertsey, Surrey

What an awful disappointing day....some of these minor details really have had major implications. Well done to those who spotted and showed concern. I didn't want to believe you but credit where it's due! 

 

Never again will I believe and easterly until it's a clean path to it.

 

 

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  • Location: Banbury
  • Location: Banbury
3 minutes ago, joggs said:

Look at the polar vortex over Greenland.

Can't have factored in the ssw??.

Unbelievable. A catastrophe if its a protracted snowy cold spell your after.

A day or two off from model watching me thinks.

Why? Plenty of snow on that v cold NWly 

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  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow then clear and frosty.
  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl

The irony is we can see the vortex being further weakened in the coming days with some retreat of the Canada vortex but the feed of cold into the Euro.trough then becomes weaker and gets cut off.The Atlantic high then moves closer and any remaining cold is east of us.

It's a very strange turnaround as the ens suites have been so strong and consistent on a deep Euro trough being fed by the cold coming down through Scandinavia.

Again by day 6 the GFS is looking more mobile flattening the high whereas the UK model keeps some buckling of the Atlantic pattern retaining hope of a more favourable development later on.

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  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
Just now, kold weather said:

Don't worry that is just a transfer, its unfortunately required if you want to get a good northern block from the position we are in at 144hrs. Watch for heights to start to build close to Greenland from 240hrs onwards and hopefully shift the jet even further south.

Well, i suppose 240+ charts might be nice to look at lol.

Hope your right about the transfer. Knowing our look,thats where it'll stay.

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  • Location: South-West Norfolk
  • Location: South-West Norfolk
3 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

Well forgive this old fella asking what all the fuss is about over the 12Z, but just what re the 12 V 06 out to 144h please?

I’ve looked at the overall pattern of the 558 DM line and the isobars for the 500-1000 chart. Also the same times for the 850-1000. Slight differences but why the posts that have phrases like’game over’ and such? These do not help new folk understand what is happening.

I honestly cannot see that, in the time scale I mention, there is much that is markedly different on the two runs.

If you are commenting beyond T+120-144, and in this fairly volatile state of the northern atmosphere perhaps even near T+00 then you MUST compare like with like. It is way too far ahead to use the argument that the run has the most up to date data and therefore must be more accurate. It does not hold, believe me, sorry to be a bit dogmatic but 20+ years of forecasting makes me feel you may just bear with me over that.

Come on I posted this morning about the overall upper air signals, yes the run to run of the models may well vary but the cold is here for 2 weeks possibly longer. To be sure of what values in each of our back gardens or even more so will it snow/when/how much then be realistic. Models 2x or 4x daily will NOT be accurate for temperature before about T+72 and for ppn of whatever type before T+48 and sometimes not even T+12. If you can accept these restrictions life on here can be enjoyable and useful for learning for us all with no loss of enjoyment.

Shall we try this for 24 hours or so.

Good advice John, which I have followed since the first time you espoused it years ago. Although I fear for the majority it is falling on deaf ears...

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  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
1 minute ago, Banbury said:

Why? Plenty of snow on that v cold NWly 

Thats if it comes to fruition.

Look whats just happened.

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  • Location: Pontypridd, Wales 240m asl
  • Location: Pontypridd, Wales 240m asl
4 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

Well forgive this old fella asking what all the fuss is about over the 12Z, but just what re the 12 V 06 out to 144h please?

I’ve looked at the overall pattern of the 558 DM line and the isobars for the 500-1000 chart. Also the same times for the 850-1000. Slight differences but why the posts that have phrases like’game over’ and such? These do not help new folk understand what is happening.

I honestly cannot see that, in the time scale I mention, there is much that is markedly different on the two runs.

If you are commenting beyond T+120-144, and in this fairly volatile state of the northern atmosphere perhaps even near T+00 then you MUST compare like with like. It is way too far ahead to use the argument that the run has the most up to date data and therefore must be more accurate. It does not hold, believe me, sorry to be a bit dogmatic but 20+ years of forecasting makes me feel you may just bear with me over that.

Come on I posted this morning about the overall upper air signals, yes the run to run of the models may well vary but the cold is here for 2 weeks possibly longer. To be sure of what values in each of our back gardens or even more so will it snow/when/how much then be realistic. Models 2x or 4x daily will NOT be accurate for temperature before about T+72 and for ppn of whatever type before T+48 and sometimes not even T+12. If you can accept these restrictions life on here can be enjoyable and useful for learning for us all with no loss of enjoyment.

Shall we try this for 24 hours or so.

sounds like a plan - and with the current complex set up we have, I think I can agree with that - let's think short term for now and watch the next 24 - 36 hrs develop from there on the models

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  • Location: Liphook
  • Location: Liphook
7 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

Well forgive this old fella asking what all the fuss is about over the 12Z, but just what re the 12 V 06 out to 144h please?

I’ve looked at the overall pattern of the 558 DM line and the isobars for the 500-1000 chart. Also the same times for the 850-1000. Slight differences but why the posts that have phrases like’game over’ and such? These do not help new folk understand what is happening.

I honestly cannot see that, in the time scale I mention, there is much that is markedly different on the two runs.

Shall we try this for 24 hours or so.

I think John people had convinced themselves that the ICON was wrong and the models would fall in line again with cold, so when the 12z GFS came out it was like a final shattering of that dream, hence the emotional outburst.

Its certainly no beast from the east, but the GFS is still very much on the cold side bar a short lived intrusion here and there in the south (which to be fair, the met office have mentioned) and very snowy for the north.

PS, mind you even the FI isn't great, setting up a UK trough which kills any cold air aloft, ah well!

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  • Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Location: Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

As the seasonal models continue to forecast a strong rise in heights to our north west, the daily models continue to show the complete opposite ?‍♂️ 

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  • Location: Christchurch, Dorset
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme weather what else!
  • Location: Christchurch, Dorset

Don't usually post in here as my expertise in reading the models is limited to say the least! 

However, I feel that we are entering a period of great uncertainty, so how anyone is able to say with certainty that, THIS model or THAT model has been proven correct are asking to have egg on their faces! 

In my opinion, if the output can change at such short notice, then it can easily change back just as quickly, especially with easterlies down-welling from the stratosphere, nothing is certain! 

 

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  • Location: South Staffordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: South Staffordshire
6 minutes ago, joggs said:

Look at the polar vortex over Greenland.

Can't have factored in the ssw??.

Unbelievable. A catastrophe if its a protracted snowy cold spell your after.

A day or two off from model watching me thinks.

Only If you completely ignore the fact that models, when an active period of weather is shown have completely failed to actually verify at Day 7, let alone Day 10 for pretty much this entire winter.

If you wish to take anything seriously at that time away then that's your prerogative. 

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  • Location: Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and Snow!!
  • Location: Isle of Wight
11 minutes ago, john mac said:

Just seen something on the GFS. Why does it stall the low east of Scotland at 84-110hrs. There is nothing to stop it . Interesting 

Exactly my thinking john, perhaps its picking up another signal they may revert to what we were seeing 2 days ago on the charts!! and that perhaps there is a chance the east / north east winds will come back in to play on 18z / 0z!!

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  • Location: st albans
  • Location: st albans

The ops showing snowy nirvana at days 9/10 are generally nonsense and so are the ones showing anything else !  the ops at this timescale are just for judging whether the op is in line with the expected macro pattern - if so, more confidence in the ens mean 

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  • Location: Liphook
  • Location: Liphook

Anyway the 12z GFS producing northern blocking just as some of us have been saying.

Sadly though, not the best pattern due to the upper trough sitting pretty much right over our shores meaning there just isn't any cold aloft to tap into, but COULD be JUSDT cold enough for a marginal event around 348hrs...maybe!

BA- agreed, but the UK upper trough setting up shop is one of my fears, it showed up somewhat on the GFS ensembles as well.

 

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  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Location: Edinburgh
18 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

Yet another quite large untruth.

I am in the process of trying to type a post to attempt to get some sense back into this thread, bear with me please. Your post is 'almost' tor for parts of the far S and SW but something of an exaggeration elsewhere for Scotland, 

Like I said bear with me and I'll come back with my view of the run compared to the 06Z. Remember also you are 168h down the line. Does this 12 compare to that from yesterday?

I'm in Scotland and lower areas could very well see double digit temperatures from next Friday. +4/+5 uppers and cloud cover, nothing stopping the temperatures from gradually rising way above average. Let's face it, it's going to be mild from north to south

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