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Posted
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

GFS getting some decent amplification on the 12z, here T192 and T240:

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I am a bit sceptical about where it is getting this from, maybe it is related to its MJO forecast, but this is out of whack compared to ECM, here today's charts:

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This stand off has been going on for days now, and any proper winter weather before end Feb for the UK, or the south of it anyway, probably depends on the GFS and ensembles being right.  

Meanwhile, in the reliable, GFS has the strat vortex zonal winds to almost record pace:

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0z run peaking at T192 at 58 m/s:

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And not much divergence by T384 in the ensembles:

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And that is practically the end of Feb.  So now I start wishing us not to have a SSW event, as it is too late to benefit UK cold prospects, and could only mess up summer.

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  • Location: oldham
  • Location: oldham
11 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

GFS at 246 though. I'll wait for IDO to provide the GFS mean before getting to excited.

Not sure we should take the mean any more seriously than a single Op.

Besides the building blocks are way before that time frame.

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .

USA forecasters expect a generally progressive pattern until the weekend then the western trough undergoing some amplification in response to a deep storm over the bay of Alaska .

As that happens you’d expect to see a Canadian high edge east , the degree of amplification of that will then impact the troughing over sw Greenland .

We do need that to sharpen up as that helps to push the ridge ne ahead of it .

If you look at the GFS NH view that’s how its evolution works , that Alaskan storm and its effect downstream.

But you’d need to have that all important jet cut back into the UK . 

That’s often like pulling teeth to get that ! 

Anyway we’ll see what the ECM has to say soon .

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  • Location: Bedfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, plumes, snow, severe weather
  • Location: Bedfordshire

A very stormy weekend to come once again, GFS charts seem to be picking it up well. Can't help but notice how the low literally comes to a standstill on Sunday 

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  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast
  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast

More chance of verifying the amplification showing on the gfs as winter is nearing its end lol.

Another snowy start to March?

Some of the recent ensembles have been looking very juicy.

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  • Location: Reigate Hill
  • Weather Preferences: Anything
  • Location: Reigate Hill

The mean and control not as amplified as the op on the 12z:

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No point showing D9+ as the control and mean flattens out very quickly. The op an outside chance as it stands.

All subject to change and the usual caveats.

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

Would you Adam and Eve it?  GFS strat T384:

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Can only surmise that this is due to the Scandi high Aleutian low-ish combination earlier in the run, T240:

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But I don't want it now, it will just lead to a spring apocalypse!  Just more never ending Autumn...on and on it goes....6 months and counting now, although see my earlier post, this run is likely to be wide of the mark!!

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  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: severe storms,snow wind and ice
  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)

An interesting run from the gfs,can we get that cold pool to back even further west on future runs,and a good strat warming on this run to boot

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we don't necessarily need an SSW for cold weather to hit the UK but would help,i would think that the mjo is playing a part on this but the ecm says no for the minute,this is unfortunately going to be another waiting game to see if anything transpires of this,we are running out of time. 

 

 

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .

The mystery of the current MJO divergence of forecasts .

Theres another update later but yesterday’s suggested how the models are factoring in two parcels of convection moving east .

The GEFS is emphasizing  the second and stronger area which is further east and this is the main factor in why its showing the signal getting into phase 7 .

Because even that ambles around for a bit before making that more decisive mood to phase 7 then we won’t know for a few more days which forecast is correct .

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

GFS v ECM T168:

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Which one you favour might depend on various things, but I think ECM is right on MJO and it's less amplified solution is probably right, unfortunately.

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  • Location: Oxford
  • Location: Oxford

The low pressure over us on Thursday is still very interesting,just a small movement south will bring more 

of England on to the cold side of the low with snow possibly from Northern England pushing into north midlands.

Not impossible,yes it might not happen but there is still a chance.

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  • Location: Kings Norton, West Midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Kings Norton, West Midlands
3 minutes ago, Anthony Burden said:

The low pressure over us on Thursday is still very interesting,just a small movement south will bring more 

of England on to the cold side of the low with snow possibly from Northern England pushing into north midlands.

Not impossible,yes it might not happen but there is still a chance.

Nigh impossible. The adjustment would need to be at least 150-200 miles; at 48hr range, it's never going to be that inaccurate. All the ens look roughly around the same as the op as well. 

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  • Location: Kensington
  • Location: Kensington
7 minutes ago, PerfectStorm said:

Nigh impossible. The adjustment would need to be at least 150-200 miles; at 48hr range, it's never going to be that inaccurate. All the ens look roughly around the same as the op as well. 

Not quite impossible   the Arome shows the snow line getting into the midlands and South Wales     although only transient  

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  • Location: Windsor
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and cold
  • Location: Windsor
10 minutes ago, Anthony Burden said:

The low pressure over us on Thursday is still very interesting,just a small movement south will bring more 

of England on to the cold side of the low with snow possibly from Northern England pushing into north midlands.

Not impossible,yes it might not happen but there is still a chance.

I doubt it as the warm front ahead of the low would have introduced warmer air leaving any chance of snowfall exclusively to the high ground to the North of the low and warm front.

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  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .
  • Location: Eastbourne and Larnaca,Cyprus .

Typical of this winter nothing is ever straightforward!

The current MJO saga is turning into another drama . A further update has been issued .

Can’t link but if you type in NCEP global hazards outlook in your search engine . That takes you to more about the current MJO. At the bottom of the page there’s also the live briefing archive . That has more info in a further link at the bottom .

Whether this can impact the NH pattern of course is another matter given the super charged PV however we’d still much rather see the GEFS forecast verify and NCEP seem to be keeping an open mind .

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  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: severe storms,snow wind and ice
  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)

GFS more amplified 120>

18z v's 12z

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  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales

Can we possibly get some side by side models of last weekends storm compared to this weekends storm (as it currently stands) ?

14 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

GFS more amplified 120>

18z v's 12z

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Really, it looks very powerful,, and I can't see it being treated any less of a threat than the last storm, ~ infact i'd be wanting upgraded warnings, the ground must be absolutely saturated .. and potential partially weakened ground won't hesitate to give way what ever it's holding.

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  • Location: Live in NW Kent by the Thames & work in SE London
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy November to March and Sunny and warm April to October
  • Location: Live in NW Kent by the Thames & work in SE London

With a record breaking strong PolarVortex locking in those mild westerlies at several times in one winter its little wonder other more favourable background signals weren't able to rescue the winter and bring in some Easterlies. It's ironic the only real cold spell other than those early December frosts has come from a West to Northwesterly wind flow the last couple of days. Weve had no Easterlies all winter. If theres one factor that may support a change in this it's the MJO possibly going into a favourable phase for blocking- but whether it can override the record strong polar vortex expected to dominate the arctic once more remains to be seen as already mentioned. The ECM and GEM models aren't so favourable if I'm reading them correctly still inly managing lower amplitude/ lesser phases however the CFS and to a slightly lesser extent the GFS see phases 8 and 7 respectively at a fairly decent amplitude on current forecasts, during the last few days of February which could promote some sort of ridging/ blocking in the Atlantic and finally put an end to this horrific Westerly domination from prolonged +NAO and +AO phases. The JMA model appears to be the middle ground with a phase 6 favoured which could atleast bring slightly drier calmer conditions perhaps?. Let's see which models forecast the MJO right in a few days time20200211_221947.thumb.jpg.985e4d49dca7ad1be13cc1f5310ec354.jpg...

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  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: severe storms,snow wind and ice
  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
16 minutes ago, ancientsolar said:

Can we possibly get some side by side models of last weekends storm compared to this weekends storm (as it currently stands) ?


Really, it looks very powerful,, and I can't see it being treated any less of a threat than the last storm, ~ infact i'd be wanting upgraded warnings, the ground must be absolutely saturated .. and potential partially weakened ground won't hesitate to give way what ever it's holding.

Yes

here 

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Archives NCEP de 1851 à maintenant

last Sunday evening v's this Sunday at 120

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it looks similar to me in terms of wind but there is amplification on the latest run in the Atlantic,could this be a better setup down the line,watch this space.

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  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
9 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Yes

here 

WWW.METEOCIEL.FR

Archives NCEP de 1851 à maintenant

last Sunday evening v's this Sunday at 120

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it looks similar to me in terms of wind but there is amplification on the latest run in the Atlantic,could this be a better setup down the line,watch this space.

wow if we were only had view of the low pressures from each date you could surely guess they were the same storm on different runs 

Thanks for posting this !!  Much appreciated 

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  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: severe storms,snow wind and ice
  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)

PV displaced over to the Siberian side on this run

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make your mind up gfs.

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  • Location: Norway
  • Location: Norway
3 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

PV displaced over to the Siberian side on this run

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make your mind up gfs.

its like the outcome of this strato-position (we had at the start of febr) to end of febr on the 500Hpa charts

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  • Location: Atherstone on Stour: 160ft asl
  • Location: Atherstone on Stour: 160ft asl

MetO have upgraded their warnings for Sunday. #StormDennis looks like it's going to stall right over the top of us with big rainfall totals. Could be messy for all the usual areas

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  • Location: Bournemouth
  • Weather Preferences: Dry mild or snow winter. Hot and humid summer.
  • Location: Bournemouth
21 minutes ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

MetO have upgraded their warnings for Sunday. #StormDennis looks like it's going to stall right over the top of us with big rainfall totals. Could be messy for all the usual areas

Gfs has it raining from Friday afternoon until the early hours Monday morning down here with winds  of up to 50 plus. The winter that keeps giving eh

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