Re: should clarify
Posted by
Doorman on 9/13/2010, 1:35 pm
thanks to my #1 fan Linda
understanding the NHC TVCN consensus
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/modelsummary.shtml
Average of at least 2 of GHMI, EGRI, NGPI, HWFI, GFSI, GFNI, EMXI TVCN Consensus E Trk THE INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE IS 265/9 KNOTS...A LITTLE SLOWER THAN BEFORE...AND A BIT SOUTH OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. MOST OF THE GUIDANCE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE UKMET...SHOWS IGOR TURNING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY TONIGHT AND THEN TURNING NORTHWESTWARD BY 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES INTO A LARGE BREAK IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS A LITTLE SOUTH OF THE PREVIOUS ONE THROUGH 12 HOURS GIVEN THE INITIAL POSITION AND MOTION. FROM 12 THROUGH 48 HOURS THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO BUT A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE AND TRENDS TOWARD THE TVCN CONSENSUS MODEL FORWARD SPEED. AT 72 HOURS AND BEYOND THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE LARGE-SCALE FLOW AND THE TRACK OF IGOR. THE ECMWF AND UKMET SHOW MORE MID-LEVEL RIDGING NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF IGOR OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND MOVE IGOR SLOWER AND FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE REST OF THE GUIDANCE AT DAYS 3 THROUGH 5. THE GFS...GFDL...AND GFDN KEEP THIS RIDGE FARTHER EAST AND ALLOW IGOR TO GAIN MORE LATITUDE AND RECURVE AHEAD OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH SITUATED OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE NOGAPS AND HWRF ARE BETWEEN THESE TWO CAMPS AND SHOW A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT DAY 5. GIVEN THE INCREASING SPREAD OF THE GUIDANCE LATE IN THE PERIOD...THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS SIMPLY AN UPDATE OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY AT THESE TIMES AND IS OF LOWER CONFIDENCE THAN NORMAL. THE NHC TRACK IS CLOSE TO THE NOGAPS AND WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE UKMET AND ECMWF AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.
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