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JetMaxx wrote:If the GFS takes Isabel into the Bahamas and south Florida on this 00z run, I swear I'll need CPR....get 9-1-1 on the line
MWatkins wrote:If it's such a bad model...how come it has made the TPC discussions as recently as tonight? You should send that note to the TPC...DOrtt.
First...it isn't a good model in the tropics mainly because there aren't enough observations for the model to resolve gaps in data. The ETA..however...is a huge model for the SPC and they lean on it heavily to forecast tornados (much smaller scale events)...severe weather outbreaks etc. Of course...they have wind profiler data and soundings to feed into the model...
In short...it is a model that does well with lots of observations...it doesn't fill in the gaps well.
Considering the NOAA jet provided the model with additional data it would not have otherwise had...I think it's probably still an outlier solution...but not a solution that should be summarily dismissed because the ETA is a "bad model".
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