#462 Postby TheProfessor » Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:58 pm
It's not a matter of models having trouble with storms that haven't consolidated and formed a LLC, it's more of the fact that before an LLC forms the models are estimating the location of where the LLC will form and since that's a forecast, it can have error. It's especially true with these large circulations. If the models are 50 miles off of where the center actually forms that could be the difference between a re-curve and a storm hitting the northern gulf down the road. That's why it's important to have the center nailed first. I've seen models have great consensus in the long range only for variability to increase in the medium range because something in the short term changed. Obviously if the models do nail where the actual center forms and most of them are correct with 92L becoming a hurricane then they can and most likely will be correct from this far out, but we've seen enough missteps only 2-3 days out with the models this year to be cautious about consensus that's 7-10 days away.
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