CW3E AR Update: 03 April Outlook

April 03, 2018

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Atmospheric river forecast to impact Northern California later this week

  • GFS Ensemble members are currently forecasting a potentially strong to extreme AR over northern and central California later this week
  • Forecast certainty has increased since yesterday but there is still some uncertainty in the onset, duration, and strength of the AR
  • Up to 7 inches of precipitation is forecasted to fall over the Coastal and Sierra Nevada Mtns in CA, OR, and WA
  • The GEFS is currently suggesting high freezing levels for most of this event, which may lead to most of the precipitation falling as rain

Click IVT or IWV image to see loop of 0-126 hour GFS forecast

Valid 0600 UTC 03 April – 1200 UTC 08 April 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary provided by B. Kawzenuk, F.M. Ralph, and C. Hecht; 11 AM PT Tuesday 03 April 2018

*Outlook products are considered experimental