GFS STILL HAS NO RAIN AND AN OFFSHORE UNPHASED LOOK

The 18z gfs continues to argue against the phased dynamic European look and would call for clouds and a northeast wind but the rain from the low to the south would stay offshore.gfs66

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The Euro upper air and gfs side by side and you can see the obvious differences.

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Both of these maps are for Saturday morning and you can see the much more unphased fractured look of the gfs. I guess it is one or 2 more runs to see which model caves. Either way marine conditions for the weekend do not look especially good.