Ok, and? I never said it was a great recreation. You can still tell what location was influencing that image though.

I'm sorry but it is not in the least bit realistic. Queen Anne Ave. is MUCH narrower in real life compared to what that AI image shows. It is just ridiculously overly wide in the AI image. You could fit all or most of I-5 into that space! Aside from extreme outliers like the Champs-Élysées, no city street is that wide.

Plot twist: The AIFS will lead the way and be the first to pick up on the most historic arctic blast in recorded history for the PNW later this month. Then, the day before the arctic front is going to rip south through Puget Sound, the model becomes sentient and turns all of humanity into paperclips, thus ensuring that none of us get to experience the arctic blast.

We didn't need saving actually. Everything else has looked good today except a bit shaky on the 12z EPS.

The big picture looks good. The Pacific will be in a state where it can easily generate a nice block for us. I'm betting the 18z GEFS will be fine.