Our first set of visiting forecasters arrived today. Mike Cammarata (Columbia SC), David Blanchard (Flagstaff AZ), and for today only, Ken Cook (Wichita KS).

I didn’t have much time to brief on the weather situation today, but one this is for sure – no Central Oklahoma storms….for a few days. There is a Slight Risk for Eastern VA/NC (departing cold front), and a “See Text”, formerly a Slight Risk, over the Ohio Valley (cold core upper level low). The East Coast event is currently ongoing with several tornado warnings. However, we need to get the visitors trained on WDSSII and the gridded warning software (from 3-5 pm today), so we plan to let those storms go offshore, and hope for some hailers over the Ohio Valley during an IOP of 5-9pm.

Greg Stumpf (EWP Weekly Coordinator, 28 April – 2 May)