Daily Summary: Week 2, Day 3

Today, we began operations in the Wilmington, OH and Nashville, TN CWA’s. Once again, convection along the cold front was ongoing from the previous evening. The folks in Wilmington were able to utilize many of the products as there was some clearing earlier in the period. The participants in Nashville were able to view the PGLM Total Lightning data from the Huntsville LMA, though activity was not that great, and many of the other products were not usable given the extensive cloud cover. As the lightning activity subsided, the Nashville crew moved to the Pittsburgh LMA, where new storms were beginning to initiate, and the forecasters could utilize more of the demonstrations products. The group in Wilmington would later move to the Charleston, WV CWA as convection spread eastward, before ending up in the Cleveland CWA.

Tomorrow, we will start activities at 12:30 in the Dev Lab for the daily debrief before moving to the HWT for the EFP briefing. The day looks to be similar to today, as the cold front continues to shift towards the coast. One group will likely focus activities in the DC LMA area, while the other group may work in southeast OK as that area may see some convective development from the clear sky.

– Bill Line, GOES-R SPC/HWT Satellite Liaison and Week 2 EWP Coordinator

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