Today wins the distance award as we split up across the country to diagnose convective initiation in various environmental regimes. In the morning, forecasters started in Sterling, VA (LWX), Tampa Bay (TBW), and Pocatello, ID (PIH). Our LWX team used a suite of the GOES-R LAP and CI products to diagnose the near-storm environment and convective potential along/ahead of the cold front across the Appalachian mountains today. With minimal convection in the late afternoon hours, they were moved to Denver/Boulder, CO (BOU) to evaluation the pGLM color curves of some very marginal convection . Out PIH team also spent a good part of the day diagnosing CI and evaluating ENTLN tools and trends as a region of instability on the westward side of the upper-level ridge moved into the area. Our TBW team stayed quite busy with sub-severe seabreeze thunderstorms occurring across most of central FL throughout the day. ProbSevere and the suite of GOES-R products were used actively to target and prioritize regions with promising CI potential throughout the day.

-Darrel Kingfield, CIMMS/NSSL Research Associate & Week 2 EWP Coordinator