Weather Warrior Daily: 28-Aug

Good Friday morning!

Top Five Cities (RAW SCORES):

1. Lake Charles, LA (KLCH)- 1022

2. Natchitoches, LA (KIER)- 796

3. Hot Springs, AR (KHOT)- 373

4. Atlanta, TX (KATA)- 310

5. Shreveport, LA (KSHV)- 297

Headlines

- Tropical Storm Laura continues dumping rain across the Central United States.

- Toastal Plain claims highest score in Weather Warrior history

- Weekend League Round 4 starts today

- Convective: Enhanced in East Iowa, on Wisconsin/Illinois border

Top Three Competitior Scores

1. Toastal Plain (KLCH)- 1839.60

2. BlizzardJon, Central_Oh_Wx, and Kiko Snowe (KLCH)- 1430.80

3. ClevelandWx, Dry_7ine, JonWxMan9, OKCStormWatcher, Ronald Martinez (KLCH)- 1226.40

The Back Pages

Today's Picks- Today's selections move further north, revolving mainly around TS Laura's projected path.

One More Thing: Picks of the Week!

- adterry: Lake Charles Radar images (Twitter, Lindsey Slater)

- BoldColdPicker: Tragic Colonial Hurricane of 1635 (AccuWeather)

- Eddy off the coast of the Florida Keys (NWS Key West)

- Hurricane Laura made landfall in almost the exact location predicted 3.5 days out (Forbes, Dr. Marshall Shepherd)

- Comparison of landfall of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Michael, and Laura (Twitter, Dakota Smith)

**Remember, you can submit a pick of the week too! Just send Andrew a message via Twitter (@aterrywx) or email (adterry@ncsu.edu) with your link to something weather related.