Panagiotis Velissariou, NOAA-NWC, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Kazungu Maitaria, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Water Center (NWC), Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Chris Amante, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Hassan Mashriqui, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Water Center (NWC), National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, United States, Roham Bakhtyar, NOAA / Office of Water Prediction / National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Zaizhong Ma, National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States, Ali Abdolali, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States, Saeed Moghimi, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Andre Jaco Van der Westhuysen, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States, Graeme R Aggett, Lynker Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States and Trey Flowers, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States