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- Creating a Forecast for Your Location: Procedure and Analysis for the Amateur Weather Enthusiast
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I am approaching this particular blog post with a bit of consternation and reservation. Most of us are so enthralled by the progression of daily weather that we become amateur weather observers.
- By Ben May, Board Director of the National Weather Association Foundation
- A Smattering of Books for the Amateur Weather Enthusiast
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I tend to go overboard for books. I value my library card more than my driver’s license. But then, I’m a book addict.
There are so many books on meteorology that it can stagger the mind. You really don’t need to read a ton of books if you are an amateur, but you should get some orientation and familiarity with terms and processes.
- By Ben May, Board Director of the National Weather Association Foundation
- Buoy Observations During the 1993 "Storm of the Century"
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Beginning on March 8, 1993, numerical weather prediction (NWP) models consistently predicted a deep winter storm for the eastern United States on March 13. These NWP models gave excellent advance notice and produced accurate forecasts of the storm track location. However, the model runs of March 13 considerably underforecast the deepening of the storm in the northeast Gulf of Mexico.
- By David Gilhousen
- Hand Analysis in a Digital Age
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Dive into the fascinating history of weather maps with Barbara Mayes Boustead. In this presentation she reveals the science and process of hand analysis and discusses its relevance in a world of digital maps.
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- May 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Photography Webinar: Capturing the Storm One "Flash" at a Time
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Featuring Jeremy Bower of JRBStorm Photography and Paul Smith of Paul M. Smith Photography, it covers tips and tricks for thunderstorm photography as well as the larger role that photography plays in education and safety messaging.
- May 11, 2021
- Inside the Hurricane Hunters
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Lt. Col. Nicole Mitchell takes the AMS Weather Band inside the missions and experiences of the renowned Hurricane Hunters! This special event also features discussion with Bryan Norcross as moderator.
- April 21, 2021
- Understanding and Predicting Tornadoes
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Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Paul Markowski of Penn State University provides a special inside look and first hand stories about how scientific “storm chasing” and state-of-the-art computer simulations have helped us better understand and predict tornadoes.
AMS Councilmember, Policy Fellow, and Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Erica Grow leads the conversation following Professor Markowski's presentation.
- April 14, 2021
- Twister History
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- February 25, 2021
- Webinar: Blizzards of 1978
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This is part of a webinar collaboration with the Blue Hill Observatory!
In this webinar the speakers look back at the impacts and effects of the storms of 1978 in the Ohio Valley, and especially on the east coast of the United States.
- January 13, 2021
- Wind Patterns in a Warming World
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During Bob Henson’s recent Weather Band webinar looking at the August 10, 2020 derecho event that tore through the midwest of the United States, one of the questions that came up was “how is climate change impacting wind events?” As Mr. Henson explained, not only are derecho events hard to predict, but based on current research it is impossible to answer how they are being altered by climate change.
- By Bob Henson
- December 21, 2020
- Lake Effect Snow: The Most Intense Snow On Earth
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Join Warning Coordination Meteorologist Erik Heden as he covers the processes behind lake effect snow, how to forecast lake effect snow, and some historical lake effect storms that have occurred.
- December 20, 2020
- Moving Hail Forecasting Forward
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How do we predict the size of hail? What environmental parameters should forecasters be looking at in order to predict hail? These are just some of the questions driving the meteorological research of Professor John Allen and his team at Central Michigan University (CMU).
- By AMS Staff
- December 10, 2020
- Catastrophic Midwest Derecho of August 10, 2020
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Explore the meteorology behind the most destructive thunderstorm complex in U.S. history in this exciting webinar with renowned meteorologist and science writer Bob Henson.
- By Bob Henson
- December 3, 2020
- FIU "WOW" Factor
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Erik Salna, M.S., Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC), Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida presents on hurricane safety research and innovation at FIU's Wall of Wind