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  • Hurricanes: Science and Society is hosting a webinar series to provide participants with an opportunity to meet top hurricane scientists and learn more about hurricane science, hazards/impacts and preparedness. The final scheduled Webinar — Hurricane Preparedness – Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 7 PM ET. Registration now open at http://www.hurricanescience.org/resources/webinar2012/ Previous webinars are archived at that site. This is timely with National Hurricane Preparedness Week coming up May 27 – June 2. Details at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/.

  • Best of the 2011 Annual Meeting, Round 2

  • NWP model news from NOAA/NWS/NCEP announces the operational use of the new Rapid Refresh model to improve prediction of severe weather events, winter storms and aviation hazards. Louis Uccellini discusses more on NCEP production. He'll be a keynote speaker at the NWA Annual Meeting.

  • Plan now to attend and share at the NWA 37th Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin. Call for Abstracts, Hotel and general meeting information are now posted and Preregistration is now open. Abstracts for oral presentations due 25 May. Hotel room reservations are filling up fast for the weekend start of the meeting.

  • Nomination procedures for the 2012 NWA Annual Awards are now posted. All nominations need to be submitted online by August 1, 2012. Help promote excellence in operational meteorology and related fields by nominating individuals and groups who have shown outstanding performance!

  • Applications for 2 Scholarships are due 15 May. Submissions for the Meteorological Satellite Applications Grant are due 15 June. See: NWA Scholarships and the Meteorological Satellite Grant.

  • Please help spread the news to K-12 Teachers that the annual Sol Hirsch NWA Education Fund Grants to improve the education of meteorology are now open for application through 1 June.

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