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  • Rooms at the NWA Annual Meeting Hotel (University Marriott) are all booked. Prospective attendees needing rooms may call the Residence Inn at Williams Centre about 7 miles from the Marriott. Call 800-331-3131 and ask for the NATL WEATHER ASSOC rate of $115 per night -- that is for a one-bedroom suite (all rooms are suites). NWA will make transportation arrangements for getting attendees back and forth to the main meeting hotel. You can also Preregister Now - here - for the 35th NWA Annual Meeting 2-7 October in Tucson AZ. Exhibit, sponsorship and advertising opportunities are also posted on the updated main meeting page. All presenters are encouraged to add a societal impact focus in the presentations you prepare if possible. Read the article "A Societal Impacts Focus within the National Weather Association" for more information. Preliminary Agenda now available (updated 8/24)

  • Congratulations to the following NWA scholarship winners:

         AccuWeather, Inc. Undergraduate Scholarship – Ayrton Bryan, Texas A&M University
         Broadcast Meteorology Scholarship – Adam Del Rosso, Pennsylvania State University
         David Sankey Minority Scholarship – Rosimar Rios-Berrios, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
         Dr. Roderick A. Scofield Scholarship – Jason Davis, Valparaiso University

    These four winners were picked from a total of 128 entries, a sizable increase from last year. A "hats off" to all who applied. The Arthur Pike and Cassens-Phillips Scholarships will remain open for applications until 25 October.

  • On July 28, 2010, NCEP implemented an upgrade to the Global Forecast System (GFS) beginning at 1200 UTC. A significant part of the upgrade was an increase in model resolution from the current "T382" (approx. 35 km horizontal) to T574 (approx 27 km), which will be applied through 192 hours. It is expected that some of the meteorological fields customers receive via NOAAPORT could be a bit noiser than those from the old GFS. More information on this upgrade can be found at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/tin10-15aab_gfs.doc.

  • NWS Draft Strategic Plan Out for Public Comment — Jack Hayes, NWS Director, invites all to participate in the feedback process. The plan provides the strategic framework that will guide the NWS over the next ten years. It is linked to NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan and is the result of a collaborative endeavor among employees, NOAA and NWS management, and private sector, research and operations partners. Review and comment at http://www.weather.gov/com/stratplan/.

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August President's Message: Invitation to attend NWA's 35th Annual Meeting.

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