Monthly Archives: February 2017

Newest Seal Holder

Congratulations to Matt Brickman on earning his TV Weathercaster Seal of Approval! Follow Matt on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And see all the other members who have earned a TV, Radio or Digital Seal here.
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Alliance for Integrative Approaches to Extreme Environmental Events

NEWS RELEASE For immediate release Jan. 24, 2017 For more information contact: Kari Roop, 405-659-3483, kroop@ou.edu Keli Pirtle, 405-203-4839, keli.pirtle@noaa.gov ALLIANCE FOR INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS The framework for an informal public-private partnership, involving a wide array of partner-stakeholders focused on reducing societal harm from extreme environmental events, was announced today during the…
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Impacts to Aviation Weather Center Operations Using Total Lightning Observations from the Pseudo-GLM

The Aviation Weather Center (AWC) is responsible for delivering accurate, consistent, and timely weather information for safe and efficient flight across the United States airspace system along with international obligations. One of the key concerns for forecasters is the prediction and monitoring of convection which directly affects air routes as well as ground operations. Lightning observations are a vital component of available observations helping to confirm the presence of convection and verify forecasts. Up to this time the AWC has relied solely on ground-based cloud-to-ground only detection networks. With the upcoming launch of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) aboard GOES-R, the AWC has the opportunity to expand the use of lightning observations by observing total lightning (i.e., the combination of both cloud-to-ground and intra-cloud observations). AWC and NASA’s Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (SPoRT) have collaborated to assess a demonstration GLM product, the pseudo-GLM, derived from ground-based lightning mapping arrays. This collaboration has focused on the utility of using total lightning in aviation weather forecasting in preparation for the GLM instrument. This paper presents several small cases identified by forecasters using the pseudo-GLM data in operations and discusses the role of GLM data in the future.

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NWA’s Newest Chapter: From Foundation to a California Annual Meeting

January President’s Message Gail Hartfield, January 2017 Hello, everyone! I am so blessed and honored to serve you as your president for the upcoming year—a year that promises to be yet another exciting one for the NWA. The National Weather Association Foundation is still in its infancy, but we will work closely with its leadership…
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