Supporting and Promoting Excellence in
Operational Meteorology and Related Activities since 1975
Broadcast Seal Info.
The NWA is a member-led, all inclusive, non-profit, professional association supporting and promoting excellence in operational meteorology and related activities since 1975. Members have many opportunities to share information, news, studies and concerns related to operational meteorology and related activities through committee work, submitting correspondence or articles to NWA publications such as the Newsletter, National Weather Digest and the online Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology, making presentations or leading workshops at the Annual Meeting, helping to maintain and add information to the NWA Web site, and to network with great people in a wide variety of careers (from well-known senior professionals to weather enthusiasts). Members join together on many outreach education/training initiatives to students, users of weather information, and the general public. Members also have the opportunity to volunteer for many leadership positions in the organization. Weather Broadcasters have the opportunity to earn the NWA Radio and Television Weathercaster Seals of Approval. The NWA also sponsors an Annual Awards program to recognize excellence, college scholarships, grants to K-12 teachers and other programs. Membership fees provide full voting membership, National Weather Digests, monthly NWA Newsletters, reduced registration fees at NWA Annual Meetings, and reduced costs for NWA Monographs and Publications and more.
The National Weather Association logo represents some of the weather conditions that are most common throughout the world (shown as the circle of the logo). It displays the diversity of conditions from sunny and dry to cloudy, rainy, and wet. The predominant element of severity, centrally shown as the bolt of lightning, symbolizes the need for giving greater attention to weather and how it affects everything on our planet. The name and founding date of this professional association encircle the weather symbols to show the organization's concern for the importance of weather around the world. The contest to choose this logo was held in 1994 and the design sent in by Joe Kelley and Phyllis Morris of Surface Systems, Inc., an NWA corporate member, won. Their design was slightly altered by the NWA Council members working with Laurie Johnson Graphics and Design, another corporate member. The logo was approved at the October 1994 NWA Council meeting and became effective on 1 January 1995.
As with most nonprofit associations, the Board of Directors govern and lead the organization. In the NWA, the Council is the Board of Directors. The NWA Council is made up of members in good standing who volunteered and were elected by the membership to fill positions of President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and twelve Councilors. Other members are: the immediate past-president and appointed non-voting members (Commissioner of Committees, Executive Director, Assistant Executive Director and others that the Council may appoint in accordance with the bylaws). The Council also appoints committees to help serve the Council and the membership on a variety of subjects. The Council conducts the business of the Association as the basic governing documents dictate, with bylaws approved by the membership and additional policies and procedures approved by the Council. The daily business of the association is carried out by the Executive Director and other staff members with oversight by the Council and direction from the President (Council Chairman). Reference documents on this site are: