NWA sponsored Annual Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

March 20, 2010 8th Annual Great Lakes Meteorology Conference
This Conference, sponsored by the Northwest Indiana AMS/NWA Chapter, will be held at the Strongbow Inn in Valparaiso, IN. Abstracts are due by 19 February. Details at http://www.valpo.edu/student/nwa/conference/index.php.
March 25–27, 2010 14th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference
This annual conference sponsored by the Central Iowa NWA Chapter will be held at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa. For details see: http://www.iowa-nwa.com/conference/.
October 2–7, 2010 35th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association
The meeting will be held at the Marriott University Park Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. Abstracts are due by 1 June 2010. See details at http://www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2010.
October 26–28, 2010 The National Flood Workshop
This conference, sponsored by the Weather Research Center and many other agencies including the NWA, will be held in Houston, Texas. Abstracts are due April 28, 2010. Details are at http://www.wxresearch.com/nfw/.

Browse to the NWA Local Chapters for information on their local activities.


Other Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

March 15–19, 2010 National Flood Safety Awareness Week
Flooding is a coast to coast threat to the United States and its territories in all months of the year. National Flood Safety Awareness Week is intended to highlight some of the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods, and what you can do to save life and property. For more information see Web site: http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/
March 23, 2010 World Meteorological Day
WMO and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of its 188 Members celebrate World Meteorological Day on 23 March to commemorate the 1950 entry into force of the convention that created WMO, which became a Specialized Agency of the United Nations a year later.
March 29–April 2, 2010 2010 National Hurricane Conference
The 32nd annual conference will be held at the Orlando Hilton, Orlando, Florida. For more information see: http://www.hurricanemeeting.com/
April 1, 2010 50th Anniversary of TIROS 1 Launch
0640 EST 1 April 1960 at Cape Canaveral, Florida — The United States launched TIROS 1 the first successful meteorological satellite for monitoring Earth’s weather. Historical articles such as this will no doubt be updated soon.
April 19–20, 2010
April 21–22, 2010		 21st International Lightning Detection Conference
3rd International Lightning Meteorological Conference
These conferences will be held at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, Florida. Details are at Web site: http://www.vaisala.com/newsandmedia/events/ildcilmc.html.
April 21–22, 2010 14th Northern Plains Convective Workshop
This workshop is sponsored by the NOAA/NWS Forecast Office in Sioux Falls, SD and will be held in an amphitheater at the EROS Data Center. Abstracts are due 15 March. Details at: http://sio.midco.net/weather/workshop2010/
May 3–7, 2010 Air Quality Awareness Week
May 22–28, 2010 National Safe Boating Week
May 22–28, 2010 Hurricane Preparedness Week
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml
June 2–4, 2010 NOAA/NWS Eastern Region Flash Flood Conference
This conference to improve flash flood forecast and warning performance and public action response will be held at the Woodlands Inn and Resort, Wilkes-Barre, PA. It is sponsored by the NOAA/NWS Eastern Region, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office in Binghamton, NY and the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System. Details at Web site: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/bgm/research/ERFFW/
June 6–12, 2010 Rip Current Awareness Week
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/
June 20–26, 2010 Lightning Safety Awareness Week
http://www.nwas.org/links/lightning.php
June 24–27, 2010 AMS 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
This annual conference will be held at the Deauville Beach Resort, 6701 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, Florida. More details are at: http://www.ametsoc.org/Meet/fainst/201038broadcast.html
July 9–11, 2010 75th Anniversary of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University
Anniversary celebration will occur with Penn State Alumni Reunion during Arts Festival Weekend. Details at Web site: http://www.met.psu.edu/browse-by-audience/alumni-friends/meteorology-75th-anniversary-1/
August 11–15, 2010 Air Weather Association Reunion 2010
The AWA Reunion 2010 will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. See Web site: http://www.airweaassn.org
September 27–30, 2010 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
The 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, will be held 27–30 September 2010. We are excited to join with the 17th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes in offering a stimulating triple program highlighting the synergisms between these three areas of research. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/meetinfo.html) around June 7, 2010. More information can be found here.

The Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET®) has professional development opportunities online at www.meted.ucar.edu.