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NWA June/July President’s Message

NWA June/July President's Message by Nate Johnson [caption id="attachment_24495" align="alignleft" width="200"] President Nate Johnson[/caption] Here we go again. Last year’s hurricane season was simply brutal, setting records in categories we would rather leave untouched. For the second time in 16 years, we had to dip into the Greek alphabet for additional storm names, and we…
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JOM: Assessing the Potential for Pyroconvection and Wildfire Blow Ups

Fire meteorologists have few tools for assessing atmospheric stability in the context of wildfires. Most tools at our disposal were developed for assessing thunderstorms and general convection, and so they ignore heat and moisture supplied by the wildfire. We propose a simple parcel-based model that can be used to assess how the atmosphere will affect…
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June Webinar: Wednesday, June 30 at 3 PM ET

  Join our June webinar, featuring one of our latest Journal of Operational Meteorology articles! Watch the recording on YouTube: CLICK HERE Title: Improving Tornado Warning Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences. Participants:  Dr. Kathleen Sherman-Morris (Mississippi St. University) Darrin Griffin (University of Alabama) Jason Senkbeil (University of Alabama) Jennifer Saari (NWS Huntsville,…
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Annual Meeting hotel block is open and registration prices posted.

NWA 46th Annual Meeting August 21-25 Connecting Communities through Discovery and Service is the theme for the NWA 2021 Hybrid Annual Meeting. The hotel block is open and the following items have been updated. Hotel Accommodations Registration Pricing Sponsor Opportunities Exhibitor Opportunities ________________________________________________________________________ The NWA 46th Annual Meeting, scheduled for August 21-25, 2021, will be…
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