AMS Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee
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Don't forget to join the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting next week for a free webinar that highlights the important work that NOAA meteorologists throughout the agency do to keep the public safe during severe weather events. Register now: bit.ly/43RIUvq
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🚨 We are 3 WEEKS away from our upcoming webinar! 🚨 Join us on July 17th, 2025 at 2PM ET to hear from our panelists on forecaster collaboration and communication during severe wx events! ⛈️ This is not one you’ll want to miss! @ametsoc #AMSWAF
🚨 We are 3 WEEKS away from our upcoming webinar! 🚨 Join us on July 17th, 2025 at 2PM ET to hear from our panelists on forecaster collaboration and communication during severe wx events! ⛈️ This is not one you’ll want to miss! @ametsoc #AMSWAF
🚨 Due in 5 days! 🚨 We want to hear your input!
We are accepting topic proposals for #3FUTURE at #AMS2026 in Houston, TX! We invite submissions on a wide range of subjects. Submit your topic proposal at ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUAL/….
🚨 One week left to submit award nominations! 🚨
THREAD: ‼️ Several @ametsoc Awards nominations are due May 1st! Please help us recognize your colleagues from across the weather enterprise with one of the AMS Society-level awards that our committee helps to evaluate. More info in the thread below! 👇👇👇
We are accepting topic proposals for #3FUTURE at #AMS2026 in Houston, TX! We invite submissions on a wide range of subjects. Submit your topic proposal at ams.confex.com/ams/106ANNUAL/….
Congratulations to junior meteorology major, Hannah Kostka, for being awarded second place best student 33WAF poster presentation at #AMS2025 🎉 Our students are the best! 🤎💛
A #BulletinAMS paper suggests the 10-year “drought” of the strongest (EF5) tornadoes is likely due to stricter use of ratings, not changes in tornadoes. Compared w/the older Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale makes it harder to qualify as an EF5: bit.ly/43aIIYr
The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
A paper in AMS journal #WeaForecasting looks at massive California fires. It suggests that given enough dry fuel, wind is the key factor influencing how large a fire is and how fast/explosively it spreads: bit.ly/3Xl3AbJ Photo credit 📷: Jeff Turner on Wikimedia Commons
Happy National Weatherperson’s Day! 🌦️⚡️🌪️🌊
Today in history 🗓 5 February 2008: The deadly “Super Tuesday” Tornado Outbreak spawned at least 64 tornadoes, some producing EF-3 and EF-4 damage, from the southern Plains into the Lower Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. The outbreak resulted in 59 fatalities.
TOMORROW! Be sure to register for this free webinar!
Already looking forward to 2025? 😵💫 We are too! Join us for a webinar featuring presenters from @NWSCentral about improving convective warnings on January 22 at 2 PM Eastern. Register here: ametsoc.org/WebinarCWIP
Are you a graduate/undergrad student pursuing a career in the atmospheric and related oceanic or hydrologic sciences? Apply for AMS Scholarships & Fellowships (up to $26,000) to get financial support and further your education. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/3P8xwT6