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Biographical data: Hugh McRandal

McRandal, Hugh G. Marine Meteorologist, National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Marine Prediction Center, Marine Forecast Branch, Camp Springs, Maryland.

Born 30 June 1952, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. B.S. Meteorology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1974. M.S. Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1980; Chi Epsilon Pi 1979-80.

Field Researcher, International Monsoon Experiment(MONEX)/National Center for Atmospheric Research(NCAR), organized and collected commercial aircraft reports from numerous National Weather Services in traveling from Africa to Australia, 1979. Field Assistant, United States MONEX Project Office, Bombay and Calcutta, India, 1979. International Marine Forecaster, Offshore Drilling Rigs along the Shores of Africa, Europe, The Indian Ocean, Australia and South America. Institute for Storm Research, Houston, Texas, 1981-82. Meteorologist, NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1982. Full Performance Meteorologist with duties of Assistant Fire Weather Forecaster,Aviation and Storm Data Coordinator, NWS/WSFO Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1983-1989. Marine Forecaster, part of the team that established a marine forecast center at a national center, NWS/NCEP/MPC/MFB 1989-.

Member of National Weather Association(NWA) since 1985-. Chair NWA Marine Meteorology Committee, 1996-. Student Member American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1972-1979. Secretary of Penn State Student Chapter of AMS, 1973-74. Chair of Penn State Meteorology Exposition, 1974, Penn State Government 1972-1974. National AMS member since 1980-. Founding Vice President Southeast Wyoming AMS chapter 1987. Past members of many local AMS Chapters in Cheyenne, Houston, Salt Lake City. Current member of Local DC AMS chapter since 1989-. Officer with Local Toastmaster International Clubs in the Washington D.C.area 1996-1997. Articles in Technical Memorandum, Newsletters and National AMS meeting dealing with subjects ranging from significant temperature changes across Wyoming to Fire Weather and Marine interests.