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Building on the Past and Present as the NWA Continues into the 21st Century
In late March, I was honored to be asked to give a presentation at the 4th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, sponsored by the Central Iowa NWA Chapter. This conference has to be one of the best-kept secrets in the operational meteorological community. It is an excellent example of building on the past and present as we improve our association and severe weather prediction going into the 21st Century. Over 300 participants attended this three-day weekend conference. The presentations were excellent, informative in content (e.g., applying research to the world of operations) and in their use of graphics and illustrations. In addition, I was thrilled to see NWS Forecast Offices involved in presenting papers where meteorological satellite derived products and satellite imagery were primary tools in the prediction of severe weather and particularly flash floods. Several presentations highlighted satellite data applications that utilized animated sequences of water vapor and infrared imagery to succinctly illustrate important features to operational analysis and forecasting.
Some topics covered were: 1) utility of GOES sounder data during a major flash flood event, 2) radar-rainfall analysis of major floods in Iowa and Nebraska, 3) alternative verification schemes for severe weather warnings, 4) a special session on the latest findings from the VORTEX experiment, 5) a severe weather prediction workshop [It was amazing how many of us in attendance missed the prediction of the 3 April 1974 record breaking tornadic outbreak over the Ohio Valley.] and 6) new and improved products from the NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, and the list of topics goes on.
The Central Iowa NWA local Chapter who sponsors this highly successful conference, deserves all of our congratulations. This chapter is unique in that they are a small group with BIG plans and THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the community. For example, one of their plans is to purchase equipment to instrument a local TV tower to display hourly profiles of boundary layer winds. style="mso-spacerun: yes"> This information in turn will be provided to the NWS. The chapter also supports education by furnishing grants to Iowa schools. Five $750 grants were distributed to schools in March. The schools were selected based on the best proposals that demonstrated unique approaches for enhancing science education.
Congratulations and thanks to all Central Iowa NWA Chapter members for furthering the goals and objectives of the NWA in their local area and for accomplishing volunteer work "well above and beyond."
Shifting gears, Steve Harned and his 25th NWA Anniversary committee are well underway in planning a great Annual Meeting and Celebration for mid-October. All of the special speakers recommended by Steve’s committee have accepted invitations. Special workshops have been proposed and are in the process of being finalized and over 110 abstracts have been received by Gail Hartfield and her Annual Meeting program committee. An agenda will be forthcoming, once all of the submitted abstracts have been evaluated for session compatibility and mode of presentation (oral or poster). Look for it on the NWA Web site (www.nwas.org) and in the next Newsletter. Hope to see many of you in October!
- Rod Scofield
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THE NWA 25TH ANNUAL MEETING LOCATION HAS CHANGED TO THE HILTON HOTEL IN GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND (see page 7).
In June, the Holiday Inn Silver Spring sales representative called with disrupting news. Construction work is required
in October and will affect the first four floors (including meeting rooms). The hotel staff quickly helped us find another
hotel property. A new contract was negotiated and signed with the Hilton Gaithersburg in early July. All who reserved rooms
for the NWA Annual Meeting 2000 at the Holiday Inn or Town Center in Silver Spring, will have their reservations
released to the Hilton and be personally notified by the NWA Executive Director as soon as possible. If you registered at
the Holiday Inn or Town Center and were not notified, please call the Executive Director at (334) 213-0388. Those
individuals will of course have the opportunity to cancel, confirm or change their reservations. This situation caused delays in
publishing exhibit and other program details. Thank you all for your support and patience.
- Exec. Dir.
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The Arkansas Chapter of the NWA held their May 2000 meeting at the studios of Today’s THV
(KTHV-TV), Channel 11 in downtown Little Rock. The meeting convened at 7:00 PM with 17 members present. Host
for the evening was Ed Buckner, Chief Meteorologist for the station. Due to the absence of President George Wilken
and Vice President Jerry Reynolds, Corresponding Secretary Newton Skiles did not hold a business meeting, but
reminded everyone of the upcoming Chapter picnic in June. Mr. Buckner gave the group a comprehensive tour of the
station's weather department and studio. He described the different computer systems that were used to design the weather
graphics on each of his weathercasts. He also talked about the long work hours that the station’s
meteorologists endure when significant severe weather outbreaks strike Arkansas. A special highlight of the evening was
the tour of KTHV’s new “outdoor weather garden” that had just started to be used in the weather segments on the evening
newscasts. After the tour, Mr. Buckner quizzed the group with weather questions, and the winners received door prizes provided by
KTHV. The group thoroughly enjoyed the operationally-oriented meeting and many questions were asked throughout the tour.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.
- Newton Skiles, Corresponding Secretary
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Max Mayfield, a charter member of the NWA, was selected as the Director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in May. He had been acting director since December when Jerry Jarell retired. Max began his operational meteorology career in the Air Force and joined the National Weather Service in 1972 in Miami as a satellite meteorologist. After earning a master's degree from Florida State University in 1987, he became a hurricane specialist. At the May press conference in Washington DC announcing the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, Dr. D. James Baker, administrator of NOAA, introduced Max as "a leader with confidence among his peers, emergency managers, and the media." In 1996, Max was awarded the AMS Francis W. Reichelderfer Award for exemplary performance as the NHC coordinator of Hurricane preparedness briefings to emergency managers and the public. Max's goals are to help improve the warning lead times and increase the NHC's understanding of the tracks and intensity of hurricanes.
Dennis H. McCarthy, a charter member of the NWA, was selected as Director of the Central Region of the National Weather Service in July. Dennis began his operational meteorology career in the Air Force in 1969 and joined the National Weather Service in 1974. He has served in NWS forecast offices in Portland, Maine; Indianapolis, IN; his hometown of Saint Louis, MO; and Norman, OK where he served as Meteorologist in Charge. He received the NWA Member of the Year Award in 1981. He also led his Norman NWS Forecast Office to be selected for the NWA Special Award in 1992 for actively participating in many risk reduction projects early in the NWS Modernization and Restructuring program. At the official announcement of his new position Dennis remarked, “I look forward to getting to know the people in Central Region as well as I know the people on staff at Norman. I’ve known some of these folks for many years, so it is sort of like a homecoming. I look forward to working with the staffs of 38 weather forecast offices and two river forecast centers to help make weather forecasts and warnings in the Central Region better than ever.”
Brigadier General Fred P. Lewis retired as US Air Force Director of Weather in June after serving in that position since 8 July 1996. He was commissioned through the AF Reserve Officer Training Program in January 1972 after obtaining a BS degree in Physics from the University of Arizona. He attended the University of Utah for basic meteorology training earning a master's degree in 1973 and later returned for a Ph.D. in 1979. During his more than 28 years in the Air Force he served in a variety of duties beginning as a computer system analyst at the AF Global Weather Central and later became Chief of the central's Numerical Forecast Section. He was the Officer-in-Charge of the USAF weather unit at Suwon Air Base in the Republic of Korea, Vice Commander of the USAF Environmental Technical Applications Center at Scott AFB, IL (now the AF Combat Climatology Center in Asheville, NC) and the Commander of the 26th Weather Squadron at Barksdale AFB, LA. In 1990, he took command of the 1500th Computer Systems Group at Scott AFB providing computer and communications support for base commands. In 1992, he returned to weather support as Chief of the Weather Division at the US Transportation Command. Before moving up to the Pentagon, he was the Director of the Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center at the US Transportation Command. In 1985, he was selected to be the first USAF Weather Officer for space shuttle duty, but never flew due to the delays after the Challenger disaster. During his tenure as USAF Director of Weather, he saw continued reductions in military manpower, but led the worldwide AF weather units to utilize the significant advances in technologies and in the science of meteorology to continue to improve aerospace environmental support from "the mud to the sun" to the Army, Air Force and many joint commands. He also formed hubs for centralized area support and for training new forecasters, and organized Combat Weather Teams for "front-line" support. General Lewis is moving to Aurora, CO to be Vice President at IPS MeteoStar, Inc.
The new Air Force Director of Weather is Brigadier General David L. Johnson moving to the Pentagon from Hurlburt Field, Florida where he was Vice Commander of the AF Special Operations Command.
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The NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center has experimental efforts underway in using probabilities in convective outlooks. A tutorial on this initiative and experimental forecasts are available on the Internet at Web site: www.spc.noaa.gov/products/exper/
Viewers of the experimental products are asked to give feedback comments to the Storm Prediction Center. A form is provided on their Web site for immediate e-mail submissions.
Probabilities are being considered in other weather products and services. Hopefully the probability is high that all operational meteorologists will be able to understand what the probability statements mean and be able to easily explain them to customers and the general public. How the probability forecasts are verified should also be fully understood. (Ed. We would be interested in receiving member suggestions on what are the best references to use in understanding probabilities for the professional and especially the layman.)
The NOAA/National Weather Service will be expanding the range of the familiar five-day forecast to a seven-day forecast beginning in October. Many readers may have seen charter member, Louis Uccellini, Director of the NOAA/NWS National Centers of Environmental Prediction, announcing this change on television at the end of June. If you missed it, check the Internet for the NBC Nightly News story by correspondent Robert Hager (including a video report) at Web site:
Louis Uccellini also briefed on the goals for increased accuracy in all forecast and outlook products with the advent of more supercomputing power.
The Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Evaluation of Ice-Free Wind Sensors has been completed. The down-select to a single firm went to Vaisala, Incorporated, Handar Business Unit in Sunnyvale, California. The contract was awarded July 5, 2000. It begins an approximately nine-month development and ASOS integration effort which will culminate in the delivery of tested, qualified sensors. The contract provides for a sensor which will meet the basic requirement of accurately measuring wind speed and direction up to 125 knots. The contract also provides for an effort to extend that range up to 175 knots. Diagnostic capabilities will be implemented in the sensor as part of the development and integration effort. Limited production is scheduled to start in May 2001, in support of an Operational Test & Evaluation at 20 sites the following winter. Full-scale production is scheduled to begin in April 2002. Deployment will begin in July 2002. Deployment at the 314 NWS sites will be completed by June 2003, and deployment at the 569 FAA sites will be completed by December 2004. (This schedule is based upon the President's FY 2001 Budget profile.)
NWA corporate members are continually increasing their tailored products and services and improving their routine weather support. Their Internet Web sites can be linked from the NWA Web site (www.nwas.org). They are listed in the National Weather Digest and many will exhibit at NWA's 25th Annual Meeting. Check them out!
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Washington, May 12, 2000 -- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce are creating a partnership to extend emergency radio service to rural areas of the nation. Through the agreement, USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will encourage the installation of emergency radio transmitters by identifying rural utility towers not currently receiving the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) transmissions. NOAA will work with the utility to install the transmitters to provide the warning signal to that area.
"The cost of installing radio transmitters is small when you consider the life-saving service it will provide to millions of rural people nationwide," Glickman said. "West of the Mississippi River, more than two-thirds of the land area is still not covered by this vital radio service, and large areas of the eastern third of the country also lack coverage." Inadequate warnings of approaching hazards, such as floods, tornadoes and hurricanes are particularly acute in the nation's rural areas. Once the transmitters are installed in areas, households will be able to receive warnings through NOAA radios, the Internet, pagers and telephones.
"This agreement is a real life saver for rural Americans," said Jack Kelly, assistant administrator for the
National Weather Service. "The Rural Utilities Service's long-standing
relationship with electric and telephone cooperatives will make it easier to
identity weather radio transmission sites, as well as partnering with them to
install transmitters." Utilities willing to mount a transmitter will be asked to donate power to run it,
including an emergency back-up power source. The savings from using existing
towers and power supplies can more than double the deployment of weather radio
transmitters.
- USDA Press Release
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IN MEMORIAM Ø
ARMAND R. IACCHEO (1923-2000). It is with great sadness that we announce
the death of Armand Iaccheo on 25 May 2000. Armand was born on 24 April 1923, in New York City.
In his early teens, he and his family moved to San Francisco and he began his college education at U.C. Berkeley. Before he
had completed his studies for a degree, Armand enlisted in the Army Air Corps the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
He was trained by the Air Corps as a weather forecaster and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. He was stationed in North Africa and Italy.
While in Rome, Armand met Armanda and they were married in St. Peters Cathedral in Vatican City.
Photos of their wedding appeared on the cover of "Stars and Stripes". When discharged from
service after the war, he returned to the States with his new bride and a passion for predicting the weather.
He returned to college and graduated from Washington University in Saint Louis and then began his career at
privately-owned Weather Corporation of America. A short time later, he was transferred to New York to open a
branch office of the company. Once it was established, Armand returned to the Saint Louis office. While working for
Weather Corporation in the 1950's, he performed on a local radio station as the
morning show's "weatherman". His excellent forecasting ability along
with his pleasant personality and outgoing demeanor led to him becoming Saint
Louis' first professional meteorologist to do a daily television weather
segment. It was titled "Armand With the Weather".
His accomplishments were many in the scientific field of meteorology. Armand was a pioneer in cloud seeding,
courageously flying into dangerous atmospheric conditions to bring rain to agricultural areas experiencing droughts.
Some newspapers named him the "Rain Maker". He was quick to make them aware cloud seeding
was no magic but a scientific method of inducing precipitation. He was also very instrumental in developing custom
weather forecasts for the gas & electric utility industry.
For a brief period of time, from August 1968 to January of 1970, Armand and his family moved to Connecticut.
He began a new position at Travelers Research Company, a subsidiary of Travelers Insurance. A year and a half later,
Armand's replacement at Weather Corporation tragically died in an airplane
accident. Although he loved his work in research, he agreed to a request to
return to Weather Corporation out of loyalty to the company and its employees,
most of whom Armand had hired and acted as mentor and friend.
They were thrilled to have him return.
He became President of Weather Corporation based on his professional abilities and talents as a leader. Armand
was able to adapt and succeed in all aspects of business and meteorology. His magnetic personality made him very successful
in marketing the services of the private weather company as well as running the business. He insisted on providing
accurate and timely forecasts for their clients across the country. His reputation and the reputation of Weather Corporation were synonymous with
excellence. In 1974 Armand was awarded with his Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) certificate from the American Meteorological Society.
Armand also joined the National Weather Association early and Weather Corporation of America was a Charter Corporate
Member.
He began his well deserved semi-retirement when Weather Corporation was sold to Surface Systems, Inc. in
March of 1995. Armand very much enjoyed working at the new company, but encouragement from his family to spend more
time with them brought him to his decision to retire. At age 74, he retired, but he agreed to continue as a consultant
and remained in that capacity until his death.
Armand was, without question, successful in every capacity of his career. He was highly regarded by his peers in the
field of meteorology, his former clients, and his co-workers. His former employees had great respect and
affection for him as he had for them. His success was not limited to his professional life.
He was a devoted husband for 54 years, a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by
the meteorological community and by all who knew him. BRIAN BOSART, 26, a graduate student in atmospheric sciences at UCLA died on 29 May
2000, from injuries sustained in a tragic car accident while driving home from
a vacation in Mexico with his friends. Professor Lance F. Bosart, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the State
University of New York - Albany, and NWA charter member, sent the following
message to Editor Eli Jacks and others.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Helen and I have been overwhelmed by your outpouring of support and affection after our tragic loss of Brian.
Scholarship (memorial) funds in honor of Brian have been
established at Cornell and UCLA. In response to a number of requests, the
school addresses are provided below for those who might be interested in making
a contribution in Brian's memory. For those of you who decide to make a contribution, please be sure to write Brian's
name on your check and cover note.
In deep appreciation....
Lance and Helen Bosart
Cornell University Dept of Atmospheric Sciences *****
The purpose of the symposium is to bring together operational
forecasters, academic professors, researchers, and climatologists who are
interested in the weather and climate of the southwest U.S. and northwestern
Mexico. The symposium will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of
work that considers midlatitude, subtropical, and tropical weather and
precipitation systems that affect the southwest U.S. and northern Mexico.
Because of the wide range of climate zones in this region, i.e., arid deserts
to forested high mountains, the breadth of relevant topics is large. Regardless
of the topics presented, the symposium emphasis will be upon studies relevant
to all temporal scales of operational analysis and forecasting. The two-day
symposium will include invited talks, oral and poster presentations, and open
discussions. The deadline for abstracts has passed.
More information is available on the Internet at:
www.atmo.arizona.edu/swws/swws.php
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Dear Sirs:
I have recently made a recommendation to the National Weather
Service for a change in terminology in forecasts and weather statements. I also
want to share it with NWA members. My background is in meteorology, climatology and geography.
I worked for the NWS for 14 years and also for state and private weather firms.
My suggestion is to use the term "widely separated"
instead of "widely scattered" for a 20% probability of precipitation
for convective events few and far between. According to NWS guidelines, 30 to 50% means "scattered" and
"numerous" is used with 60 - 70% for equivalent areal coverage for
convective events
An example of my suggestion in a forecast would be:
"Today…Partly Cloudy with widely separated showers and thunderstorms. High temperatures near
90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Chance of rain 20 percent."
I believe that this suggestion will lead to less confusion in forecasts, and will improve the public's understanding of forecast
terminology.
Sincerely,
Charles Chimento, Meteorologist
Dear Digest Editors,
The latest issue of the National Weather Digest, Volume 23, Number 3 was opportune for the season. Thanks
for including the article by Larry Peabody on the NWS Heat Index in "Summer's Silent Killer."
It was especially good reading along with the first article by Richard Dixon on "The Benefit/Cost Index for
Evaluating Threshold Temperatures for Excessive Heat Advisories." Both led
to a better understanding of the subject.
Also, it seems this year, more broadcasters are explaining the heat effects on the elderly and others who are especially at risk.
Hopefully this will decrease the deaths this summer. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Ray Pearse
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Congratulations to Stacy Bunin, the NWA volunteer Web site curator. She gave birth, three-weeks early to David Jarrett Bunin on 1
July 2000. Stacy, husband Eric and baby David are all doing fine.
Steve Listemaa, our backup webmaster, is keeping the Web site up to date.
Thanks very much Steve!
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Ed: Instead of listing the jobs that were available in June-July 2000, please
browse to www.nwas.org/jobs.php for the most current jobs.
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The National Weather Association's 25th Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration will
be held 14-20 October 2000 at the Hilton Gaithersburg, 620 Perry Parkway,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877. The theme will be Celebrating 25 Years of Success in the NWA The annual meeting will include:
14-15 October: BROADCAST METEOROLOGY WORKSHOPS
beginning late Saturday at exhibit briefings (6-9 PM) and continuing on Sunday (8:30 AM to 5:00 PM)
will include special presentations, and hands-on workshops appropriate to
continuing education for weathercasters, but open to all interested. [WSI Corp will be providing training to
broadcasters who use WSI products on Saturday, 14 October from 9 AM to 5 PM in
the Hilton's Frederick Room, at no charge.] Tape Swap Sunday evening -- bring a vhs tape of a recent
performance and one from your station taken 25 years ago if available.
Refreshments will be served. (Broadcasters will also meet for a special,
no host, dinner Monday evening after the Icebreaker.)
15 October: AVIATION METEOROLOGY WORKSHOP
from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. A forum for all involved and/or interested in aviation weather will include a
review of aviation weather products and services from NWS and other providers;
Aviation applications of weather satellite data; PIREPS and TAFs from
forecaster and pilot perspectives; aviation weather on the Internet (including
ADDS); research and training initiatives.
16-20 October: ANNUAL MEETING GENERAL SESSIONS
from Monday morning through noon on Friday will include a wide variety
of topics relating to OPERATIONAL meteorology, hydrology, weather
broadcasting, new research applications, and related activities. The deadline
for the Call for Papers has passed; 111 papers were received and more are being finalized.
The program will be a mix of formal presentations, poster sessions, training workshops, and exhibits.
An Icebreaker will be held in the exhibit area on Monday from 5-7 PM. The Annual
Awards Luncheon will be on Tuesday from about 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM and the
25th Anniversary Banquet Celebration will be on Wednesday evening with social hour 6-7 PM and banquet from
7- 9:30 PM
The Annual Meeting Coordinator is Steve Harned, NWS Forecast Office, Raleigh, NC, (919) 515-8209x222,
Stephen.Harned@noaa.gov. The Program
Chairperson is Gail Hartfield, NWS Forecast Office, Raleigh, NC, (919) 515-8209x420,
Gail.Hartfield@noaa.gov
or gailhs@mindspring.com.
The Broadcast Meteorology Workshop Chairperson is Dan Threlkeld, KFOR-TV Meteorologist, 444
E. Britton Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73114; (405) 424-4444; dthrel@ionet.net. The
Aviation Meteorology Workshop Co-Chairs are: Carolyn M. Kloth, NWS/Aviation
Weather Center, 7220 NW 101st Terrace #101, Kansas City, MO 64153-2371; (816)
584-7226; Carolyn.M.Kloth@noaa.gov and Terry T. Lankford, 4517 Sutter Gate
Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566; tlank@pacbell.net
For information on exhibits, accommodations, registration and the overall meeting program, please
contact the NWA office at Tel/FAX: (334) 213-0388 or e-mail:
NatWeaAsoc@aol.com. The meeting agenda will
be posted on the NWA home page (http://www.nwas.org) in August and printed in the next NWA Newsletter.
HOTEL INFORMATION Please make your reservations before 23 September 2000.
The Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton - Gaithersburg, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20877.
A block of rooms has been reserved at a discount rate: $115.00
single/double plus taxes. To reserve a room, please call the hotel direct at
(301) 977-8900 or 1-800-HILTONS and mention "National Weather Association
25th Annual Meeting." The Hilton is north of Washington, D.C. on I-270 at
Exit 11 east. It is approximately 30 miles from the Ronald Reagan National
Airport, 35 miles from Dulles International Airport and 45 miles from B.W.I.
Airport. The hotel is 3 miles away from the Shady Grove metro stop and the Hilton's complimentary shuttle service is
always extended to the metro station as required.
Lakeforest Mall is within walking distance from the hotel with
over 160 shops and restaurants. The Hilton also has a connecting indoor/outdoor pool, saunas, whirlpool and fitness
center. Hotel check in is at 3:00 PM; checkout is at 12:00 noon. For more on the Hotel browse the
Internet to www.hilton.com and enter Search for Gaithersburg.
ANNUAL MEETING PREREGISTRATION:The NWA Annual Meeting preregistration fee includes a
preprint volume with program and abstracts. For the period of days registered for, it also includes: admission
to all meeting presentation, workshop and exhibit sessions, coffee/refreshment
breaks, the Monday evening icebreaker, Tuesday Awards Luncheon and the
Wednesday evening 25th Anniversary Banquet.
THE PREREGISTRATION FEES payable to the NWA by 5 OCTOBER 2000 are:
To preregister, please copy this form and mail it with full payment of fees by 5 October 2000 to: NWA Meeting,
6704 Wolke Court, Montgomery AL 36116-2134. Make payment to “NWA” in US funds by US bank check, money order or
government/institution purchase order.
NWA 2000 ANNUAL MEETING PREREGISTRATION FORM
Name (for nametag):_______________________________________________________________
Street Address: ___________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code: ________________________________________________________________
Employer, School or other Affiliation:____________________________________________________
Telephone and e-mail address: ________________________________________________________
Days (by dates) attending Annual Meeting: _______________________________________________
Number of extra Luncheon tickets ($20 ea.): _____ Total Amount Enclosed: $ ________________________________
Circle all applicable: NWA member FOR INDIVIDUALS REGISTERING AFTER 5 OCTOBER 2000 OR AT THE ANNUAL MEETING,
fees will be increased by 10 to 15 percent. They will be posted in a later newsletter and on the NWA Web site (www.nwas.org).
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23 September: Deadline for reserving a room at the Hilton at NWA Annual Meeting rates
5 October: Deadline for preregistering for NWA Annual Meeting at reduced rates
14-20 October: NWA 25th Anniversary Meeting
National Weather Association — Supporting and Promoting Excellence in Operational Meteorology and Related Activities for
25 Years (1975-2000).
- Noel Wiedner
c/o Ms. Jacqueline Wright
Brian Bosart Scholarship Fund
55 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
c/o Ms. Mary Okino
Brian Bosart Memorial Fund
7127 Math Sciences
Box 951565
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565
MEETINGS OF INTEREST
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WHAT'S NEW ONLINE
JOB CORNER
NWA 25th ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE and PREREGISTRATION FORM
Number of extra Banquet tickets ($35 ea.): _____
NWA local chapter member
non-member
Student
Retired
Session Chair
Presenter
Program committee member
Local Arrangements committee member
DATES TO REMEMBER