The NWA: Connecting operational meteorologists in pursuit of excellence in weather forecasting, communication, and

service.

No. 14 – 5

NewsletterMAY 2

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INSIDETHISEDITION

NWA Awards Seal of Approval 2Lightning Awareness Week 2President’s Message 3The Ohio Valley Chapter News 4High Plains Chapter News 4Central Iowa Chapter News 5Purdue University Update 5

NWA Annual Meeting/Call for Abstracts 6New NWA Members 7Professional Development 7NWA Annual Meeting Pre-Registration Fees/Meeting Links 7NWA Grant Application 8New JOM Papers 8

The NWA offi ce in Raleigh, North Carolina, will offi cially close next month. For the past several months, work has been underway to transition offi ce functions from Raleigh to the new offi ce in Norman, Oklahoma. After June 19, the Norman offi ce will handle all NWA business. After many years of service to the NWA, Assistant Executive Director Ruth Aiken and Administrative Assistant Margaret Baron will retire as NWA employees. Both have logged many hours serving our members and keeping this organization running. Most people would be overwhelmed to see all that is involved in running the NWA and especially the Annual Meeting. They have implemented many changes to make tasks more effi cient, and Ruth moved the organization toward more sophisticated electronic tools to manage the scholarships, grants, awards and other day-to-day functions. We wish Ruth and Margaret all the best as they move onto this next phase of their lives, and thank them for their dedication, passion for the NWA, welcoming greetings at the Annual Meeting, and most of all their hard work! As this article was being written, staff were being hired for the Norman offi ce. Watch for details in the June Newsletter.

NWA Raleigh Offi ce Closing on June 19

The Norman offi ce (pictured below) contacts:National Weather Association

350 David L. Boren Blvd Suite 2750Norman, OK 73072-7125

Phone: 405-701-5167 Fax: 405-701-5227Email for Janice Bunting: exdir@nwas.org

NOAA Predicts Near or Below Normal 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Courtesy of NOAA

In its 2014 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a near-normal or below-normal season. The main driver of this year’s outlook is the anticipated development of El Niño this summer. El Niño causes stronger wind shear, which reduces the number and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes. El Niño can also strengthen the trade winds and increase the atmospheric stability across the tropical Atlantic, making it more diffi cult for cloud systems coming off of Africa to intensify into tropical storms. The outlook calls for a 50 percent chance of a below-normal season, a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, and only a 10 percent chance of an above-normal season. Click for NOAA’s full press release on the season’s prediction.

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The NWA has recognized excellence in broadcasting since the early 1980s by awarding the NWA Seal of Approval. Not every candidate passes the rigorous exam and on-air scrutiny of fi ve panelists. But so far this year, three have. We begin with John Dolusic (WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi), the 951st awardee since the NWA started the Seal program in 1982. John has been interested in weather since a weak tornado passed through his neighborhood when he was 3-years-old; he has been looking to the skies ever since. He spent time as a storm chaser while attending the University of Kansas. Following graduation, he made his way to Tupelo and started work at WTVA with both the morning and noon shows in September of 1989. His hobbies include watching sports, and talking about television and movie trivia. John is also a ham radio operator, and speaks Croatian and Spanish. Jason Sydejko (KQDS in Duluth, Minnesota) is an Emmy-nominated Chief Meteorologist. Prior to Duluth, Jason worked weekends for WeatherVision in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a master’s degree in geosciences (emphasis on broadcast meteorology) and still enjoys shaking a cowbell or two when the Bulldogs take the fi eld. When he takes a break from weather, he enjoys fi tness, cartooning, and spending time outside. Lastly, Zac Evans (KRCG in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a St. Louis native who graduated from Indiana University with a degree in atmospheric science. Zac’s broadcasting career began at WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi. He has been the Morning/Noon Meteorologist at KRCG since 2010. Zac plays hockey and guitar, watching movies, fi nding new music/concerts. When not at KRCG, he enjoys walking his dog Crosby, going to the gym, hanging out with friends, or relaxing on the couch.

NWA Awards Seal of Approval to Three New RecipientsMiles Muzio, Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair

John Dolusic Jason Sydejko Zac Evans

We welcome Newsletter article submissions from members. Send

articles to nwanewsletter@nwas.org by the 25th of the month for publication in the

following month’s edition at the earliest. Information about the Newsletter and a link to author guidelines

can be found at http://www.nwas.org/newsletters/.

Newslett er Submissions Watch that Sky!June 22-28 is Lightning Awareness Week

Click to see the National Weather Service’s

lightning awareness weekinformation

The NWA happily welcomes each of these broadcasters into the company of Seal holders who have crafted a professional weather presentation through diligence and hard work. Today, they join a select group of men and women who illustrate the benchmark of excellence by their example.

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Research to Operations: Extreme Synergy at WorkJeff Craven, NWA President

I have to apologize in advance for drowning you in acronyms through this articel. I have heard that NOAA has been referred to in jest as the “National Organization for the Advancement of Acronyms.” So thanks in advance for understanding.

I had the privilege a few years ago of spending a week at the Experimental Forecast Program (EFP) at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT). The level of excitement for those participating in various aspects of HWT, including the Experimental Warning Program (EWP) and the GOES-R Proving Ground, is hard to describe. You simply have to experience it yourself to understand the feeling.

Every year in May and June, many of the top minds in convective weather research and forecasting get together and evaluate the latest techniques. The time spectrum of forecast problems ranges from those on the order of minutes to a few hours for the EWP, and for hours to a week or two for the EFP. Some of the biggest advances in radar meteorology, satellite meteorology, lightning applications, and high resolution convective models have been tested and perfected at the HWT. The benefits have been spreading through the Weather Enterprise. Participants at the HWT each year include members from across the weather industry. They include NWS forecasters who attend to learn new techniques they can apply at their local offices, and subject matter experts from government, academic, and private sectors to share the techniques they developed. Although the HWT is a NOAA entity, there is no question that it represents the true synergy and spirit of the Weather Enterprise.

The Probabilistic Hazard Information experiment (part of EWP) is also looking at new tools to create rapidly updating digital gridded threat forecasts in the first few hours (at warning scales). This is part of the new proposed paradigm in delivering hazardous weather information to users: Forecasting a Continuum of

Environmental Threats. EFP is also evaluating new services as well as products. Some of the players in this collaboration include NWS/NOAA participants like the Meteorological Development Laboratory,

Warning Decision Training Branch, and visiting forecasters from NWS Warning and Forecast Offices (WFOs).

The GOES-R Proving Ground is especially close to my heart as we have a great relationship between the WFO in Milwaukee/Sullivan, Wisconsin (MKX), and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

(CIMSS). CIMSS is located at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Although CIMSS is involved in the GOES-R Proving Ground through the HWT, they also have other proving ground activities directly with WFO MKX. This year we are experimenting with another form of weather synergy. CIMSS is working with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Center for Satellite Applications and Research to create a probability of severe product called ProbSevere, which combines near storm environment information from model, radar, and satellite data. Specifically, it looks at the CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy.) and vertical wind shear from the Rapid Refresh model, the National Severe Storms Laboratory Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor hail algorithm, and the CIMSS Cloud Top Cooling algorithms to determine the overall probability of severe for a particular storm. Since cloud top cooling can precede radar characteristics of a severe storm by 30-60 minutes, early results have been very promising on increasing warning lead time for severe thunderstorms.

Being an employee of NOAA/NWS, it would be easy for me to be biased about the impact of the HWT and the GOES-R Proving Ground. Many believe that this Research to Operations (R2O) program could only benefit the public and academic sectors. However, the reason I am writing this message is that a prominent member of the private sector was recently involved in the HWT as a subject matter expert. That person has had a big impact on severe weather operations, is a member of the NWA and is affiliated with our Charter Corporate Member, AccuWeather. My first professional position in meteorology was from 1988-1991 at AccuWeather. If you believe that R2O only benefits NOAA, you haven’t been watching media meteorologists in action during severe weather events. Many of these tools are being built by private sector companies and being harnessed to warn the public of convective hazards. Growing up, I could only imagine being able to see graphical depictions of hail cores, hail size, rotating updrafts, and rainfall estimates on my favorite local or cable media outlet. Again, extreme synergy in the Weather Enterprise makes this all happen and it is gratifying to see the research pay dividends in operations.

(Courtesy: NOAA)

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On April 25, the Ohio Valley Chapter met at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky, to visit a local Kentucky Mesonet site. The meeting was attended by not only chapter members, but invited guests from the Bernheim Forest staff, Louisville Gas & Electric, and county government and emergency management agencies.

NWS Louisville Warning Coordination Meteorologist and chapter member Joe Sullivan spoke about the value of data from the Kentucky Mesonet. NWS meteorologists use the Mesonet data to improve temperature forecasts, winter weather forecasts, and for verifi cation of convective warnings. Joe noted that the Mesonet stations fi ll in large gaps between NWS observations and help resolve smaller-scale temperature variations, which can be quite large in the hilly terrain of Kentucky. Kyle Thompson, a meteorologist, chapter member, and electronics technician who maintains the Kentucky Mesonet discussed some of the history of the network. Since its inception in 2007, the Mesonet has grown to 65 sites and is one of the largest such networks in the U.S. While the Kentucky Mesonet provides real-time data, Kyle emphasized that its main purpose was for climate. The Kentucky Mesonet has been supported with state funds since it started, but that funding will end after June 2014. Claude Stephens of Bernheim Forest gave the group a tour of the Edible Garden, which is currently being developed on site. He discussed the importance of long-

term local weather data in designing the garden, which is to be a zero-net-energy and zero-net-water development. Overall, the meeting was a wonderful opportunity to bring together the meteorological community with other local community members in an effort to share what we all do for one another. Visiting one of those 65 Mesonet sites was eye-opening for many and allowed a forum for which to exchange stories of how each community is important and impacts one another. For more information about this up and coming chapter, please “like” us on Facebook!

The Ohio Valley Chapter Visits Kentucky Mesonet StationRon Steve, Secretary ~ Linda Gilbert, President

Ohio Valley Chapter meeting with special guests visiting the Kentucky Mesosnet site in Bullitt County.

(Not all meeting attendees are pictured.)

The High Plains NWA Chapter held a face-to-face meeting in Norton, Kansas on April 9, 2014, at the Town and Country Kitchen. This gathering started at 11:30 a.m. with a presentation by John Stopkotte, the Science and Operations Offi cer (SOO) from North Platte, Nebraska, on the use of differential refl ectivity (ZDR) to anticipate tornadogenesis. He showed several examples of recent tornadoes that had very short warning lead times. With the use of dual-pol radar images, John showed how some of the tornadoes spun up in as little of four minutes. The ZDR product can help identify this spin up. Increased shear promotes hydrometeor size sorting, and can be seen in the ZDR product. He also showed examples of when the forward fl ank region can often reveal signs of increased inbound winds prior to signs of tornadogenesis. Many of these radar features using dual-pol products will need to be close to the radar site to identify them. One of the things to look for is the forward fl anking region containing mostly large rain drops, thus creating high ZDR returns. Scott Bryant from Hastings, Nebraska, gave the treasury report to the 25 members in attendence. The 2014 dues were

collected at this meeting. Scott Bryant is the new webmaster for our chapter website. Many thanks and much appreciation go out to our long time webmaster, Jared Guyer, from the Storm Prediction Center. Scott Bryant also reported on the 16th Annual High Plains Conference to be held Aug. 6–7 on the campus of Has tings College. The registration fees will be $75 for most attendees, $35 for students, and registration for student presenters will be free. The speaker for the evening banquet will be Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the Norman, Oklahoma, offi ce. Matt Bunkers (SOO at the Rapid City, South Dakota NWS offi ce) will be the conference keynote speaker. Hotel rooms have been blocked for this conference, and reservations are needed by July 7. More information on the High Plains Conference is on our website. Conference Registration will be posted to our website soon. The next meeting will be in late June with guest speaker Mike Kochasic, Meteorologist Intern from WFO Goodland. His talk will be titled “Neighborhood Approach to Generating POPs.”

High Plains NWA Chapter MeetingWilliam Taylor, President ~ Tim Burke, Secretary

www.highplains-amsnwa.org

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From late-season tornado events in November to receiving a snow day in a record setting winter season, we have seen it all during this school year in West Lafayette, Indiana. Students on our campus always had the weather to talk about and the Purdue University Meteorological Association (PUMA), a local AMS/NWA chapter, was there to join the conversation. The weather this past year defi nitely infl uenced the success we had. Thanks to interested students and the efforts of PUMA member Chase Miller, PUMA formed a sub-club called Forecasting Club. This club is run by students with the help of Purdue’s Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences department faculty member Dr. Michael Baldwin and is for anyone who is interested in forecasting weather. Members have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with forecasting tools and numerical weather models all while learning the science behind it via talks from professors and upperclassmen. The goal of this club is to provide students of all levels of expertise the ability to apply and teach forecasting methods to others while being able to collaborate on products at the same time. Forecasting Club currently forecasts for PUMA’s 1,700-plus follower Twitter page, the Purdue grounds department, a local NPR radio station (WBAA), and the Purdue athletic department. This group has come a long way this year and we look to continue to see it fl ourish moving into next year. Next to Forecasting Club, we also had many successful events throughout this past semester. PUMA hosted its fi rst annual Severe Weather Seminar in late March featuring speakers Chad Evans of WLFI-TV and Dan McCarthy of the NWS in Indianapolis. Located in the West Lafayette public library, this

event was organized with the goal of raising local awareness of severe weather. We had around 40 people come out to hear the talks. We also participated in a few outreach events once all the snow had melted. Groups entered the community to help clean up houses and

prepare them for the summer season during Boiler Blast — it was a perfect day to be outside with temperatures soaring into the 60s by noon. Also, we participated in Purdue’s annual Spring Fest. This event showcases the lighter side of higher education for kids. For an entire Saturday, our group taught kids about atmospheric science utilizing basic activities. Over the years, we have used the cloud in a bottle experiment, or showed our tornado simulator, but this year we heated Ivory soap in a microwave

to show how air expands when heated. The kids were amazed to see how a small portion of Ivory soap could transform into something that resembled a towering cumulus cloud. This was a new experience for a few of our members as well. We fi nished the year with elections on April 15, re-electing current president Joseph Bauer and treasurer Jessie Bozell. We welcome newly elected Kyle Jordan to the Secretary position and Alex Marmo as Vice-President. After thinking about our goals for next school year, we are looking to increase our fundraising efforts, continue to develop Forecasting Club, and build on already established events such as

the Severe Weather Seminar in the spring. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!

Purdue University Meteorological Association UpdateJoseph Bauer, President

PUMA President Joseph Bauer and Vice President Alex Marmo explain simple thermodynamic

concepts utilizing Ivory soap.

Purdue Forecasting Club 2013-2014

The Central Iowa Chapter of the NWA held its last monthly meeting for the 2013-2014 academic year on Wednesday, April 30. The primary discussion focused on a review of the 18th Annual NWA Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference that took place March 27–29 in Ankeny, Iowa. Roughly 165 people attended the conference, and feedback was strongly positive. Invited speakers at this year’s conference included:

• Dr. Jeff Snyder (National Severe Storms Laboratory) who talked about radar data of the May 31 El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado;• Nolan Doesken (Colorado State University) who talked about the Colorado fl oods; • Damon Lane (KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City) who talked about the May 20 Moore, Oklahoma, tornado; • Gary Manier (mayor of Washington, Illinois) who talked about the tornado strike on his town; and • Drs. Bruce Lee (WindLogics), Cathy Finley (WindLogics), and Chris Karstens (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies)

who provided tributes to Tim Samaras.

The chapter was honored to have Tim’s wife Kathy in attendance. A new award, the Tim Samaras Memorial Award for Best Student Presentation, was introduced, and the fi rst recipients were Nicholas Stewart from Western Illinois University for best poster, and Alana Ballweber from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for best oral presentation. The Pam Daale scholarship in the amount of $1,750 for this year was awarded to Jessica Tomaszewski, a student from the University of Oklahoma.

Central Iowa Chapter of the NWA News Rod Donavon, President ~ William A. Gallus, Jr., Social Media/Marketing Committee

www.iowa-nwa.com

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Where:

The host hotel is the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel (150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101) where all meetings will be held. (http://www.sheratonsaltlakecityhotel.com/)

Host hotel reservation options:Online: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1402260480&key=856AD#

Call: 1-888-627-8152 (Ask for the National Weather Association room block.)

Nightly rates: One or two occupants is $103 + tax; three occupants is $113 + tax; four occupants is $123 + tax. NWA rates apply until Sept. 15, 2014, or until sold-out, whichever comes fi rst.

Theme: “Building a 21st Century Weather Enterprise: Facilitating Research to Operations – Optimizing Communication and Response” Among the greatest challenges for the Weather Enterprise in the 21st century is to produce the highest level of science-based hazard information, while at the same time communicating the associated uncertainty, impacts, and risks in a manner that results in the maximum benefi t to society. Events such as the Moore and El Reno tornadoes in Oklahoma and the Yarnell Hill and Rim wildfi res in the Western U.S. highlight the need for both excellent forecasts and effective communication. The results from innovative research must be effi ciently transferred to governmental and commercial providers of environmental information services. Additionally, forecasts must be effectively communicated in a manner that elicits an informed response by private citizens, organizations, businesses, and emergency managers and other fi rst responders. Given these challenges, the focus of the 2014 NWA Annual Meeting will be to share research results that can improve operations and on communication platforms and methods that promote appropriate societal response.

Important Dates:

• May 31: Abstracts for Oral presentations due • June 7: Abstracts for Poster presentations due• Oct. 18–23: The 39th NWA Annual Meeting

Schedule of Events:• Sunday, Oct. 19: The annual Broadcast Meteorology Workshop• Sunday, Oct. 19: The Seventh Annual Student Session• Oct. 20-23: The general sessions • Wednesday, Oct. 22: The NWA Annual Awards Luncheon

Abstract Submission:• Submit abstracts for oral presentations by May 31 and abstracts

for poster presentations by June 7.• Abstracts should be sent via the online form on the NWA website at: www.nwas.org/2014abstracts.php. If you are

unable to submit your abstract via the online form, contact the NWA offi ce: 405-701-5167 or email exdir@nwas.org. • The Program Committee will notify presenters, via email, regarding the disposition of their abstracts by July 18. A

preliminary agenda will be posted on the NWA website by early August for presenters to review. • Students: complete the abstract submission form section regarding student awards. If you concur, your presentations

will be reviewed by the NWA Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee members. Monetary awards will be presented to the best oral presentations and posters in undergraduate and graduate student categories.

Contacts:Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair: Randy GrahamScience and Operations Offi cerNational Weather Service Forecast Offi ceSalt Lake City, UTannualmeeting@nwas.org

For more information on exhibits, special accommodations, registration and the overall meeting program, keep checking the 2014 Annual Meeting Page (http://www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2014/) or contact

the NWA o� ce at 405-701-5167.

NWA will provide updates on-line, on the NWA 2014 Annual Meeting Facebook Page, Facebook Page,

Twitter, and other social media. Please use the hashtag #NWAS14 for 2014 Annual Meeting posts.

39th NWA ANNUAL MEETINGSalt Lake City, Utah: 18–23 October 2014

Broadcaster Workshop Program Chair: Mike Goldberg WTVR-TV Richmond, VA 23230mgoldberg@wtvr.com

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!

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2014 NWA sponsored Annual Meetings, Conferences and Special Events (click titles to view websites)Aug. 6-7: 16th Annual High Plains Conference The High Plains Chapter of the AMS and NWA sponsor this event. Abstracts are now being accepted. Students presenting have their registration fees waived and are eligible for awards.

Oct. 18–23: 39th NWA Annual Meeting It will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah (#nwas14), at the downtown Sheraton Hotel. The deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentations is May 31, and the abstract deadline for poster presentations is June 7. See page 6 for details.

Other Meetings, Conferences and Special EventsNov. 3–7: 27th Conference on Severe Local Storms It will be at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin The abstract submission deadline is July 1.

Nov. 19-21: 2014 FLASH Annual Conference – Resilience Revolution The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes will hold this year’s event in Orlando, Florida, discussing resilience through building codes and construction practices, policy, research, and communications.

Broadcaster Workshop Program Chair: Mike Goldberg WTVR-TV Richmond, VA 23230mgoldberg@wtvr.com

Welcome to the NWA!

The following individuals became

NWA members in April.

Regular/Military/RetiredJennifer BrehmRobert BrownRichard FultonVickie Johnson

Cyndi KahlbaumRebecca Mazur

Tom NelsonJeff Peters

Paul R. PoteetJayson B. Prentice

David WarnickStudent

Jennifer BlakeStewart CarpenterAmanda Cooley

Mark J. DempseyBrian Eck

Landon GillWilliam Hanson

Liz HortonKcie E. Knapp

Katelyn L. ThomasSteven TuttleJoe Woznicki

Joseph Zambon

Join us in welcoming them to the NWA!

Category

All Events Special Sunday - Thursday

Includes all meeting sessions Sunday through Thursday and

the Wednesday Awards Luncheon.

Tuesday Women's lunch must be purchased separately.

General Session PackageMonday - Thursday

Includes all meeting sessionsMonday through Thursday

and the WednesdayAwards Luncheon.

Tuesday Women's lunch must be purchased separately.

SundayRates

Monday, Tuesday,Thursday RatesPrice per day.

Tuesday Women's lunch must be purchased separately.

Wednesday Rates

Includes a ticket to theWednesday

Awards Luncheon.

NWA Member or Presenter $435 $335 $150 $150 $190

NWA Student or Retired Member $180 $145 $60 $65 $105

Non-member $540 $400 $210 $210 $250

Non-member Student or Retired $260 $200 $95 $100 $140

Multi Day PackagesThese options save money if you are planning to

attend more than two days.

1 or 2-day AttendanceThis option is for attendees only attending 1 or 2 days.

2014 NWA Annual Meeting Preregistration RatesThese prices are valid for preregistrations submitted through Sep. 15, 2014. Prices increase after that date.

39th NWA ANNUAL MEETING PRE-REGISTRATION: Now Open!

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!39th NWA ANNUAL MEETING LINKS

Exhibitor Registrationhttp://www.nwa-registration.org/exhibitor.php

Attendee Preregistration(Register now and pay at the meeting - see below, too)

http://www.nwa-registration.org/register.shtml

2014 Meeting Blog http://nwa2014blog.nwas.org/

Applications Being Accepted for Student GrantThe NWA is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for one grant:

NWA Meteorological Satellite Applications Award Grant – Open until July 1

Frances Holt, a former chair of the NWA Remote Sensing Committee, sponsors the Meteorological Satellite Application Awards Grant.

Undergraduate students are invited to write an original paper on meteorological satellite applications. The Award winner will receive a $500 Grant, free registration at the NWA Annual Meeting to present their paper, and a stipend of $500 to help cover travel and hotel expenses.

Grant Information: http://nwas.org/grants/NWAMETSATAwardGrant.php

Application Form: https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/14608-National-Weather-Association

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NWA Newsletter (ISSN 0271-1044)Technical Editor: Winnie CrawfordEditor and Publisher: Janice Bunting, Executive Director

Published monthly by the National Weather Association, 350 David L Boren Blvd Ste 2750, Norman, OK (USA) 73072-7125; phone ~ (405) 701-5167; exdir@nwas.org; www.nwas.org.

Submit newsletter items to nwanewsletter@nwas.org using the Instruction for Authors at http://www.nwas.org/newsletters/newsletter_instructions.php.

Members receive the Newsletter on-line and access to an on-line portal which includes the Journal of Operational Meteorology as part of their regular, student or corporate membership privileges.

Address, phone number, email and affiliation changes can now be made online: member.nwas.org.

June 7Abstract deadline for 2014 NWA Annual Meeting poster presentations

August 5Nomination deadline for 2014 NWA Annual Awards

August 6-716th Annual High Plains Conference

September 15Last day to preregister for the NWA Annual Meeting at lower rates and to reserve a hotel room at the group rate.

Four papers have been published the NWA’s Journal of Operational Meteorology (JOM) since our update in April: one Images of Note and three Articles. There are four categories of papers that can be published in JOM. Click to see their names and descriptions.

JOM 10 (Images of Note): Early Characteristics of the Polarimetric Tornadic Debris Signature Associated with the 20 May 2013 Newcastle–Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado, by M. Saari, R. Lawton, C. Schultz, and L. Carey.

JOM 11 (Article): Choosing a Universal Mean Wind for Supercell Motion Prediction, by M. Bunkers, D. Barber, R. Thompson, R. Edwards, and J. Garner.

JOM 12 (Article): Snow Squalls: Forecasting and Hazard Mitigation, by P. Banacos, A. Loconto, and G. DeVoir.

JOM 13 (Article): Two Major Heavy Rain/Flood Events in the Mid-Atlantic: June 2006 and September 2011, by C. Gitro, M. Evans, and R. Grumm.

Thank you to the JOM authors, reviewers and editors for continuing to make the JOM a success. You can read the papers by logging on to the NWA Member Portal at member.nwas.org/ and clicking on JOM link under Additional Member Resources on the right. If you are interested in submitting a paper to JOM, go to www.nwas.org/jom/index.php for author information

Figure 4 in JOM 13 showing the observed multisensor precipitation estimates in inches for the 24-hour period

ending at 1200 UTC on September 8, 2011.

NEW JOM PAPERS