Steamboat Weather Summit
Notes from the Steamboat Weather Summit 2016
Out of dozens of conferences a year I prefer one, the Steamboat Weather Summit. The venue is perfect, obviously. The number and content of speakers are appropriate and broadly based. The members are a perfect blend of mets across the country from various tv stations/networks. The entire group is given a chance to learn, play, and bond. Perhaps the week of the year I look forward to the most. Unlike the big conferences where discussion and questions wait till the end, this is a week of dialog. T
Steamboat Weather Summit
Steamboat Weather Summit 2014 Part IIIl
Don Day, mission meteorologist for Red Bull Stratos Space Jump (2012) If you are at all familiar with the recent success of the Red Bull Stratos Space Jump , you would have been fully engaged and holding your breath during Don's presentation. Don was in charge of the tropospheric and stratospheric weather forecasts determining the optimal balloon launch time, and ultimate landing time/location of the balloon and the jumper, Felix Baumgartner. I could go on and on
Steamboat Weather Summit
Steamboat Weather Summit 2014 Part III
Greg Carbin: Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Storm Prediction Center; Review of 2013 Severe Weather and Forecast Product Enhancements for 2014 Greg Carbin, meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), is a master presenter, not because he's flashy and full of fan-fare, but because you can't help absorbing his passion for data and wanting to feel just as motivated. During Greg's presentation at the 2014 Steamboat Weather Summit, I couldn't help but to notice how engaging and intellig
Steamboat Weather Summit
Steamboat Weather Summit 2014 Part II
David Green: Social Media and Collaborative Forecasting for a Weather Ready Nation Yesterday I posted the first post in a series on last week's Steamboat Weather Summit. I discussed David Gochis' work at UCAR/NCAR on short-term high resolution weather modeling in efforts to better prepare for such events as the Colorado flooding we saw in September. Today we turn to David Green's lecture on social media and collaborative forecasting. Where do we go to discover breaking news or weather? A few ye
Steamboat Weather Summit
Steamboat Weather Summit 2014
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 25th Annual Steamboat Weather Summit in Steamboat, Colorado. The Steamboat Weather Summit is a hands-on interactive weather conference for meteorologists from the top television markets across the country. Conferences typically come with that predictable reaction from the boss, "Oh, conference. . . riiiiigggghhhhtttt." Managers know all too well that most conferences are festive celebrations