📣 Calling all WRF/MPAS users! @ams-waf.bsky.social is hosting a webinar in a couple weeks about the ongoing transition from WRF to MPAS for regional modeling throughout the community. Please join to hear the perspectives from our fabulous panelists! Register here: ametsoc.org/WebinarWRFMPAS

The awardees in alphabetic order are: Student Poster Award: Luke LeBel, PSU Christian McGinty, OU Hailey Poole, NCA&T Student Oral Award: Brandon Garcia, PSU Kaitlyn Jesmonth, UIUC Ethan Schaefer, PSU Very Early Career Award: Daniel Lloveras, NRL Alyssa Stansfield, Utah (2/2)

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We have our student and very early career presentation awards announced yesterday at the end of #AMS21Meso! These awards are very competitive this year, and kudos to all the students and early career presenters -- you all are amazing!!! (1/2)

Join the Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting 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 here: bit.ly/43RIUvq

Thanks to everyone that attended the Queer Gathering event this afternoon, and thanks especially to the Coriolis Committee for organizing. It’s wonderful to see this event continue to grow a bit more every year! 🌈

NOAA Research feeds National Weather Service forecasts: it created & continuously improves the computer weather models NWS uses to generate forecasts, including for severe weather. NOAA Research faces elimination. Learn more & contact your reps: bit.ly/4cz2RtC #SaveNOAA

NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN

Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.

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The final chapter of my PhD dissertation was recently published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences! tinyurl.com/yc4ju77m I'll be presenting this work at the AMS Annual Meeting, so feel free to come to my talk if you're interested in learning more! tinyurl.com/yc569v38

Can Observation Targeting Be a Wild Goose Chase? An Adjoint-Sensitivity Study of a U.S. East Coast Cyclone Forecast Bust

Abstract Efforts to improve midlatitude-cyclone forecasts by deploying supplemental observations in localized target regions often fall short of expectations. We consider a potential contributing fact...

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