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National Weather Festival Nov. 7
Weather enthusiasts of all ages won’t want to miss the 5th Annual National Weather Festival from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at the National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd., in Norman. The free public event will feature tours, children’s activities, a storm chaser car show, hourly weather balloon launches with local broadcast meteorologists, weather related information and products, Science on a Sphere, and an amateur radio demonstration. Vehicles used in the VORTEX2 tornado study will also be on display.
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The NOAA Weather Partners, located in Norman, Oklahoma, are five federal government organizations involved in severe weather research, forecasting and support. They are:
Collocation in Norman invigorates collaborations that lead to a rapid transfer of knowledge from research into technology, training and improved forecasts and warnings nationwide.
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celebrating NOAA's 200th Anniversary
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U.S. Severe Weather Blog
The “shape” of the 2009 tornado seasonOne of the interesting questions that comes up every year is how to compare a tornado season with previous seasons. In 2009, that question has come up particularly in light of the quiet conditions lately. One way to do this is to start by adjusting historical reports for the long-term “inflation” in reports. [...]
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NSSL researchers honored for Outstanding Scientific PublicationFive NSSL/CIMMS researchers from NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) in Norman, Okla., have earned the organization’s 2009 Outstanding Scientific Paper Award for work that is expected to enable earlier warnings for severe storms.
Read more »Radar Operations Center
Zittel Named Employee of the Month by NOAA National Weather Service Dave Zittel, meteorologist with the Radar Operations Center in Norman, Okla., has been named the August Employee of the Month by the NOAA National Weather Service. This national award recognizes Zittel’s outstanding technical contribution on development of a new weather radar technique that has greatly enhanced NEXRAD weather radar.
Read more »Warning Decision Training Branch
WDTB Hosts Workshop; Rep. Fallin Drops By Experts from across the country met up at the NOAA/National Weather Service Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) recently for a workshop on Quasi-Linear Convective Systems. They spent several days discussing how to design and implement effective training to improve the forecast and detection of the hazards associated with these storms. During the workshop, Congresswoman Mary Fallin toured the National Weather Center, including the WDTB Forecaster Development Lab.
Read more »NWS Forecast Office
VORTEX2Lots of info about the ground-breaking tornado research project. Includes insights from Lou Wicker and Don Burgess with the NOAA National Severe Storms Lab.
Read more »Storm Prediction Center
Goes-R Proving Ground Activities Begin at SPCA new program to extend the use of geostationary satellite data in the operational environment has kicked off this spring in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. The GOES-R PG will involve the operational forecast community in the assessment and development of techniques for the next [...]
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