Our chapter has chosen child vehicular heatstroke awareness and prevention as our outreach event for the year. At our request, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has declared that Saturday, July 22nd, will be Child Vehicular Heatstroke and Awareness Day in Huntsville.
Please join us for our outreach event on this day at the Baby and Kit Expo (BAKE) at Parkway Place Mall in Huntsville, from 10 AM until 4 PM. We will share information and discuss prevention tips at the event.
We will check back with our chapter’s efforts related to educating north Alabama about the national “Where’s baby? Look Before You Lock!” initiative and also have an update on our organization’s tax status, followed by a tour of the TV station.
We also have important chapter business to conduct, including a 501c3 update and elections!
We are still looking for nominations for chapter officers! Nominations may be sent to the chapter email address and we will also take nominations at the meeting. All officer positions are up for election, so please send us the name of the nominee (you may nominate yourself!) and the position.
What: April Meeting – “Beat the Heat, Check the Backseat” initiative, ELECTIONS, 501c3 update
Where: Baron, 4930 Research Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 (enter to the immediate left of the satellite dishes)
When: Food at 5:30, business meeting at 6 PM on Monday, April 24th
The April meeting will be on Monday, April 24th. It will be an important meeting, as we will have elections, review changes we need to make to the organization for our 501c3 status application, and engage in our community outreach effort for this year – Beat the Heat, Check the Back Seat!
Officer terms are one year length, so the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer are up for election. Nominations will be accepted through the chapter email account as well as at the meeting. You may nominate yourself or someone else. Please specify the individual and the office for the nomination. Nominees have the opportunity to accept or reject the nomination.
For more information on the Beat the Heat campaign, see https://www.weather.gov/lmk/beat_the_heat_and_check_the_back_seat.
We hope to see you on April 24th!
The Huntsville Chapter of the AMS/NWA is pleased to announce that we have arranged an educational opportunity for you! Brian Carcione, the Science and Operations Officer at the National Weather Service in Huntsville, will be leading a workshop on hand drawn analysis.
We are also very excited to announce that AMS Certification Holders will receive 1 professional development point for attending this workshop!
With an emphasis on automation and increasing demands on a forecaster’s time, hand drawn analysis is starting to fade away, so this two-hour, interactive course will serve as a refresher for some and an introduction for others. Hand drawn analysis is one of the most useful tools to a forecaster. It allows a forecaster to thoroughly understand the ongoing weather situation. Advantages, specifications, terminology, and common errors will be reviewed for surface maps, upper air maps, and mesoscale analysis through the use of case studies.
Our chapter will provide a light lunch, maps, and colored pencils, but if you have your own colored pencils, please bring them! We hope to see you there!
In order to make sure we have enough maps and lunch for everyone, we ask that you please RSVP no later than Thursday evening, March 23rd, at the link below, or in our Facebook group.
https://goo.gl/forms/QypSoCtaDcB4yMj03
What: Hand Drawn Analysis Workshop
Who: instruction by Brian Carcione, SOO at NWS-Huntsville
When: Saturday, March 25th from 11 AM to 1 PM
Where: Hudson Alpha campus in Research Park. Classroom 1011 in the main building.
601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806
We will be holding a fundraiser at Nothing But Noodles, located at 6125 University Drive NW, in Huntsville, on Thursday, March 9th.
If you tell the cashier that you are there to support the Huntsville AMS/NWA, we will get part of the proceeds of that sale.
This fundraiser will last the entire day. Please participate and spread the word!
As we have mentioned at the past few meetings, our chapter is in need of funds to apply for 501c3 tax status. We have everything that we need to file except for the funds to apply. If you can help out in any capacity, we would be very appreciative!
Rocket City Weather Fest is coming up this Saturday, February 25th 2017 at the Shelby Center.
Interested in working? Fill out the Doodle Poll below:
http://doodle.com/poll/q2vf42ernr26vsv3
