Keeping Service in Weather NOWCASTING: Separating Yourself from the Rest John Gordon MIC NWS Louisville Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters

Keeping Service in Weather Play Lombardi Football Never play prevent defense! “If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." "If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.”

Keeping Service in Weather INNOVATE “I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.” Sam Walton, Wal-Mart founder “Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present.” Peter F. Drucker, educator, management consultant, prolific author

Keeping Service in Weather People Doubted them! Chester Carlson “The world potential market for copy machines is 5000 at most” (IBM 1959) Inventor of copy machine (Haloid Co later Xerox) Fred Smith “The concept is interesting and well formed, but in order to earn better than a C, the idea must be feasible” (Yale professor) Founder of Federal Express (Fed Ex)

Keeping Service in Weather CLIMATE CHANGES Collaborative effort with Dr. John Christy, AL State Climatologist & Forecaster Jason Elliott HSV Records now date back to 1907, instead of 1958 New climate point at MSL Huntsville all-time record high: 111°, it was 104° (Set 7/29/30) Over 60% of climate records changed

Keeping Service in Weather March 2003, Ft Payne and Lake Guntersville had a 29 degree minimum temperature difference. 2 forecasters working on 10 year minimum temperature climatology study to improve temperature forecasts Proactive Temperature Forecasting

Keeping Service in Weather Cooperative Observer Program (NERON) Added three new COOP sites: Anderson, Owen’s Crossroads, and Collinsville.

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Keeping Service in Weather Over 140 from general aviation, commercial aviation, and people just interested in aviation attended the workshop. Next one Aug 12, 2006 in LOU Proactive in Aviation

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Keeping Service in Weather Road Department Initiative When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle

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Keeping Service in Weather LMK SUMMER STEP & Student Volunteer Weather Preparedness Brochure New Heat ppt New Cold ppt Upcoming: - 4/3/74 ppt /1997 Flood ppt - Bullitt F4 96 tornado poster

Keeping Service in Weather Student Volunteer Projects North Alabama Mesonet Graphical LSR Webpage updating Wx Fact of the Day HD Bagley

Keeping Service in Weather 1974 Outbreak Ceremony (30 yr) Damage to Sterling Cadillac at the corner of Drake Ave and Parkway

Keeping Service in Weather Play your best during Big Events (IVAN) “Ramped-up” Operations Issued AFD and HWO every 3 hours Issued Rainfall totals every 6 hours ASA issued LSR’s on the swing shift 24-hr ET support in office Graphical LSR Red-Funnel Cloud Blue-Wind Damage Green-Flooding

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