North Texas Chapter

Our Mission
"The development and dissemination of the knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications and the advancement of its professional ideals."

Membership
Membership in the North Texas Chapter is open to anyone who has an interest in meteorology, pays chapter dues, and agrees to abide by the chapter's constitution. Membership in the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association at the national level is encouraged, but is not required.

This Year's Chapter Meetings:

Date:Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Speaker: Bernard N. Meisner, Chief, Science & Training, NWS Southern Region.
Topic: Including Uncertainty in Weather, Water and Climate Forecasts
Time: 7:00 pm CDT
Location: NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center/WFO Fort Worth/Dallas, 3401 Northern Cross Blvd. | Map

Recent Chapter Meetings:
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2008
Speaker: Patrick Ware, Pilot, Southwest Airlines.
Topic: Aviation and Weather: A Snapshot of Weather From A Pilot's Perspective

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Speaker: Tim Marshall, Failure and Damage Consultant, Haag Engineering
Topic: 2007 Chase Cases - A Sometimes Comical Chase Season.

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Speakers: Nolan Doesken & Henry Reges, Colorado Climate Center, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Topic: CoCoRaHS: the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
We are encouraging our chapter members to participate in CoCoRaHS. Information is available on the CoCoRaHS Web site

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Speaker: Jeff Evans, Senior Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center
Topic: A Brief Overview of the SPC Mesoscale Analysis Page- What are all those parameters?

Date:Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Speaker: Roy Sedwick, Director of the Texas Floodplain Managers Association and Floodplain Administrator for the Lower Colorado River Authority in Austin
Topic: Reducing Texas Flood Deaths

Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Speaker: Dale Walker, Lockheed Martin
Topic: Field Trip to the New Lockheed Martin Flight Services Hub

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Speaker: Jessica Schultz & Bernard Meisner
Topic: The 24 February 2007 North Texas Dust Storm: An Impact Weather Event

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Speaker: Diane Cooper, Hydrologic Services Program Manager for NWS Southern Region
Topic: Flood Inundation Mapping, A New Way of Looking at Flooding

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Speaker: Greg Story, West Gulf River Forecast Center
Topic: Do We Really Know How Much Rain Fell? (Or, Why Does the NWS Need CoCoRaHS Data)?

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