2010 Minnesota Skywarn Workshop: April 10th
Here's a great opportunity for anyone who's interested in severe weather.
Minnesota Skywarn will host to 2010 Minnesota Skywarn Workshop on Saturday April 10th at O'Shaughnessy Educational Center on the campus of The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
The workshop will cover advanced spotter training and topics, but is open to all who are interested in severe weather. There is a great lineup of speakers, including keynote speaker Dr. Chuck Doswell, Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK. Dr. Doswell has been an author of over 90 peer-reviewed meteorological papers, has authored chapters or sections of 15 books, and is widely known as one of the top severe weather researchers in the world.
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Additional excellent speakers include:
Todd Krause, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Chanhassen, MN
David Hintz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Aberdeen, SD
Tom Hultquist, Science and Operations Officer, NWS Chanhassen, MN
Erik Westgard, NY9D, Minnesota Packet Network
John Wetter, Skywarn Coordinator, NWS Chanhassen, MN
The workshop will cover a variety of topics, including a look at the highly unusual August 19th tornado outbreak from 2009.
The speakers and content of this program will be top notch. The program runs from 9 to 5 Saturday April 10th. I have been involved in similar programs in Chicago and Arizona, and they are excellent and tend to be well attended.
This is a great opportunity for anyone who has responsibility for severe weather coordination for any organization, students, or anyone who is interested in severe weather at any level. You can register here.
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