NOWCASTING: Separating Yourself from the Rest John Gordon MIC NWS Louisville

Keeping Service in Weather

NOWCASTING: Separating Yourself from

the Rest

John Gordon MIC NWS Louisville

Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters


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.”


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


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)


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


• 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


Cooperative Observer Program (NERON) • Added three new COOP sites: Anderson,

Owen’s Crossroads, and Collinsville.


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/pdf/storm.pdf

Storm Shelter Brochure


• 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


Tornado Machine


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/tornadodatabase


This Day in Weather History


Historical Weather Postershttp://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/outreach/


Road Department Initiative

•When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle


Weather Pictures/Photo AlbumWeather Pictures/Photo Album


Interview Local Weather legends http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/hdbagley/


LMK SUMMER STEP & Student Volunteer

• Weather Preparedness Brochure

• New Heat ppt

• New Cold ppt

• Upcoming:

- 4/3/74 ppt

- 1937/1997 Flood ppt

- Bullitt F4 96 tornado poster


Student Volunteer Projects

• North Alabama Mesonet

• Graphical LSR

• Webpage updating

• Wx Fact of the Day

• HD Bagley


1974 Outbreak Ceremony (30 yr)

Damage to Sterling Cadillac at the corner of Drake Ave and Parkway

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hun/April1974/april74outbreak.html


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 CloudBlue-Wind DamageGreen-Flooding


Work Hard to live your dreams


Cat 5 KATRINA & IVAN


Questions, Comments, Suggestions?

[email protected] weather.gov/louisville

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NOWCASTING: Separating Yourself from the Rest John Gordon MIC NWS Louisville