American Meteorological Society / National Weather Association
Welcome to the professional meteorology headquarters of the U.S High
Plains! We are a local chapter sponsored jointly by the AMS and NWA. Our coverage area spans western
Oklahoma to western/central Kansas and Nebraska. If
you are a resident of this area, or just have an interest in
its wild weather, you've come to the right cyberplace!
Our next
chapter meeting will be held Thursday,
November 21 at 11:00 am in
Norton, KS at the Destination Kitchen (115 W Main). Our speaker
will be Jeff Halblaub (Hastings) and his presentation is entitled:
"Operational Recognition and Diagnosis of Wake Lows - Scientific
Background and Operational Detection". This presentation examines
a wake low event that occurred in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan,
placing it into context with wake low conceptual models and other wake
low events.
Our last
chapter meeting was held September 25. Our speaker was Corey King
and his presentation was “Infusion of an Emergency Response Specialist
into NWS Bismarck
Operations". Meeting
minutes are now available.
Visit the Facebook
page of the High Plains AMS/NWA chapter!
Jim Johnson Scholarship
The High
Plains Chapter of the AMS/NWA is pleased to announce that the 2012 Jim Johnson Scholarship
has been awarded to Connor Dennhardt.
Connor just graduated from Grand Island Northwest High School and will
attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (U.N.L.) beginning this
fall. He will major in meteorology and hopes to gain employment
as an operational forecaster upon graduation from U.N.L. The Jim
Johnson Scholarship Selection Committee received several strong
candidates this year, but the committee found Connor's essay to be most
impressive and inspiring. Through his essay, Connor demonstrated
a deep-rooted passion for weather which could be traced to his early
childhood. In addition, his essay also proved Connor possesses a
great deal of vision both for his future career, and the science of
meteorology. Connor stopped by WFO-Hastings for a visit and
during that time many of us in the office had the chance to meet this
outstanding young man. We wish Connor the best of luck as he
embarks on his journey to becoming a meteorologist.
Scott Bryant (left) presents Connor Dennhardt with the 2012 Jim
Johnson Scholarship
This scholarship was
established to honor Jim Johnson, retired
Lead Forecaster at NWS Dodge City, for his contributions to the
founding of the High Plains AMS/NWA chapter and 1st Annual Conference
in Dodge City in 1996. Prior recipients of the Jim
Johnson Scholarship:
2011 - Nicholas Humrich - O'Neill, NE
2010 - Brandi Davis - North Platte, NE
2009 - Jennifer
Uhrich - North Platte, NE 2008 - Jordan
Carroll - Atwood, KS 2007 - William L.
Friesen
The
announcement for the 2011-2012 Jim Johnson Scholarship will be mailed
to area schools around January 2013. If you have any questions,
feel free to contact Scholarship Chairperson Scott Bryant (NWS Hastings). 15th Annual High
Plains
Conference
The 15th Annual High
Plains Conference was held August 4-6, 2011 in Wichita, KS. Thanks to all of our
speakers and attendees! Conference
Presentations are now available (PDF version) for viewing via the 15th
HPC Program. For
additional information, please see the 15th HPC Website. Chapter Officers
The
officers for 2013 are:
President - Bill Taylor (North Platte)
Vice-President - Jeremy Wesely (Hastings)
Treasurer - Scott Bryant (Hastings)
Secretary - Tim Burke
(Dodge City)
See
our officers
page for contact info and "mug shots."
Past Meetings
Click here
to go to the past meetings webpage, which includes regular meeting
minutes and
past High Plains Conference information.
Please
inquire into our related links page!