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Program » 2004 Holm Award
Billy Joe Metteaur
awarded the Holm Award |
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THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONORED BILLY JOE
METTEAUR OF CHIRENO, TEXAS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
TO THE FIELD OF METEOROLOGY AS A VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER FOR
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT, LA
FOR OVER 30 YEARS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
30. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRESENTED THE JOHN
CAMPANIUS HOLM AWARD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARD
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRESENTS TO VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS;
NO MORE THAN 25 HOLM AWARDS ARE GIVEN
ANNUALLY. THE AWARD WAS CREATED IN
1959 AS A WAY FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO HONOR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD
OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
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Award
presentation made by Shreveport National Weather Service
Forecast Office to Billy Joe Metteaur of Chireno, TX.
L-R: Marion Kuykendall (Data Acquisition Program Manager),
Steve Griffin (Hydrometeorological Technician), Mike Asmus
(Regional Cooperative Program Manager-Ft. Worth, TX), Billy
Joe Metteaur
(recipient), and Lee Harrison (Meteorologist in Charge).
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MR. METTEAUR HAS
AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT HIS HOME
WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S STANDARD RAIN GAUGE. REPORTS OF THE PRECIPITATION
ARE TELEPHONED INTO A TOUCH TONE COMPUTER SYSTEM AT THE SHREVEPORT
WEATHER OFFICE DAILY, WHILE A SUMMARY OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS ARE
SENT TO SHREVEPORT OFFICE EACH MONTH. THERE THE DATA IS PROCESSED
AND SENT ON TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC CENTER IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA WHERE IT IS COMPUTER PROCESSED, ARCHIVED AND PUBLISHED
IN THE TEXAS CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR CHIRENO.
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