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"WeatherFest!"
January 17th, 2009
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The National Weather Service
in Tallahassee, Florida
State University Department of Meteorology and North
Florida Chapter of the AMS would like to thank you
for making WeatherFest 2009 a tremendous success!
On the coldest morning this area has seen in nearly two
years, an estimated crowd of 500 to 700 people attended
the event. We were overwhelmed by the response and definitely
plan to make WeatherFest a recurring event here
in the Florida Big Bend. So if you didn't get a chance
to watch the weather balloon launches, or missed out on
the severe weather simulation, you'll have a chance at
the next WeatherFest planned for sometime in early
2010. We are interested to hear from you about your
experiences at WeatherFest. We are already going
over things that worked out well and things that could
have gone better, but we want to hear from you! Please
send your comments
to our webmaster. Be sure to check out the
photo gallery of the event (below) provided by our photographer,
Bob Duggan. Thanks again for making NWS Tallahassee a
part of your weekend plans.
Photo
Gallery
(Photos by Bob Duggan)
Video
of Event
(Video Provided by FloridaSERT)
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- When: Saturday, Jan. 17th, 2009
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- Who: Anyone
who has an interest in
science and meteorology
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Public and private partners
in meteorology and other related fields will set up booths
or stations at the WeatherFest. See Contact information
at the bottom of this page if you have questions.
Parking: All lots adjacent
to the Love Building will be unavailable for parking to the general public.
Please use the nearby parking garage off Woodward Avenue.
Note: For those that require handicap accessible parking,
spaces are available adjacent to the event on the north side
of the Love Bldg. |
A few of the events planned through the day:
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Tours of the
National Weather Service Office in Tallahassee, FL. |
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Meet and interact with NWS Meteorologists and Hydrologists, FSU Meteorology professors and students, and members of the Florida State
Emergency Response Team on a variety of topics. |
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Explore FSU's Mobile Doppler radar. |
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Tours of emergency support vehicles, like the Florida Division
of Emergency Managements's Mobile Command Vehicle. |
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Meet your favorite local television meteorologists from WCTV, WTXL, WALB, and WJHG. |
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Get your NOAA Weather radio programmed. (Be sure your radio has batteries) |
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Exhibits on physical science and meteorology. Hands on electromagnetic
display demonstrated by the Mary Brogan Museum. See a Van De Graaf generator presented by the Challenger Learning Center. |
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Exploration of the latest tools available to train meteorologists at FSU, like the FSU
Meteorology TV Studio. |
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Safety presentations including the Weather Challenge game. New games start every hour on the hour. |
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Participate in the simulation of a severe weather event with a NWS Meteorologist to observe the warning
decision and dissemination process. You'll help make the warning decisions! |
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Learn about weather balloons and how we use the data they provide. Tour our launch facility. Observe a live balloon launch at 1 PM and 4 PM! |
For More Information: Please Contact
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| For the Florida State University Department of Meteorology |
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| For the FSU Met TV Studio |
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| For our spotter pages |
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| For the Florida Department of Emergency Management (FDEM) |
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www.weather.gov 
National Weather Service Forecast Office
