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7 April 2011 Meeting--Valentino's |
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FRIENDLY REMINDER!! Respond by Tues, 5 Apr/3:00pm! Omaha-Offutt AMS is pleased to have Tim Marshall, engineer and meteorologist with Haag Engineering Company in Dallas, TX, at the 7 April 2011 meeting. His talk, titled "Inside VORTEX2", will give us an inside look at Project Vortex. Tim has a B.S. in Meteorology from Northern Illinois University, an M.S. in Atmospheric Science from Texas Tech University, and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University. Tim has written numerous articles and presented hundreds of lectures on storm effects on buildings. He has appeared on more than 50 television programs about tornadoes and including the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and The Weather Channel. Tim's hobby is chasing storms. In his 33 year storm chase career, Tim has seen more than 200 tornadoes and 20 hurricanes. He consulted with the movie TWISTER and was past editor of STORMTRACK MAGAZINE. In 2009 and 2010, Tim took part in the Vortex 2 project. His tasks included deploying instrumented pods in advance of tornadoes and being a lead forecaster. (http://snr.unl.edu/CPSWS/keynote.asp#tab2). Date: Thursday, 7 April 2011 Location: Valentino's (5022 S 108th St., Omaha, NE, 68137;402-331-0300) Time: 5:30 - 8:30 PM Dinner Menu/Price: Includes the dinner buffet, drink, and tax ($14): Appetizer (Choose from 10 selections): - Spinach dip and flat bread - Zzagos pizza rolls Soup & Salad Bar (Choose from 20 selections): - Tossed salad and fresh veggies - Homemade salad dressings Pasta Salads & Fresh Fruits - Choose from over 25 selections...homemade favorites for over 25 years. The Italian Bakery - Choose from homemade bread sticks to Valentino's famous garlic rolls. Pasta Bar - Choose from 6 different pasta selections and homemade sauces. Pizza Bar - Choose from 10 different award-winning pizzas. Baked lasagna, meatballs Parmesan, and other Italian favorites American Favourites - Choose from over 15 selections including bar-b-que, chicken, pot roast, ribs, and more! Dessert Bar & Ice Cream - Choose from over 15 mouth-watering desserts...create your own masterpiece. Special buffet for children available! Please RSVP with the number of people wishing to attend to
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by 3:00 PM on Tuessday, 5 April. Dinner choices will be ordered in person at the restaurant. "No shows" are responsible for payment of their meal even in the event of unfulfilled attendance. Cash or checks only please. (Please make checks made out to Omaha-Offutt AMS). Dues for 2010-2011: $10 for regular members and $5 for student members will be collected at this meeting (cash or checks only). |
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16 May 2011 Meeting--Le Sole Mio |
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The guest speaker at the December meeting of the Omaha-Offutt Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will be Mr. Bonar Menninger, author of the book, "And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado". This book is an account of the F5 tornado that ripped through Topeka on 8 Jun 1966, causing great desstruction and taking few lives. It includes details about the people the tornado affected as well as a lea-in on the state of tornado forecasting at the time. More information and Mr. Menninger's bio may be found at http://www.topekatornado.com/. Date: Monday, 16 May 2011 Location: Lo Sole Mio (3001 South 32nd Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, 402-345-5656) Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm 11:30 - 12:00: business meeting 12:00 - 12:30: lunch 12:30 - ~1:30: speaker 1:30: meeting adjourns
Lunch Cost: TBD shortly
Lunch Menu: TBD shortly
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Save the Date - Mar 14th |
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Date: Monday, March 14, 2011
Location: Icehouse, Omaha NE
Time: 5:30 p.m. (social ½ hour). Meeting and dinner 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Captain Ryan Harris, Air Force Weather Agency, will be talking with us about “Unique Military Weather Applications: From Volcanic Ash to Intelligence Operations.”This was our speaker originally scheduled for our January meeting, which was cancelled due to inclement weather. The March announcement will be emailed shortly.April’s meeting may be in conjunction with the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium and Family Weatherfest (CPSWS). May’s meeting will probably be a lunch meeting at Lo Sole Mio, Omaha. Speaker details are being confirmed. |
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Lunch AMS Meeting - April 29, 2010 - Lo Sole Mio |
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Thursday, April 29th - 2010 - Lunch - Omaha/Offutt AMS Chapter Meeting Hello everyone, our next meeting of the Omaha-Offutt Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will be a lunch meeting and will feature Technical Sergeant Jade C. Bell. Tsgt Bell will speak about his recent deployment to Columbia, South America. His talk will focus on deployment from an enlisted forecaster's perspective and highlight unique opportunities and difficulties of forecasting on a different continent, including preparations to deploy, cultural differences, mission, weather and equipment challenges, and the camaraderie. Speaker Bio: TSgt Bell is originally a farm boy from Northwest Oklahoma where the varied weather sparked his interest in meteorology and forecasting. He has been an Air Force forecaster for 10 years and worked in many different focus areas including severe convective, tropical, arctic and space weather. He has deployed three times in his career, using his expertise and passion for weather to provide key support in operations around the globe. Date: Thursday, 29 April 2010Location: Lo Sole Mio (Villa location - west side of the street) 3020 S. 32nd Ave.
Omaha, NE 402 345-5656
Note: We need at least 40 people to use the "Villa"
Time: 11:30 a.m.–13:30 p.m.
Lunch Cost: $13.00 - Lunch will be a buffet that comes with: A fresh tomato basil starter, baked lasagna, shells primavera, homemade bread, roasted garlic, tossed salad, ice tea or coffee. Sales tax and gratuity are included.RSVP with the number of people to
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by Noon Tuesday, April 27th, 2010.
If you are unable to attend after the RSVP has been called in, please contact the restaurant to cancel your order as you will be responsible to pay for your lunch. Thanks for your cooperation.
Dues for 2009-2010: $10 for regular members and $5 for student members.
2009-2010 AMS Officers
President - Barb Mayes
Vice President - Rachel Hughes
Corresponding Secretary - Cathy Zapotocny
Recording Secretary - Patricia Vollmer
Treasurer - Becky Adams-Selin |
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9 March 2010 Meeting Minutes |
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Barb called the meeting to order at 1932. President: Barb welcomed Adam Houston from UNL, who will be presenting about UAVs being deployed in VORTEX 2 this spring, and past stuff Elections: The Corresponding Secretary & Treasurer have reached her term limits. = term limit. The Vice President and Recording Secretary are not re-running. The President will re-run. Feel free to discuss the roles/responsibilities with current officers. We will need an Election Committee, only requirement = dues paying member not running for office We would like to generate interest by the April meeting, the elections will be held for the May Meeting. No date yet for the next meeting. Wind energy speaker unconfirmed. Probably a lunch meeting at Lo Sole Mio Treasurer’s Report: Beginning balance: 1692.31 Income: 425 checks, 250 cash for Kiewit Lodge meeting Expenses: KC AMS $252.09, Ludwig = $400 Bank account balance as of 3/4/2010: 1911.68 We have 69 dues-paying members. Recording Secretary’s Report: Minutes posted to website & FB, short and sweet. Motion carried to submit the minutes to the record. Information from other members: Ken Dewey: Told the members about the UNL Weather Fest/Weather Symposium, 27 March @ UNL Karen Sittel: Thanks for volunteering for Science Fairs, she now has “plenty” of people. Motion made to adjourn at 1945. Submitted by Patricia Vollmer Recording Secretary 26 April 2010 |
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24 February 2010 Meeting Minutes |
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The February 2010 chapter meeting was held at the Peter Kiewit lodge at Mahoney State Park. Three students presented their research. Congratulations to Stephanie Ludwig of Creighton University on winning the contest. She plans to present her work on hodographs at the NWA Des Moines Conference this month. Barb called the meeting to order at 1858. Barb started by thanking the group for making the trek out to Mahoney. The tab for Greg Carbin’s travel was higher than the $200 allocated. Ended up spending $252.09. Unless there are objections, the AMS will cut the check for their part Karen Harder-Sittel: We need more science fair judges! Information about science fairs will be sent out separately. - Sat. March 13, OPS Metropolitan Science Fair @ UNO: 0800-1000 - Sat. March 27, @ Nebraska City 0930-1130 Treasurer’s Report: - Beginning balance: $1692.31 - Income: Meals from Anthony’s payments: $919 - Expenses: $915 to Anthony’s, $140 to Kiewit Lodge to reserve the conference room - Total expenses: 1055.24 - Bank account balance as of 2/24: $1546.17 - Petty Cash = $196.46 - Final Balance = $1742.63 Recording Secretary's Report: Patricia moved to submit the January minutes for the record. The motion passed. Jay Martinelli: Fri. May 7, OPS Science Fair at Metropolitan Community College, 0730-1400. Could someone cover the morning shift while Jay administers a final exam? Ken Dewey: Central Plains Weather Symposium @ UNL Saturday 27 March Motion made to adjourn at 1905. Submitted by Patricia Vollmer Recording Secretary 9 March 2010 |
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March 9th-2010-Omaha/Offutt AMS Chapter Meeting |
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Tuesday, March 9th - 2010 - Omaha/Offutt AMS Chapter Meeting Hello everyone, our next dinner meeting of the Omaha-Offutt Chapter of the American Meteorological Society will feature Dr. Adam Houston from the UNL faculty. Dr. Houston's talk is entitled "Using Unmanned Aircraft to Probe Tornadoes in VORTEX-2". We hope you can join us! Speaker Bio:
Dr. Adam Houston joined the UNL faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences in 2006. Prior to this he served as a visiting instructor at UNL and visiting assistant professor and postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue University. Dr. Houston received his Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.S. in meteorology from Texas A&M University. Dr. Houston’s research addresses fundamental mechanisms and environmental controls that regulate deep convection (deep tropospheric air transport manifested as cumulonimbus clouds). He is principally concerned with the initiation of deep convection and the impact of airmass boundaries (demarcations between large bodies of air that are roughly homogeneous in their horizontal extent) on deep convection morphology, propagation, rotation, longevity, and strength. His current projects include the development of unmanned aircraft systems for sampling the environment near supercells (rotating, sometimes tornadic thunderstorms) as part of the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 (VORTEX-2). He’s also testing a new theory for understanding and forecasting thunderstorm initiation, investigating the role played by airmass boundaries on storm organization, propagation, and rotation, and reassessing the environmental parameters used to forecast supercells. Dr. Houston’s Severe Storms Research Group (SSRG) consists of 3 M.S. students, 1 PhD student, and an undergraduate student all pursuing research related to the common themes of thunderstorm-boundary interactions and thunderstorm climatologies. Dr. Houston’s teaching interests include dynamic meteorology (the physics of atmospheric motion), radar meteorology, the dynamics of severe thunderstorms, and computational fluid dynamics.Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Location: Nebraska Brewing Company, Shadow Lake Towne Center
7474 Towne Center Pkwy Suite 101 Papillion, NE 402 934-7100. Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Social Time
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Business meeting/Dinner/Speakers
Dinner Cost:
We will order off the menu which can be found at: http://www.nebraskabrewingco.com/menu.pdf.
The Nebraska Brewing Company has a number of sandwiches, burgers, pizza, pastas, and entrees to choose from that mostly range from $8.49 to $15.99 + tax , tip, drinks and brews. RSVP with the number of people to
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by Noon Monday, March 8th, 2010. The RSVP is to mainly have a head count for the restaurant for seating purposes.
Dues for 2009-2010: $10 for regular members and $5 for student members.
2009-2010 AMS Officers
President - Barb Mayes
Vice President - Rachel Hughes
Corresponding Secretary - Cathy Zapotocny
Recording Secretary - Patricia Vollmer
Treasurer - Becky Adams-Selin |
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Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, students, and weather enthusiasts.The Omaha-Offutt AMS local chapter is one of many local chapters around the nation. 