Whether it's what to wear or when to take shelter, hundreds of thousands of people in SE Wisconsin each week turn to
@UWM
Atmospheric Science alumni Brian Niznansky
@BrianNizTMJ4
, Chief Meteorologist at TMJ4, and Sam Kuffel
@SamKuffelWx
, Meteorologist at WDJT CBS58.
#PantherProud
With many
@NWS
offices celebrating
#NationalCollegeColorsDay
, we thought we'd share our NWS colors! Each of the starred NWS offices employs at least one
#UWM
alum. Many of them, particularly in the midwest, employ two or more!
When severe weather threatens Wisconsin,
#UWM
(
@UWM
) Atmospheric Science alums Tim Halbach, Kurt Kotenberg, and Mike Kurz are leading the charge as Wisconsin’s three National Weather Service (
@NWS
) Warning Coordination Meteorologists.
#PantherProud
Discussed in a
#BulletinAMS
article, a meteorologist turned a sports tool into a way of looking at weather patterns, and found his work gained rapid popularity on social media.
Learn more:
Read about weathergami on
#BullentinAMS
:
🎉Congratulations🎉 to Prof. Clark Evans (
@ClarkEvansWx
) on being named a recipient of the 2021 UWM Distinguished University Service Award! This university-level award recognizes outstanding service to the university community.
Congratulations to our two Fall 2022 PhD recipients, Kevin Prince (advisor: Prof. Evans, not pictured) and Tim Thielke (advisor: Prof. Roebber, at right), and to all of our B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. recipients from summer and fall!
#UWMgrad
Through its service,
@InnovativeWx
has also provided invaluable training to over 100
@UWM
Atmospheric Science students, many of whom now are full-time meteorologists in Wisconsin and across the country – including over 20 in the
@NWS
.
#PantherProud
Calling all high-school seniors and prospective transfer students! If you're interested in studying
#meteorology
or atmospheric science, we invite you to join us virtually on Sat., Nov. 14th at 10a to learn more about what makes
#UWM
a great place to be!
We are thrilled to announce that
@BrianNizTMJ4
has been promoted to Chief Meteorologist of TMJ4 News! He will take over the position on October 3. Please join us in congratulating Brian!
It was a beautiful day on
@LakeMichigan13
onboard the
@waterscienceUWM
R/V Neeskay for Prof.
@ClarkEvansWx
and a cohort of 5 students! They launched weather balloons to sample the atmosphere just above the lake's surface - the so-called "cooler by the lake" effect!
#PantherProud
🎉Congratulations and cheers🍻 to our 2023 graduates - Sierra, Megan, Kacper, and Bobby! It's been a pleasure to get to know you all and have you as a part of our community, and we look forward to all of the great things you'll do in the years to come!
Congrats to Anna Kaminski, one of our freshmen, on being selected for the Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric & Related Sciences' Research Experience for Undergraduates program this summer! She'll spend the summer in NY researching atmospheric rivers!
Senior undergraduate student Austin Scheib rocking his presentation to the Greater Milwaukee AMS on the May 30-31, 1998 derecho that impacted southeast Wisconsin with over 100 MPH wind gusts!
A fantastic turnout of twenty alumni, students, and faculty at
#AMS2020
tonight for our third-annual alumni event, spanning nearly thirty years in the program. A hearty THANK YOU to everyone who attended!
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr.
@AndrewWestgate4
on successfully defending his dissertation on Thursday afternoon! We celebrated with our semi-tradition of going down the slide outside of the School of Freshwater Sciences!
Grad students Ari Tickner, Collin DeYoung, and (not pictured) Michael Vossen helped Prof.
@ClarkEvansWx
launch a weather balloon from
@waterscienceUWM
earlier today! While we lost radio contact with the balloon early in flight due to rain, the launch was otherwise a success!
Prof. Paul Roebber was interviewed by
@Molly_WISN
about Lake Michigan water levels for
@WISN12News
’s Forecasting our Future special that premiered this weekend:
Congrats to recent graduate
@annankaminski
on being awarded the
@ametsoc
Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award in Meteorology! Anna is
@UWM
's second-consecutive recipient of this award.
Our first full day of the
@UWSSEC
SPARC deployment is just in time to observe a classic early-season lake breeze here in Milwaukee! The radar loop shows the lake breeze’s inland movement while the image shows atmospheric aerosol scattering properties. (1/2)
#wiwx
Tomorrow is Graduation Day at
@UWM
, and we'd like to wish a hearty congratulations to all of our graduates from this academic year!
B.S. - Alex Moxon (last fall); Meghan Bitterlin, Daniel Jablonski, Gus Kaiser, Anna Kaminski, Brandon Selbig, Dao Wang (all spring)
Students in our brand-new Atmospheric Science 101 course fought drizzle and breezy conditions this morning to use Kestrels to collect data to see how temperature changes between the south- and north-facing sides of a building on campus!
Prospective undergraduates interested in
#weather
,
#water
, and
#climate
- we invite you to join us for our 2022 Open House on Friday, November 4! You'll learn all about our major, unique programs, and more! Plus, there's free pizza! 🍕🌤️🌩️
Details & RSVP:
We invite you to join us at 2p on April 27 for an
@NWSMilwaukee
Storm Spotter training! Hosted at the School of Freshwater Sciences (600 E. Greenfield, Milwaukee), this training will help you understand severe weather and equip you to report it to the NWS! No registration needed!
Join us on Wednesday at 5p in Physics Rm. 133 as the Greater Milwaukee AMS welcomes Sarah Griffin from
@UWSSEC
@UWCIMSS
for an exciting talk about Wisconsin's role as the birthplace of satellite meteorology!
Our students & young graduates exemplify leadership in action. Here's a great example:
Current Ph.D. student Dillon Blount (
@dblountwx
) was one of the co-chairs of this year's
@ametsoc
Student Conf. & is now the incoming chair of
@AMSBoSA
!
#PantherProud
Please join us in congratulating our well-deserved 2017-18 award winners! Pictured are Austin Scheib (Lake Express Scholar), Anna Kaminski, Nancy Duque, and Lane Madisen (Carlsen Scholarship). Not pictured: Gus Kaiser (Weather Innovators Scholar) & Alex Oser (Sikdar Scholarship).
Calling all high-school seniors and prospective transfer students! Are you interested in
#weather
,
#water
, or
#climate
studies? We're holding our annual Open House on Friday, October 29th, with both virtual and in-person options available! To register:
Prof. Clark Evans'
#NSFfunded
research into tropical storm intensity change over land, conducted in collaboration with graduate student Michael Vossen, is featured in this year's just-released edition of the UWM Research magazine!
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Austin Harris (
@areedharris
) on being named a 2021 UWM Teaching Fellow! UWM Teaching Fellow awards recognize currently enrolled UWM graduate students who have achieved outstanding success as students and teachers.
Our chair
@ClarkEvansWx
was part of a group from
@waterscienceUWM
that met with new UWM Provost
@AndrewDaire
today! Provost Daire learned about our Innovative Weather program as well as a lot of the cool research and service to society our faculty & students are conducting!
Prospective freshmen and transfer students! We invite you to join us on Friday, Nov 2 from 3:30-7p for our 4th Annual Atmospheric Science Open House event! Join us to learn what makes UWM the place to be to study weather and climate - with dinner on us!
Congrats to our colleagues at
@waterscienceUWM
on the launch of their new Freshwater Sciences major! Just another example of why
#UWM
is a great place for students interested in studying the environment - weather, water, climate, and more!
3/27 4:45pm - Congrats to our Director of Operations, Mike Westendorf on his nomination for the "Inspiring Student Success" Award by the UWM Alumni Association! It's always rewarding to see our hard working leaders get recognition for their efforts.
Students in Prof.
@ClarkEvansWx
’s Synoptic Meteorology II course broke out the movable whiteboards today as they worked in groups to understand how vertical variations in heating and cooling can alter large-scale phenomena!
Students in Prof.
@ClarkEvansWx
's Intro class successfully launched a weather balloon from the
@UWM
campus this morning! Though it started off chilly here in Milwaukee, by 11:30a the daytime boundary layer had deepened to almost 1 km!
#wiwx
@NWSMilwaukee
Tune in to
@WISN12News
this Wednesday at 4, 5, and 6p as
@Mark_Baden
hosts Rooftop Weather from our home at
@waterscienceUWM
! It looks to be a beautiful day to take in our stunning views of the Milwaukee skyline, Hoan Bridge, and out to Lake Michigan!
A hearty 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to Prof. Jon Kahl on receiving the 2019-20 UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award! He'll officially receive the award this fall during UWM's annual awards ceremony.
More info about the award:
We're excited to (virtually) host Dr.
@cedavenportwx
from UNC-Charlotte as part of our colloquium series on Friday, 10/16 at 2p!
➡️ The colloquium will be held via Microsoft Teams:
⬇️ The abstract for her talk can be found below:
Hope to see you there!
The 1st faculty-led study-abroad program in the atmospheric sciences comes from our program! The Air Pollution & Ancient Cultures course has allowed 137
@UWM
students in 36 majors to study acid rain's effects on cultural heritage sites.
#PantherProud
Our own Prof. Paul Roebber and students Tim Thielke and Nancy Duque were on hand for the formal announcement of the
@UWM
-
@MarquetteU
-
@nmfinancial
Data Science partnership today! We’re using advanced data science methods to improve our ability to predict high-impact weather!
Two graduate students and a distinguished professor use mathematical models to more accurately predict weather events, helping out forecasters everywhere! ⛈
#MKEtech
New research from Prof. Jon Kahl,
@areedharris
, and
@SelBaggg
shows promise in providing new tools to help with forecasting wind gusts, one of the more challenging aspects of a meteorologists job! Read more in this month's
@UWMLetSci
InFocus newsletter!
We invite you to join us Fri May 8 at 2p via Microsoft Teams for a special colloquium given by Dr. Elizabeth Maroon from
@UW_AOS
! The title of her talk is "Tales from the Decadal Climate Prediction Trenches," and her abstract can be found below!
To join:
We're excited to collaborate with
@UWSSEC
on an
#NSFfunded
project to observe & educate about the lake breeze! We're excited to introduce the UW SPARC to our students and, via an Open House on 5/4, to the public!
To learn more about the SPARC, please see:
🎉🎉Congratulations to senior Giorgio Sarro, who has received Honorable Mention in two highly prestigious fellowship programs: the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and the National Academies' Ford Foundation Fellowship Program! 🎉🎉
Climate change affects 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 in our world, and Prof. Paul Roebber has long studied its effects on Lake Michigan, including ice cover & water levels. He was recently interviewed about these topics by
@WUWMradio
- check it out!
#PantherProud
We've got a fantastic contingent of students here at
#AMS2020
in Boston this week, from freshmen all the way to Ph.D. candidates! We're so excited that they're here to take in
#AMS100
, network with people from across the world, and share their research!
Learn more about our unique winter study-abroad program in Mexico, exploring the effects of acid rain on Mexico's cultural heritage sites, in this feature from
@waterscienceUWM
!
Did you know? Our program is a leader in equipping students with statistics and data analytics skills for the meteorology/atmospheric science jobs of today and beyond! Undergraduate students can take courses in each as electives, while grad students have 3 courses to choose from!
We're excited to host
@NWSMilwaukee
for Storm Spotter training on Thursday, May 5th at 6:30p! The event is free but pre-registration is required () due to limited seating. We hope to see you in early May!
In conjunction with the
@atmoclubuwm
, we're excited to host
@DrKimWood
from the Univ. of Arizona for a special colloquium on Monday, April 22nd! Full details:
One of the joys of the academic year comes with Graduation Day, where our graduates get to celebrate their academic achievements. Please join us in congratulating our graduates this semester!
B.S. - Austin Guarniere, Austin Scheib, Cole Shimek
M.S. - David Nevius, Kevin Prince
The U.S. Dept. of Energy recently announced $14 million in funding for 21 projects aimed at improving climate-change predictions — including a project that involves
@ClarkEvansWx
, a professor in
@UWMAtmoSci
@waterscienceUWM
.
We're excited to partner with
@UWSSEC
on an
#NSFfunded
deployment of the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center to study the lake breeze here in Milwaukee! We'd love if you'd join us for an open house on Saturday, May 4 from 10a-2p
@waterscienceUWM
to see it in action!
#wiwx
Spring 2022's
@waterscienceUWM
Freshwater Practicum graduate course gave Ph.D. student Dillon Blount hands-on experience in consulting for the Wisconsin DNR (
@WDNR
), assessing the impacts of climate change on northeastern Wisconsin shorelines! Learn more:
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to graduate student Alex Moxon (
@wthrmxn
) on being selected as a new UWM Advanced Opportunity Program fellowship recipient for 2021-22! The fellowship provides up to three years of support toward a student’s graduate studies. Kudos, Alex!
Senior undergraduate Anna Kaminski is featured in today's top UWM News story on the 2020-21 Senior Excellence in Research Award winners. Congratulations,
@annankaminski
!
Are you or do you know a high-school senior or transfer student interested in studying
#meteorology
#weather
#climate
#atmosphericscience
? Please join us on Friday, October 13 from for our Atmospheric Science Open House!
Register at: . Please share widely!
A group of four of our students, led by recent M.S. graduate Victoria Lang (
@VictoriaUdry
), and Prof. Jon Kahl recently had a new paper on predicting peak wind gusts published in
@AMS_Wea
! Check it out:
Have you heard of Scorigami? Well, we found its weather geek cousin 🤓
LISTEN or WATCH our latest episode about Weathergami, the new high-low temperature visualization that is sweeping the nation, with creator Dr. Jonathan Kahl! 👉
Please join us in celebrating our students' presentations at today's UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium! Pictured are Ben Page, Kade Barkas, and Drew Hickok. Thanks to Dillon Blount for the photos!
#PantherProud
A freshman from SE Wisconsin...
...goes on to win the 2021
@ametsoc
Father James B. Macelwane Award, recognizing the most-outstanding undergraduate research paper in the atmospheric sciences!
We helped
@annankaminski
& countless others to realize their dreams. You can be next!
🎉 Congratulations to all of our graduates - PhD, MS, and BS - this semester! However long you've been with us, thank you for the opportunity to mentor you!
We hope you all enjoy today's commencement, and we wish you all the best in the years to come! 🎉
Congratulations to Michelle Spencer (
@MichelleRoseWX
) on successfully defending her M.S. thesis on Friday afternoon! She, her committee, and several students began the celebration with a trip down the Harbor View Plaza slide outside of our building!
We're excited to host
@NWSMilwaukee
for Storm Spotter training on Thursday, May 5th at 6:30p! The event is free but pre-registration is required () due to limited seating. We hope to see you in early May!
Congrats to Profs. Kravtsov and Evans on being 2 of 21 recipients of
@uwmresearch
Research Growth Initiative awards this year! These awards provide seed funding for high-quality research - here into mesoscale air/sea coupling and tropical cyclones!
Prof.
@ClarkEvansWx
was honored with two awards at UWM's Fall Awards ceremony on Wednesday: the Distinguished Faculty University Service Award and the Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award! Congratulations, Clark! More:
Two of our recent alumni are also leading important
@ametsoc
@AMS_STAC
committees!
Michelle Spencer (
@MichelleRoseWX
, M.S. '21) is Chair of the Board on Measurements!
Austin Harris (
@areedharris
, M.S. '16 Ph.D. '22) is Vice Chair of the Board on Societal Impacts!
#PantherProud
#AMS2019
is in the books, and we’re looking forward to
#AMS2020
in Boston next year! In the mean time, enjoy this photo montage of the four UWM group events (alumni dinners in 2018-19, prospective graduate student lunches in 2016-17) from recent AMS conferences!
The
@Atmo_Club_UWM
has been out on their annual storm chase this week and last. Storms were scarce last week, but the group of six made the most of their adventures. This week's team already happened upon a tornado in western Kansas yesterday. Follow them on Facebook for more!
Congrats to Ph.D. candidate Austin Harris (
@areedharris
) for receiving a first-place award for his presentation, "Investigating the Complex Role of Forecasts (and Other Factors) on the Hurricane Evacuation Dynamics," at the virtual
#AMS2021
Societal Applications Symposium!
We invite you to join us next Thursday, July 14th, at 2p for Kevin Prince's Ph.D. dissertation defense!
In-person: School of Freshwater Sciences Rm. 3093
Virtual: via Microsoft Teams ()!
If you're a prospective graduate student for Fall 2023 interested in studying
#weather
,
#water
, or
#climate
, please attend UWM's Graduate School Open House virtually (Oct. 27) or in-person (Nov. 10)! All attendees receive a $75 application fee waiver!
The Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the
@ametsoc
will be holding its first meeting of fall next Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, at 7p here on campus (Kenwood IRC Rm. 1150). Please join us as
@jritka
from TMJ4 speaks about her career in broadcast meteorology, including high-impact events!
The 2020
@UWM
Research magazine is out! Featured in this year's magazine are two student research projects. First up is Ph.D. candidate Austin Harris' research into home-court advantage in the
@NBA
:
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Ph.D. candidate Kevin Prince on being selected as a 2021-22 UWM Distinguished Dissertation Fellow! This fellowship recognizes excellence in PhD studies across campus. Way to go, Kevin!
A hearty "welcome!" to everyone attending this week's
@ametsoc
@AMSBroadcastcon
! Please join us before the start of each day's sessions at 8:15a for daily weather briefings prepared & presented by our students!
🎉Congratulations🎉 to Ph.D. candidate Andrew Westgate (
@AndrewWestgate4
) on being selected as a UWM Teaching Fellow! This award recognizes a limited number of graduate students who have achieved outstanding success as students and teachers.
More details:
Our report from
#ams2020
is now up on our website! We'd like to acknowledge senior undergraduate Giorgio Sarro, who won an Outstanding Presentation award for his poster at the 19th
@AMSStudentConf
- congrats, Giorgio!
We held our annual celebration of our scholarship and fellowship recipients on Friday afternoon! It was great to share a potluck lunch and take in Prof. Kahl's "roast" of the awardees to the tune of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge!"
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Prof. Evans was one of the featured guests on this week’s
@ametsoc
@AMSontheAir
podcast, sharing science and group/writing insights from the recently published review on extratropical transition that he led. Give it a listen!
Our Bart Adrian is the host of this month's UWM Science Bag, titled "Map-Mania: Diagnosing the Weather!" There are two shows remaining: this Friday and next Friday at 7p. To learn more, check out this feature from
@fox6now
!