Photo of the Month

NSSL WeatherFest booth

NSSL hosted successful booth at WeatherFest

NSSL hosted a busy booth at the American Meteorological Society’s WeatherFest on January 23, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Wash. More than 4,000 people of all ages attended the interactive weather and science fair open to the public.

EFM in cactus

Prickly situation

Dave Rust tries to figure out how to extract an Electric Field Meter from a cactus!

Simulation of a Florida thunderstorm.

Flashy storm

A simulation of a Florida thunderstorm showing two lightning flashes (upper-level intracloud and a negative cloud-to-ground). Light gray is the cloud boundary, darker gray is 35 dBZ reflectivity. 2D color slice is simulated NEXRAD reflectivity.

NWF 2009

Kids of all ages enjoy a balloon launch at the National Weather Festival

Vaisala Outstanding Research Paper winners (L-R):  Richard Adams, Dave Priegnitz, Pam Heinselman, Travis Smith, Kevin Manross

July/August Photo of the months –

Vaisala Outstanding Research Paper winners (L-R): Richard Adams, Dave Priegnitz, Pam Heinselman, Travis Smith, Kevin Manross. See full story below!