{"id":85139,"date":"2025-02-26T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85139"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:51:58","slug":"science-cafe-showcases-national-weather-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85139","title":{"rendered":"Science Caf\u00e9 showcases National Weather Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By RORY MOORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute hosted the 139th Science Cafe inside the Venue at Thirsty\u2019s on Monday. The presentation featured a slideshow led by meteorologist Marc Russell, who taught the basics of the National Weather Service, how it serves people around the nation, and how to take safety measures in severe weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"563\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85140\" data-id=\"85140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C730&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=365%2C260&amp;ssl=1 365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1095&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1460&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute hosts a the 139th Science Cafe inside the Venue at Thirsty&#8217;s.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"556\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85145\" data-id=\"85145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C721&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C260&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1082&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1443&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Meteorologist Marc Russell presents a slide show detailing who the National Weather Service is and what it does. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"837\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85144\" data-id=\"85144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=967%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=246%2C260&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=142%2C150&amp;ssl=1 142w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C813&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1451%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1935%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1935w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=1580 1580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Russell has worked for the NWS for 45 years. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85143\" data-id=\"85143\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C246&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1362&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Russell displays a map of costly natural disasters across the country in 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"504\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85142\" data-id=\"85142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C236&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C979&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1305&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Positions at the NWS Dodge City office are listed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"426\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85141\" data-id=\"85141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1.jpg?resize=790%2C426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C199&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C81&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C414&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C827&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1103&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6-of-6_1-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Russell shows a slide depicting where wind gusts over 74 mph happen with the most being in Western Kansas. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell, a veteran meteorologist of 45 years, began his lecture on what the NWS is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,\u201d he said. \u201cNOAA is our parent bureau, and there are 122 of our offices. Dodge City being one of those in Kansas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He laid out the composition of staff at the Dodge City office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s 16 full-time meteorologists,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThere\u2019s 10 of us that are meteorologists.&nbsp; The others are electronic technicians who work on the radar, and they fix the visibility sensors. Our mission statement is that the National Weather Service provides weather, hydraulic, climate forecasts, and warnings for the United States and its territories for the protection of life and property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest responsibility of the NWS, as Russell noted, is to provide a safety net for citizens and government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used for public governmental agencies, the private sector, the public and local communities,\u201d he said. \u201cWe exist so that there\u2019s not chaos. There\u2019s got to be an official voice for climate information records and the warnings that go out. So, that\u2019s why we\u2019re charged with that by Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell displayed a map of areas around the country where weather-related disasters happened, some of which sustained millions of dollars in damage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese big costs events are looked at closely,\u201d he said. \u201cWe keep a record of the data to send it forward so that insurance companies can have it and FEMA and provide recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He listed many of the tools that the NWS uses to track cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have the Radar 88-D,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThat stands for 1988 because that\u2019s when many of our programs were put in. We also have high-speed computers since a lot of computing is done in our office. We have whole rooms which are big green frames. Our radars will take data from the environment and then it moves it out to the satellite dishes for the world to get, and it comes into our office where it gets post-processed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather balloon is used by the Dodge City office twice a day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe weather balloon goes up at about six in the morning and six at night,\u201d Russell said. \u201cWe fill it with hydrogen and put a little radio on it along with a parachute. We let it go, it floats up, and it falls back down. It takes the temperature, pressure and humidity data all the way up until it falls down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell pointed out that meteorologists work for other industries besides the NWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCareers are a lot more wide than just the government or weather service,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are a lot of meteorologists who end up being able to work for transportation companies like FedEx and UPS. They have some of their own forecasting going on because they want to integrate education, government and weather service there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that the NWS is looking for recruits willing to do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re looking to get into it, things that you want to do is shadow people,\u201d Russell said. \u201cShow willingness and eagerness, get some experience, get research projects, and volunteer. 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