Houston AMS Meeting June 25 - Mark Sudduth "hurricanetrack"

[wxman57]

I just wanted to mention that our local American Meteorological Society meetings (held monthly) are open to any "weather enthusiast". You don't have to be a meteorologist to attend. Last month, we met at the NWS office where Bill Read made a presentation on the 2008 season. The speaker this month will be Mark Sudduth, which some of you may know as "hurricanetrack" here on the Storm2K forum. Mark's chase team intercepted Ike on Galveston Island. He tells me "I will have some pretty good stuff on Ike and the surge we documented on Bermuda Beach. Plus, the wind and other data we collected at Galveston College."

The web site is here:

http://www.amshouston.net/

You'll have to check the AMS web site above for a location. Currently, it's "TBA", and the web site has the meeting date incorrectly listed as June 30th. It's the 25th. Generally, we meet at a restaurant in south of central Houston at 6pm then have the meeting there at 7pm. So, you're welcome to attend the meeting. And if you'd like to join the local AMS chapter as a weather enthusiast, the dues are only $10/year. I think that just about anyone can afford that.

I know that a bunch of you S2K members are here in Houston, so come on out to the meetings! At least come out on the 25th and say hi to Mark.

[wxman57]

The meeting is scheduled for this Thursday. I plan to be there. Again, everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a meteorologist or an AMS member to attend, though we'd encourage you to pay the $10 and become a member.

From the newsletter:

Dinner will be held at the Amazon Grill on Kirby, just south of I-59 at 6PM. After dinner, we will move to the Carriage House at the Houston Public Library at 5300 Caroline St. (just a few blocks up Caroline Street from the Houston Museum of Natural Science) to listen to Mark Sudduth’s discussion.

From Tropical Storm Cristobal on the NC Outer Banks to Hurricane Kyle in eastern Maine, the Hurricane Intercept Research Team deployed for several missions that led to a successful season of field data being recorded. Through the use of their new 5 meter wind tower system and unmanned camera system, they have captured valuable meteorological data as well as visual data from the following tropical cyclone events in the U.S.: TS Cristobal, TS Fay, Hurricane Gustav, TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike, and Hurricane Kyle. The presentation will cover these events with data sets, photos and video to showcase the work performed in 2008. The highlight of the season was Hurricane Ike and this will be a bulk of the presentation.

Here's a map of the meeting site. Only about 4 blocks from Hermann Park very near the Holocaust museum.