A primary focus of this week’s AMS Summer Community meeting in Raleigh, NC, has been communication, particularly about how best to present information on weather, water, and climate threats to the public. So it’s not surprising that the meeting has generated plenty of activity on Twitter. Here are a few of the highlights:
10 yrs ago social science was mentioned once. Now it's mentioned in the first 5 mins of @NWS director's remarks. #progress #AMSsummer #wasis
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 3, 2015
Happening now…Dr. Lackmann keynote stressing collaboration #AMSsummer pic.twitter.com/d9AMVd5g8P
— Douglas Hilderbrand (@dcweatherbrand) August 4, 2015
I love when my feed fills up with yummy weather information, models, data, and talks #AMSsummer
— Erin (@ErinKSWX) August 4, 2015
Great innovative idea to use Maya (animation/film studio software) for visualization of weather model forecasts. #AMSsummer
— Minh Phan (@WXMinh) August 4, 2015
Lackmann; "explore possibilities for collaboration with gaming/movie industry/googlemaps/virtual reality to convey forecasts" #AMSSummer
— Kevin Kloesel (@texasembassy) August 4, 2015
YSG: For impact-based decision-support, have to understand how people react to risk – Dr. Uccellini #AMSSummer
— AMS Policy Program (@AMSPolicy) August 4, 2015
This quote from 1993 rings true still #AMSSummer, @NWS using NYC blizzard "miss" to highlight reality vs perception pic.twitter.com/PdXvw5LYqi
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) August 4, 2015
@NWSDirector emphasizing that wx forecasts have no intrinsic value. They only become valuable if used to make good decisions. #AMSsummer
— Kevin Kloesel (@texasembassy) August 4, 2015
agreed! The best functioning of the NWS requires local offices deeply interconnected with local communities. #AMSSummer
— Susan (@CommDocPA) August 4, 2015
Big improvements coming to @NWS models, @NWSDirector just showed timeline, think Euro vs GFS disc will become yesterday's news #AMSsummer
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) August 4, 2015
If I asked average person on street to describe what I mean by probabilistic forecast, I wonder what "range" of answers would be #AMSSummer
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) August 4, 2015
The weather community has SO much data. What would happen if we gave it to #dataviz folks to rethink what weather "looks" like? #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 4, 2015
great discussion by J. Porter of @accuweather on challenges related to forecasting hazards, grid baed products, probability #AMSsummer
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) August 4, 2015
@TWCBryan making great #AMSSummer point: Decisions are deterministic. Therefore probabilistic info still has to be interpreted in that way.
— Kevin Kloesel (@texasembassy) August 4, 2015
@kimklockow just illustrated that nobody in this room models the behavior that we seek from our constituents #AMSSummer #practicethepreach
— Kevin Kloesel (@texasembassy) August 4, 2015
AMS Summer Community, specialized meeting compared to larger @ametsoc but encourage u to put on future met bucket list #AMSSummer good stuff
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) August 4, 2015
If we want to maximize public response, then we study weather from the bottom up rather than pushing change on the public #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 4, 2015
"How to maximize public response to longer warning lead times?" – Reverse the Q. Does the public need longer lead times? #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 4, 2015
When developing new policies for wx products, need to think about the media channels of the future #AMSSummer
— John Ten Hoeve (@John10Hoeve) August 4, 2015
#AMSSummer Community Meeting just presented a warning exercise. One of the best presentations at any mass conference in my career.
— Brad Huffines (@lukeskywatcher) August 4, 2015
Berchoff: Forecasters have probability biases .. can we train this out? Do we all agree what probability of precipitation means? #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 4, 2015
95% of new satellite data will be wasted on the floor. -Don Berchoff, discussing other resources that need time and priority. #AMSsummer
— Brad Huffines (@lukeskywatcher) August 4, 2015
More data should require that we have and use data analysis tools to utilize ALL the data. #AMSSummer
— Susan (@CommDocPA) August 4, 2015
What is the future of forecasters and their graphics? Will we see more consistency between graphics in different WFOs? #AMSsummer
— Castle Williams (@WxCastle) August 4, 2015
What will the future US energy system look like? Look to Germany because they are really pursuing renewable energy. #AMSsummer
— Minh Phan (@WXMinh) August 5, 2015
Takeaway from this AM's #AMSsummer panel: There is $$$$$ to be saved and made by improving weather forecasts for renewables, AQ, and more.
— Nate Johnson (@nsj) August 5, 2015
Birkland: Katrina 10 years later – Did we learn anything? We have to assess if we're doing anything differently. #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 5, 2015
Birkland: There's a difference btwn a "lesson learned" & a "lesson observed". Most often what's called the former is the latter. #AMSsummer
— Nate Johnson (@nsj) August 5, 2015
Birkland: What is the weather community? Forecasters, communicators, and enthusiasts… bloggers, public science, home wx stns. #AMSsummer
— Nate Johnson (@nsj) August 5, 2015
Birkland: Weather community at all levels play a big role. Forecast communication is useful to empower action. #AMSsummer
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 5, 2015
Birkland taking a stab at all the TV branding – "first warning weather" "you're doomed weather". Is this helpful? #AMSsummer
— Nate Johnson (@nsj) August 5, 2015
Birkland: Most ppl get risk/hazard info from multiple sources. #AMSsummer – Yup! They combine lots of info. The days of one source are gone.
— Gina Eosco (@WxComm) August 5, 2015
This is what the future of local multimedia (not just broadcast) meteorology is about. Thanks @ericagrow #AMSsummer pic.twitter.com/xXgdeZBK1O
— John Morales (@JohnMoralesNBC6) August 5, 2015
Comment from audience: We mets need to do better job expressing uncertainty when it exists so we don't sound like we're waffling. #AMSsummer
— Nate Johnson (@nsj) August 5, 2015
#amssummer This meeting rocks! Wish I attended event in past years. Great cross-dislipinary, knowledge sharing.
— H. Michael Mogil (@hmmogil) August 5, 2015