Location: Fermilab - Kirk Rd & Pine Street, Batavia, IL
When: Saturday, April 30th at Noon and again at 6pm
Admission is free; seating is on a first come, first serve basis. It is recommended you arrive early to ensure you get a seat.
Here are the guest speakers for this year:
Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV and Host: Video excursion through a wild weather year
Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director of NOAA's National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP): "Forecasting the Blizzards of 2010-2011"
Dr. Jim Angel, State Climatologist, Midwestern Regional Climate Center: "February Blizzard's Astounding Impact"
Jim Reed, Award Winning Photographer: "Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey"
Jim Allsopp, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Chicago: "Tornadoes in the Chicago area: How often have they occurred and how do events like La Nina have an impact on local tornado occurrence?"
Brian Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Omaha, Nebraska: "Killer Wind: Do not ignore Severe Thunderstorm Warnings"
Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, MD, University of Illinois-Chicago: "The lightning injury rate in the U.S. is down but lightning injuries and deaths remain high in tropical and sub-tropical countries. What is being done to change this?"
Ed Fenelon, Meteorologist in Charge, NWS Chicago: "Rip Currents: Killers on the Great Lakes, but what are they and what do you do when they strike?"
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