Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research & Operations

That's a wrap for us at the National Weather Festival. Weather affects us all, and thanks for letting us share some severe-weather science and our research methods with you! #NWF2024

Lightning trivia is happening on the 2nd floor of the National Weather Center during the National Weather Festival. Do you know ... How hot can a lightning get? A: Hot, but not hotter than a summer day OR B. Really hot, but not hot enough to melt metal OR C. Super really hot, like hotter than the surface of the sun #NWF2024 Answer is in the comments.

Our UAS are in flight, with researchers explaining how these drones as specially equipped to help measure atmospheric conditions more precisely than other methods. Come see us at the National Weather Festival on the southeast side of the National Weather Center parking lot until 2 pm. #NWF2024

Dear junior weather fanatic with the "this kid loves tornadoes" t-shirt: We loved meeting you, and we love studying tornadoes too! Hope you enjoyed issuing your own mock warning with the Warning Decision Training Division Team at the National Weather Center's National Weather Festival. #NWF2024

Today is the day! We're talking about lightning, atmospheric pressure, severe weather safety, hail and UAS weather drones at the National Weather Festival at the National Weather Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. #NWF2024

We visited the Norman High School career fair to talk to students about severe weather research. We asked them to take a stab at guessing which states receive the most hail. They had lots of great ideas! Most were surprised to learn hail is a special phenomenon in Oklahoma.

It was a delightful time of sharing and learning at the Workshop on Science, Predictability, Operations, Preparation & Response for High Impact Weather at University at Albany, one of our valuable consortium partners.

Watch researcher Steve Martinaitis talk to KWTV News9: “Flash flooding is on average the most deadliest and most costly hazard we have in the United States." University of Oklahoma NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration https://lnkd.in/gwx7q8RU

Steve Martinaitis spoke to The Norman Transcript about $4.5 million in new federal funding: “(The funding) gives us the opportunity to advance our infrastructure on how to better position ourselves to bring in new data sets, sources, how best to leverage those data sources and to create new science that allows us to improve the precipitation estimation products that we generate.” https://bit.ly/3ZT8wq4

Dean Meyer, a researcher on our MRMS Stormscale Hydrometeorology team, explains how precipitation estimation and its frequency through hydrological modeling can save lives and property in this KFOR Oklahoma's News 4 interview: https://lnkd.in/gw_Q5h68