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Valparaiso, IN
Joined August 2011
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📡Today, we have a mystery radar echo for you coming from Albuquerque, NM!
🖱️Respond in the replies what feature you think is causing the echoes and we'll let you know if you're right.
📨Feel free to submit fascinating echoes to us for next month's mystery echo as well!
Students spent yesterday at InterMet in Grand Rapids, MI. We heard about the company, saw the assembly floor, had a demonstration on how radiosondes are put together, launched a weather balloon, and saw a CopterSonde flight! Thank you to iMet for coordinating this visit! 🎈
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We’re starting a series of posts highlighting radar tools, research, resources, and members of the AMS Radar STAC! We’re always looking to highlight new tools, research, and people. If you have something you’d like to share or would like to be featured, please reach out!
We were delighted to have alums at hoco 2 weeks ago! It was great to see you all connect with current students and to hear where you are at now. And congrats to the class of 2016 on their 10 year reunion - it's hard to believe it's been that long! Please keep in touch 💛🤎
38 students in Introduction to Meteorology launched a weather balloon this morning 🎈Although there was light rain at the time of launch, students learned a lot and did a great job getting the balloon up quickly! When did you last launch a weather balloon? 👀👇
2 rising MET seniors and 1 recent grad presented their undergrad research at the 32nd Conference on Severe Local Storms at the #AMSMadisonSummit this August! From modeling supercells to analyzing radar data, students developed critical research skills this summer. Congrats 🎉
We are so proud of you, Daniel! Check out his story and time in Antarctica! 👇
From @valpoweather classrooms to forecasting at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, Daniel Murphy ’24 has taken his passion for weather to some of Earth’s most extreme conditions. See how he turned curiosity, Esports, and hands-on learning into a career: bit.ly/valpodanielmurphy
ALT Valpo alumnus Daniel Murphy ’24 stands beside weather-monitoring equipment in the snowy landscape near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
ALT Valpo alumnus Daniel Murphy ’24 smiles for a portrait while wearing a Valpo Esports jersey over a black hoodie.
ALT Valpo alumnus and operational meteorologist Daniel Murphy ’24 smiles for a professional headshot while wearing a navy suit and patterned tie.
ALT Valparaiso University meteorology alumnus Daniel Murphy ’24 smiles while working on a laptop at a campus desk and wearing a gold Valpo hoodie.
Special sounding launched at 22Z . Not surprised by the inversion above the surface with convection that rolled through about 1 hour prior (current T and Td are 80degF and 72) but definitely some strong winds and shear in the low levels! Stay weather aware tonight!
Congrats to the newly minted VU geoscientists! Whether you are off to the NWS, a broadcasting job, graduate school, educating K-12 students, or still figuring it out, we are so proud of you! We can't wait to see where you go, and you will always have a place here 🤎💛
Definitely forgot to post but here is a 19Z sounding launched from Albion, NE. The date is incorrect but time and data are correct. Technical difficulties delayed launch time, but that is field work!
Day 5 | Liberal, KS → Abilene, TX
We spent the morning setting up to see some panhandle magic around Post, TX, before chasing our cell to our stop for the night. We saw some epic landspouts and a rotating wall cloud, while also getting to see turbulence above us in real time.
Day 4 | Tucumcari, NM → Liberal, KS
We observed convective initiation, cell interactions, and upscale growth into a squall line in SE Colorado into Kansas. Plus, we saw some landspouts!
Day 3 | Wichita Falls, TX → Tucumcari, NM
We made our way into New Mexico, where we set up shop in the Carlsbad Area! We watched some cells develop over the Guadalupe Mountains and saw some good rain before heading to Roswell to Alien Chase for dinner.
Day 2 | Hiawatha, KS →
Wichita Falls, TX
We toured the National Weather Center and saw RaXPol on our way south for chasing Wednesday. Huge thank you to OU graduate student Robby Frost and VU alum Cameron Nixon for showing us around!
Day 1 | Valparaiso, IN → Hiawatha, KS
1st day of MET385 was eventful! Started early at 5am. Drove a total of 727 mi, saw lots of lightning, a few wall clouds, and witnessed upscale growth! After a long day of chasing, we had a team dinner and ran into fellow VU student, Joel!
Congratulations to our senior geography, meteorology, and environmental science award winners! We are so proud of you! 🎉🌎🧭⛈️
Geography: Korbin Opfer
Meteorology: Hannah Kostka
Environmental Science: Emma Depa
MET/GEO majors presented their UG research projects at SORCE! A big congrats to Eli Conklin and Evan Gustafson for receiving 1st prize for UG posters for their work titled "Evaluating Impact-Based Warning Guidelines for Tornado Emergency Issuance". You all make us so proud! 🤎💛
