Past Activities

2026

Fairbanks North Star Borough Youth Safety Day, April 2026

NWS partners attended outreach event to inform youth about summer hazards and meteorological events.

Science Olympiad, March 2026

Our chapter created questions, administered, and judged the meteorology section of the 2026 Science Olympiad competition.

Guest Climate 101 Lecture, February 2026

Guest lecture for English Second Language classes at UAF on as Climate and Alaska experts.

Science Night, February 2026

NWS Partners attended local Fairbanks school's 'Science Night' to engage youth on weather!

Earth System Sciences Symposium, February 2026

Atmospheric Science students presented their research at the second annual ESS Symposium.

National Weather Service Office Tour, January 2026

A tour of the Fairbanks National Weather Service Office, allowing students and researchers to better understand NWS forecasting operations.

AMS Conference, January 2026

Our AMS chapter has continued its representation at this year's conference in Houston, Texas. We got 2nd place in this year's poster competition!

2025

Tour of Eielson Air Force Base, August 2025

As part of our collaboration with military forecasters, we visited Eielson Air Force Base, where we explored their meteorological facilities and learned how they support weather forecasting operations.

Tour of Fort Wainwright

We collaborated with local military forecasters and had the opportunity to tour Fort Wainwright, gaining insight into the weather operations conducted on base.

NOAA Coastwatch Annual Meeting

Attended the Annual meeting hosted at UAF, with tours of GI Overview, Wilson Alaska Technical Center, GINA, ASF, Alaska Earthquake Center, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Cripple Creek and Happy Creek salmon restoration sites, use of GLOBE Observer App, IARC, and Fisheries!

Arctic Research Open House, May 2025

Informing the public on summer weather safety with Weather Jeopardy. Joint collaboration between NWS Fairbanks and our AMS Chapter table duing UAF's Research Open House!

Alaska Science Olympiad, March 2025

Our club created and administered the meteorology sections, guiding students to use scientific process skills—both qualitative and quantitative—to analyze climatological data, graphs, charts, and images in order to understand the factors influencing world climate and climate change.

Climate 101 Guest Lecture, February 2025

Guest lecture for English Second Language classes at UAF on as Climate and Alaska experts.

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