The Schedule

10:00 AM     Live: Kickoff for Virtual Rocket City Weather Fest

Welcome to our second virtual Rocket City Weather Fest! Listen to a weather briefing for today provided by UAH undergraduate student, Cheneal Wimberley. This was presented live on Zoom.

10:15 AM     Live: Summer Research Presentation

Mariama Feaster (2nd year graduate student) will present about her summer research internship at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. This was presented live on Zoom.

10:30 AM     Live: NASA SERVIR Presentation

Brent Roberts will present about his research completed with the NASA SERVIR group at UAH. This was presented live on Zoom.

10:45 AM     Live: Tour of SWIRLL

Join us for a live tour of our Severe Weather Institute - Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) building. See the recording on our Facebook Page.

11:00 AM     Live: UPSTORM Weather Balloon Launch

Check out our first of two weather balloon launches planned for the day! See the recording on our Facebook Page.

11:15 AM     Live: MIPS and MAX in Operation

See our Mobile Integrated Profiling System and Mobile Alabama X-band radar in action and learn about their importance for research here at UAH. See the recording on our Facebook Page.

11:30 AM     Live: Historical Tornado Trends in North Alabama

Emily Dobbs from Baron Services will present live on Zoom about historical tornado trends in north Alabama. This was presented live on Zoom.

11:45 AM     Live: Weather Experiments

Join us live on Zoom for weather-themed experiments and check out the Experiments page for more details on how you can do these experiments yourself. This was presented live on Zoom.

12:00 PM     Live: Weather Tic-Tac-Toe

Join us live on Zoom for a weather-themed tic-tac-toe game! This was presented live on Zoom.

12:30 PM     Live: Weather Kahoot!

Join us live on Zoom for weather-themed Kahoot! This was presented live on Zoom.

1:00 PM     Live: Local Preparedness Efforts

Chris Reed, Emergency Management Officer with the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency, will deliver a live presentation about preparedness. This was presented live on Zoom.

1:30 PM     Live: Q/A for Huntsville-Madison County EMA

After the presentation, bring your questions for the Huntsville-Madison County EMA. This was presented live on Zoom.

1:45 PM     Live: Visualizing Huntsville Air Sources for 2021

Did you know our wintertime air can originate from near the North Pole? Senior undergraduate student, Todd McKinney, will present live on Zoom about the various sources of air in the Huntsville area during 2021.

2:00 PM     Live: SWIRLL Tour

Join us for a live tour of the UAH Severe Weather Institute - Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) building. This was presented live on Zoom.

2:15 PM     Live: UPSTORM Weather Balloon Launch

Check out our second weather balloon launch taken from the field! See the recording on our Facebook Page.

2:30 PM          Live: M3V and RaDAPS in Operation

See our Mobile Meteorological Mesonet Vehicle and Rapidly Deployable Profiling System in action and learn about their importance for research here at UAH. See the recording on our Facebook Page.

2:45 PM         Live: Q/A About UAH Research Vehicles

Bring your questions about our weather research activities at UAH. From hurricanes to snow squalls, we investigate a variety of weather! This was presented live on Zoom.

3:00 PM         Live: Online Skywarn Spotter Training

The National Weather Service in Huntsville will be delivering a Skywarn Spotter training for the public! This training was presented live on GoToWebinar.

3:15 PM         Pre-recorded NASA EarthKAM Video

Join us on Zoom to learn about the NASA Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students (EarthKAM) program! This was presented live on Zoom.

3:30 PM         Live: Weather Tic-Tac-Toe

If you would rather not attend the Skywarn Spotter training or have kids who would like to play some games, join us on Zoom for a weather-themed tic-tac-toe game! 

3:45 PM         Live: Weather Kahoot!

Continue the fun with weather-themed Kahoot on Zoom!

4:00 PM         Live: Rocket City Weather Fest Trivia Kahoot!

Continue the fun with weather-themed Kahoot on Zoom!

5:00 PM     Live: Concluding Rocket City Weather Fest 2022

Once the Skywarn Spotter training has finished, we will conclude Rocket City Weather Fest 2022. This was presented live on Zoom.