2018 National Tropical Weather Conference

[wxman57]

Overnight ECMWF is even warmer - lows in the low 70s and highs in the mid 80s.

[srainhoutx]

That's more to my liking, wxman57! Keep those warm temperatures in your forecast and I won't need to pack a jacket... One week from today 8 of us that are Members/Pro Mets/Staff of our KHOU Weather Forum will travel to S Padre Island. Next Tuesday evening the 2018 National Tropical Weather Conference kicks off with a Welcome Reception and a chance to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. Wednesday morning starts 3 long days of intense Conference Presentations/Discussions. This year we are very fortunate to have the most KHOU Weather Forum Members attending/presenting/participating we've ever had. We intend to share a lot of information and knowledge gained as well as pictures on our KHOU Weather Forum and our Social Media Feeds. All of us our honored to represent our Weather Community and our SE Texas Neighbors and beyond at this fantastic Conference.

[srainhoutx]

Very Well Deserved! Congratulations Jeff!

Hurricane Conference‏ @HurricaneCon · 1m1 minute ago
We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2018 William Gray Award is Jeffry Linder, meteorologist for the Harris County Flood District. @robgalb @PRGuyRich @usaa @JeffLindner1

[srainhoutx]

The 2018 National Tropical Weather Conference will be streaming live from S Padre Island this week. Follow along with those of us attending. We now have 9 Members/Pro Mets attending/Presenting at Conference this years which is an amazing representation from our KHOU Weather Forum and that does not include Dr. Neil Frank and Bill Read (Former NHC Directors) that live in SE Texas and support our efforts very strongly!

Hurricane Conference‏ @HurricaneCon · 17h17 hours ago
Can't join @robgalb and @PRGuyRich for @HurricaneCon on @SouthPadreTexas next week? Catch up on what you are missing with our LIVE stream. Presented by @USAA. @abcnews @CBSNews @NBCNews @CNN @CNNweather @AP @TWCBreaking

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[srainhoutx]

Greetings from S Padre Island. Wxman57, KatDaddy, Jeff, Blake Mathews, Mark Suddeth, Josh Morgerman, vbhoutex and myself all arrived safely yesterday/late last night to attend/present at the 2018 National Tropical Weather Conference. Starting today by following the link in the above post, you can follow online via Facebook Live streaming of the Conference. We will be updating through out the week and posting pictures as well.

There are just shy of 100 participants this year with attendees stretching from Hawaii to Porta Rico. All living past former Directors from Dr. Neil Frank, Max Mayfield, Bill Read, Dr. Rick Knabb to a current New Director of the National Hurricane Center, Ken Graham are here as well as Dr. Louis Ucillini Director of the National Weather Service. 3 very full days packed with a tremendous amount of information will kick of at 8:30 AM CDT this morning. We hope you can join us virtually via Facebook Live and enjoy the Conference!

https://www.facebook.com/NTWC2018/video ... 571347534/

[tireman4]

Have a great time. We will try to the hold the fort down for you all while you are gone...

[tireman4]

NTWC

[tireman4]

http://www.hurricanecenterlive.com/schedule.html

[wxman57]

Cold and rainy here on S. Padre Island this afternoon. About 68 degrees, windy, and raining as of 3pm.

[srainhoutx]

Good morning from a warmer and partly cloudy S Padre Island. The Conference kicks off the morning with Facebook Live coverage of Dr. Phil Kltzbach and Colorado State University giving their 2018 Early Hurricane Seasonal Forecast at 9:00 AM CDT. I want to remind everyone that the Seasonal Outlooks tend to be first thoughts regarding Hemispheric and Atmospheric conditions EXPECTED when Hurricane Season begins and what those conditions may be during the peak season months of August, September and October. Remember as these Hurricane Seasonal Outlooks begin to be released and with seasonal updates as we get closer to the start of Hurricane Season 2018, it only takes one to make for a very bad Season!

[tireman4]

From Srain's Facebook page...

[unome]

seeing Jeff Lindner get the award was pretty awesome - kudos Jeff !

https://www.facebook.com/NTWC2018/video ... 481056843/

[srainhoutx]

The Back Corner Table at #NTWC2018. The tradition of seating ourselves in the back corner of the Conference Room continued this year!

[srainhoutx]

SE Texas contingent at the 2018 National Tropical Weather Conference...

[srainhoutx]

SE Texas/Victoria/Corpus Christi Harvey Media Panel. Blake Mathews shared his experience and video as Harvey Flood waters begin to rise at the KHOU Allen Pkwy Studios and the point when David Paul made the call for a helicopter recue from the roof to evacuate as flood waters were approaching the second story. Water eventually reached 7 ft inside the TV Station.

[srainhoutx]

Good friends and very big supporters of our KHOU Weather Forum and all we do to provide factual and accurate information when weather worries come our way. Two SE Texas Former National Hurricane Center Directors Dr. Neil Frank and Bill Read. It is truly an honor to call these Giants in the Weather World my friends.

[jasons2k]

Can’t see any of the photos

[srainhoutx]

Can’t see any of the photos

All are now downloaded to my computer and visible!

[jasons2k]

Thank you - I need to go next year and represent Storm2k..

[Katdaddy]

2018 NTWC. A group photo of David Van Bergen who owns the Storm2k (S2K) forum, HurricaneTrack.com Mark Sudduth, Srain, and tropical cyclone chaser iCyclone Josh Morgerman.