Reflections on 41 years in Weather

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Reflections on 41 years in Weather
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1965 thru 2006Weve Come a Long Long Way!!

• Air Weather Service Universal Weather The
  National Weather Service-
• The Future

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The early years.
P-3 Chanute AFB
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P-3 USAF Observer Forecaster School
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High Wycombe Air Station
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• AWN Developed. For the first time we moved
  weather information globally via microwave and
  land line.
• Tinker AFB, OK, Offutt AFB, NE, High Wycombe Air
  Station, England, Fuchu Air Station, Japan.

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Weather Birds
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All Expenses Paid Vacation in Sunny Southeast
Asia!!
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Maxwell AFB
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Weather Radar
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Camille
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AFGWC
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6 May, 1975
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1982
Norfolk, NE
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1984
Dodge City
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The Future!

• This was a 41 year journey. Where will you be 41
  years from now??

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What will forecasters be doing?? What equipment
will they use?
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And Finally, the secret to the perfect forecast!!
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Old Fts Advice

• Read Read Read Read. You are like a
  doctor!
• Do extensive diagnosis! (Dont trust the machines
  entirely!)
• Dont take it home with you! There are other
  things in life more important.
• They dont pay you to worry! They pay you to
  know WHEN to worry!

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