Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jon Rizzo shows visiting German students the risk Florida faces from hurricanes in the Key West, FL, Weather Forecast Office's (WFO's) operations room recently. 18 students and 2 teachers from Germany visited WFO Key West. WFO Staff showed the students the role of a local NWS forecast office and described the observing tools used in assessing and forecasting hurricanes. Photo by Meteorologist Intern Jim Lee.

At the opening ceremony of the American Meteorological Society's WeatherFest in San Diego, CA, last month, Met Intern Phil Gonsalves launches an upper air balloon to start the festivities. Flanking Gonsalves in the picture are WFO San Diego MIC Jim Purpura (wearing suit), and Electronics Technician Scott Brookshaw. Photo by Mark Moede, Lead Forecaster, WFO San Diego.

WFO San Diego's Information Technology Officer Michael Khuat (left) and Warning Coordination Meteorologist Ed Clark help staff the NOAA's NWS booth at WeatherFest. Over 1,500 people attended the four-hour AMS event. Photo by Mark Moede, Lead Forecaster, WFO San Diego.

State College, PA, Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Cooperative Program Manager Paul Head (left, red shirt) explains how to measure water equivalents to Penn State students. This instruction is part of a meteorology course taught collaboratively by WFO State College and the Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center. The course covers a wide variety of operational hydrological and meteorological topics. This hands-on experience provides the students with an introduction to the operations and mission of NOAA's NWS. Photo by Kevin Lipton, WFO State College Forecaster and course coordinator.

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