Because there are only 20-25 of us, we have the opportunity to learn and interact one-on-one with some of the nations leading scientists and meteorological experts in their fields. At other professional weather conferences like the AMS or NWA, the groups are so large that each presenter only has 10-20 minutes to share the latest on their topic or research. It can often be intimidating to ask questions and really get the information you are looking for with 500-600 people in the room. Not here, each expert/presenter spends at least 11/2-2 hours sharing with us the details of their research and then we have lots of time to ask questions and share in some often “spirited” conversation.

 

The main theme this year is Climate Change. We are also recapping the 2008 hurricane and tornado seasons. On the schedule are experts like Dr. Neil Frank (former Director of the National Hurricane Center) and Dr. Howie Bluestein with the University of Oklahoma. He is one of the nations leading tornado researchers.

 

Of course, Steamboat loves to have us here too because we all do live shots for our viewers back home. And now with new technology  being introduced at the conference this year, we are able to stream video from our sessions LIVE.

 

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Thursday I will be live from Steamboat during our 4 p.m. newscast, sharing some interesting tidbits from the conference. So I hope you’ll tune in.

 

Just in case you were wondering….there’s a 40″ base on the mountain. 

 

It’s been sunny and in the upper 20′s, so the snow is packed. The good news, lot’s of new snow in the forecast by the end of the week. Powder, Baby!