Schedule Of Events

Tentative - Subject to Change - Last updated - March 15, 2010

Main Auditorium

Time Event
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Storm Videos -
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Vince Miller, "Prairiescapes: Photographing the Weather and Scenery of the Great Plains"
10:00 AM Weather Balloon Launch Outside (Weather Permitting)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Jack Williams, "The Ultimate Guide to America's Weather"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM T.V. Weathercasters "Helping to Keep Us Safe"  Weathercasters and the Public Q&A
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Storm Videos
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Visit the CPSWS/Weatherfest Tent (meet the weathercasters and have some lunch!).
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Greg Carbin, "Top Ten Weather Events of the Past Ten Years"
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Spotter Recognition and Official Proclamations
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Scott Blair, "Tornadoes Impacting Interstates:   stay in your car or head to the ditch?"
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Barb Mayes, "Nebraska Severe Weather, 2009 and Looking Ahead to 2010"
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Brian Smith, "2010: The Year Spotters Make Contact", Storm Spotter Training (open to the public)
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Reynolds Davis, Storm Spotter Polices and Procedures

Digital Photography Classroom Room 163 - (near the northeast lobby)

Time Event
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM "Creating a Memory: The Recipe for Digital Photography" - Jeremy Bower
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM "Nature Photography" - Ken Plank
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

"Prairiescapes Photo Tours: Weather and Scenery Photography" - Vince Miller
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Experiments in Photography from a Team Approach", Deb and Carl Danielson
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM "Camera Exposure Control for any Environment", Brett and Randy Hampton
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Stormy Pursuit: A Decade of Dedication to the Life of Storm Photography" - Jeremy Bower
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM "Photographing Lightning and Tornadoes" - Tim Placek
 

Digital Photography Classroom - Room 142

Time RM 141
11:00 AM - NOON "Lightroom 2, Photo Editing and Storage" - Kelly Clark
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Break - View the Hall Photo Displays and visit the CPSWS/Weatherfest Tent

    

Storm Theater Classroom - Room 141

Time RM 141
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Storm Chasing with UNL Student Sean McMullin
11:00 AM - NOON Storm Chasing with UNL Student Sean McMullin
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Break - View the Hall Photo Displays and visit the CPSWS/Weatherfest Tent
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Storm Chasing with UNL Student Sean McMullin
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Storm Chasing with UNL Student Sean McMullin

 

Local Television Weathercasters - Auditorium AND CPSWS and Weatherfest tent

Time Event
11:00 AM - NOON "Helping to Keep Us Safe - Weathercast and Public Q& A - AUDITORIUM
NOON - 1:30 PM Lincoln and Omaha Weathercasters will be present to meet the public - CPSWS & Weatherfest Tent

 

Weatherfest Activities (2nd Floor Hardin Hall):  All day, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

“Be Weather Wise with Weather Whys” 
“Clouds All Around Us” 
"Discover Geography"
"Lore of the Tree Rings"
"Girl Scout Weather Badge" Homestead Girls Scout Council
“Picture Yourself in the Storm” 
“Tornado Generator”
"Weather and Climate Hit or Myth "