Schedule Of Events

Tentative - Subject to Change

Last updated - March 26, 2009

Main Auditorium

Time	Event
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Storm Videos - Storms of 2008
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Mike Umscheid, "Photographing Storms on the Plains"
10:00 AM	Weather Balloon Launch Outside (Weather Permitting)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Randy Cerveny, "Freaks of the Storm: Strangest True Weather Stories"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Joe Schaefer, "U.S. Tornadoes During the Past 12 Months"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Adam Houston, "Using An Unmanned Aircraft to Probe Tornadoes"
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Spotter Recognition
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Barb Mayes, "The Anatomy of Two Violent June 2008 Storms in Eastern Nebraska"
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Brian Smith, "Any Wind Can Kill", Spotter Training
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Reynolds Davis, Storm Spotter Polices and Procedures

"Photography Basics" Workshops -Room 163 - (near the northeast lobby)

Time	Event
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	"Beginning Digital Photography: Tips and Techniques",  Brett Hampton
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	"Digital Photography Exposure Controls":  Randy Hampton
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	"Storm Chase Photography":  Tim Placek, Jeremy Bower
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	"What To Do To Take a Good Picture":   Jim Budka
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	"Beginning Digital Camera: Buying the Right Equipment",  Jeremy Bower, Jenna Schulte
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	"Open Forum, Photography Q&A" Sponsored by the Lincoln Camera Club

Storm Theater Classrooms - Rooms 141, 142 (Shown continuously all day)

Time	RM 141	RM 142
10:00 AM - 5 PM	Storms of 2008	Storms of 2008

 

Local Television Weathercasters - Room 209 (2nd Floor near the Weatherfest)

Time	Event
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Lincoln and Omaha Weathercasters will be present to meet the public

 

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

“Be Weather Wise with Weather Whys”

"Hit or Myth "

“Hail to You”

“Observing the Weather”

“Clouds All Around Us”

“Drought is Not a Dry Subject ”

“Picture Yourself in the Storm”