Ball State Storm Chasers

04/16/2018

Hello Chasers!
Meeting this Thursday in CL464 at 7PM. We will be electing new officers for the 2018-2019 school year. If interested in running for office, please check your emails to see all the details and information on how to run for office next year.

04/02/2018

Hello Chasers,
I sent an email today in regards to t-shirts, 2018-2019 elections and tomorrows severe weather.

03/27/2018

Next meeting:
The next meeting will be March 27th at 7 PM in CL464. We will talk about elections and do a case study where we will bring everything that we talk about this year together and give you the opportunity to forecast where you think severe weather might occur.

Elections:
Information about elections at next meeting. Many positions will be opening up for next year. I will go over the roles for each position and let you know what you need to do to apply.

T-shirts:
The t-shirts are being printed. I believe they will be done either by the end of this week or early next week. We will discuss more on that come tomorrow.

02/20/2018

Marcus Bailey, Meteorologist at WISH-TV and a Ball State alum, is coming to visit tomorrow. He will talk with you about his career, advice, and will be available to answer any questions.

This will take place this Wednesday, February 21 at 6 PM in CL 464.

01/23/2018

Hello, Chasers!
Just a reminder about this weeks meeting.

Our next meeting will be this Thursday the 25th at 7:00 PM in CL464. This week we will look at severe weather parameters and let you get some forecasting experience. Also, we talk about the up and coming conferences. If you can not make the meeting let me know if you are interested in any of the conferences.

Conferences:
1) The Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium is coming up in March. Registration has already begun and is $20 for students until the end of the month. After the end of the month, registration will be $25 for students. This includes parking and lunch. I highly recommend attending and I will be able to take people with me. If you don't have a ride and are wanting to go, message me back ASAP and we can work something out. Dr. Call our Faculty Advisor for the Storm Chase Team will be presenting at this year's symposium, along with meteorologist from NWS IND, Dr. Dan Dawson, James Spann (well known/respected Broadcast Meteorologist), and a few others.

For more information: https://www.weather.gov/ind/2018CISWS

2) Conference #2 Iowa Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference is also coming up at the end of March. This is by far my favorite conferences to go to. This year Dr. Josh Warman, Bill Reed, and a few others will be speaking at this year's conference. This is still in the works as I still got to talk to Dr. Hitchens on getting details of how we want to split hotel costs, NWA members get a discount for the conference, university van transportation and other stuff regarding the conference. We will hold a meeting with the BSU Weather Society sometime soon with all the information and costs of going to this 3-day conference.

For more information:http://www.iowa-nwa.com/conference/

***I have not ordered T-shirts yet. I received a few emails from people who still want to bring me money for a t-shirt. Please bring it to me before the end of the month. I will order shirts the first week of February. I am also missing shirt sized for a few people. I will contact them soon on getting the needed information. I attached the front and back of this year's t-shirt designs for anyone who is interested in still purchasing t-shirts. The cost is $20 this is for both the shirt and membership.***

11/29/2017

Storm Chase Team meeting tonight at Bdubs on E McGalliard Rd. Muncie, IN. We plan to meet around 5:30 PM at Bdubs.

Please answer the poll below so I know how many of you are going to show up.
http://www.strawpoll.me/14507030/r

Lastly, we are still voting on T-shirt designs. I sent out an email yesterday with the poll and designs embedded. Please vote and if you are wanting a shirt, give me the money before Christmas Break.

10/26/2017

Storm Chase Team meeting this Thursday in CL 464 at 7:15pm. Please refer to our last post on the details of tomorrows meeting.

10/19/2017

Storm Chase meeting next Thursday in CL 464 at 7:15PM. We will talk about storm chasing ethics and safety.

After this meeting we would like to start getting everyone certified as a Skywarn Spotter, this is one of the requirements needed to be able to chase with us whenever we get an active period of severe weather. If you would like you can go ahead and do the training online, the link is provided below. This would be something we would take time to do the meeting after this one. All I need is a copy of the certificate at the end of the training. You can either print it out and drop it off in the MetLab or send it to our email or wait for the next meeting when we do the training.

If you have done the Skywarn Training provided by the NWS then you do not need to take this training course online. I will just need to verify your training.

T-Shirts: I will start making graphics within the next week or so and we will vote on the graphics that I have made.

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23

Thanks,
James Longwith
BSU Storm Chase Team Director

MetEd: Teaching and Training Resources for the Geoscience Community

09/28/2017

Storm Chase Team meeting tomorrow in CL464 at 7Pm. It should be an interesting meeting for those who have not taken a meteorology class before, learning about the basics of the atmosphere. See you all there.