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Spring Training 2025
Saturday, March 1, 10am-7pm CT

In partnership with COMET/MetEd & sponsored by the
American Meteorological Society

Start your storm chasing adventure here:

Welcome to the annual Spring Training 2025 event!

 

Spring Training offers foundational, operational and accessible information and training material for storm chasers at all levels - from those who want to begin their chase education or brush up on the basics, to more advanced chasers wanting to learn more in-depth about specialized topics. Just like in baseball, we gather every spring to shake off the rust, refresh our skills, and get ready to hit a home run.

Spring Training speakers are experts within their fields, and the training is an opportunity to learn from them in-depth, in addition to offering interactive opportunities to ask questions and chat with chasing veterans.

This event will always be held virtually and remain affordable; Girls Who Chase is a global community and we believe strongly in making science and learning accessible to everyone without the constraints of travel or financial hardship.

SESSIONS

We incorporate three different session types into our Spring Training event:

  • Presentations: You'll gain knowledge on a variety of topics relevant to developing skills in storm chasing and forecasting.

  • Interactive panels: You'll have the chance to connect with chasing and meteorology experts in a facilitated Q&A session.

  • NEW IN 2025 - Networking rooms: Connect with other chasers and weather enthusiasts in your region in a lightly facilitated conversation over lunch.

SCHEDULE*

Detailed schedule (all times in CT):
Most sessions have 10-minute breaks in between, with a (NEW!) optional networking session over lunch

10:00am Event kickoff
10:15 Skip Talbot: Strategies For Safe & Successful Storm Chasing (entry-level)

11:55 ROOM 1 Lee-ann Simpson: Nowcasting Using Satellite Data (entry-level)

11:55 ROOM 2 Robin Tanamachi: Radar Interpretation For Storm Chasing (intermediate/advanced level)

1:20pm Lunch OR Networking room
2:15 John Sirlin: Take It To The Field: How to Prepare to Storm Chase (entry-level)
3:25 Raychel Sanner: Pulling It All Together With a Chase Case Study (entry/intermediate-level)

4:50 PANEL 1: Careers in Weather/Meteorology (Kathryn Prociv, Chelsea Burnett, Emily Sutton, Mayra Oyola-Merced)

5:55 PANEL 2: Field Research & Extreme Weather Chasing (Karen Kosiba, Robin Tanamachi, Melanie Metz, Brandy Carlos)

6:55 Event close/evaluations
 

*Please note all times/topics/speakers are subject to change

TO ACCESS THE EVENT


A join/streaming link for this event will be sent to registrants via the email used to register on Eventbrite approximately 48 hours prior to event start, and again the morning of the event. The event will go live promptly at 10:00am CT on March 1, at the link you provided.
 

All presentations and panels will be recorded and made permanently available to registrants - so if you can't make it, you can check 'em out after the fact (and watch as many times as you want). We will distribute the link to the recordings via email to all registrants shortly after the event has ended (typically within 8-10 business days to allow us time to produce and upload).

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

*To read the full bio, click on a speaker's image

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS!

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EVENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS

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THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCTION PARTNER!

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Check out prior Spring Training events and
add to your education library!

Spring Training is designed to become a library of complementary resources. Each year, experts present on topics relevant to storm chasing for chasers at any level. The topics and speakers change as we piece together the puzzle of forecasting, technical resources such as radar and satellite, chase strategy and positioning, and more from a variety of angles and technical specificity. You can attend Spring Training annually and keep learning!

  • Spring Training 2024: Storm Structure & Chasing Basics; How to Read Radar; Safely Responding to a Natural Disaster; Positioning for Safe & Successful Chasing; Chase Case Study; Soundings & Hodographs; Lightning Photography

  • Spring Training 2023: Forecasting 101; Intro to Radar & Satellite; Chasing Safety; Video Brokering; Intro to the SPC/NWS; Intro to the Monsoon

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