The 2024 CIMSS Weather Camp will take place July 22nd -26th.
This is a week-long online event for high school students who are passionate about meteorology.
This years camp is FULL- please check back in Februray 2025 for next summers Weather Camp.
| Time (CDT) |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
11:30am |
Meet & greet |
Daily Weather Map Discussion |
Daily Weather Map Discussion |
Daily Weather Map Discussion |
Forecast Results and Analysis |
12:30 |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
1 – 4pm |
- Meteorology 101
- Weather Jobs Guest Speaker
- Intro to Satellite Meteorology
- WxSats 3D visulaization demo
- Accessing weather data on the Internet
- Introduce forecast challenge and Friday's student presentations
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- Climate Change
- Weather Jobs Guest Speaker
- Sea Level Rise and Ice Sheets
- Arctic Sea Ice: Changes and Impacts
- Projects underway to slow or halt Climate Change
- En-ROADS Climate Decision Activity
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- Tropical Cyclones
- Weather Jobs Guest Speaker
- Investigating Hurricanes with AI
- Forecasting severe weather with assist from AI
- Storm Chasing
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- Thunderstorms, Tornados and Derechos
- Weather Jobs Guest Speaker
- Winter Storms
- Satellite Virtual Science Fairs
- Q&A for student projects & forecasts
- Friday Forecasts due by 6pm
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- Students Present
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Each student will have ~2 minutes to showcase their favorite weather using tools
from this weather camp
- GRADUATION
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Participation is limted to the first fifty High School students who apply. The entire course will take place via ZOOM so computer and Internet access are requisite resources. The cost is $200 and this is non-refundable. If your plans change your payment will go into our scholarship fund. If you need finacial assistance we will have a limited number of partial scholarships based on need.
