Six students from the University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science program, along with Associate Director of the School of Sciences Dr. Todd Murphy, attended the 104th American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD from January 27 – February 1, 2024. The AMS Annual Meeting is the largest meeting with a direct focus on weather, water, and climate, with thousands of people in attendance, taking part in more than 40 scientific conferences and symposia. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Living in a Changing Environment”.
University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science Assistant Professor Dr. Todd Murphy and four students left campus Monday, March 21, to collect data on an approaching storm system. Murphy was awarded a PERiLS grant of $276,000 to study how tornadoes form from squall lines. Atmospheric Science students participating in the field mission are Emily Allen, Haniston Holloway, Isaiah Montgomery, and Jacob Zeringue.
March has been a quiet month, weather-wise, until Monday, March 21. A line of severe weather stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico is marching east and expected to set up camp in Northeast Louisiana later today. The National Weather Service forecasts threats of heavy rain and flooding, hail, high winds, and tornadoes. It’s a scenario that University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science Assistant Professor Todd Murphy, Ph.D., knows well. And he and atmospheric science students Emily Allen, Haniston Holloway, Isaiah Montgomery, and Jacob Zeringue are ready.