Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

2025 NWS Weather Prediction Center Team Peer Awards

Profiles
Headshot of James Correia Jr
Headshot of Noah Brauer
Headshot of Sarah Trojniak
People
Austin Coleman, Dana Tobin, Erica Bower, James Correia Jr, Noah Brauer, Sarah Trojniak, William Bartolini
Year Awarded
2025
Type
Other
Affiliation
WPC
Geography
NOAA

Austin Coleman: For aiding the HMT team by volunteering to be either a Weather Prediction Center (WPC) Forecaster or DTB Helper for more than one of the experiments held from summer of 2024 to spring of 2025.

Dana Tobin: For upgrading the entire Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI) coding structure to an extremely efficient and scientifically correct system.

Erica Bower: For volunteering their time to supervise Lapenta interns and educating the next generation of scientists

James Correia Jr: 

  • For excellent work leading Precipitation Extremes from Atmospheric Rivers (PEAR), Winter Weather Experiment (WWE), and Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFAIR) throughout the year. Not only do these experiments allow for improved partnerships and collaboration between WPC and our partners, but also improves WPC FOB understanding of new forecast tools, including AI models.
  • For conducting 3 seminar series, 4 experiments, organizing 3 focus groups, and contributing in unique ways to the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS), Atmospheric River Analysis and Forecast System (AR-AFS), MPAS, and funded project science developments over the last year. They have built, managed, and maintained numerous open web resources, data flows, and unique data viewers that indirectly support WPCs mission.

Noah Brauer, Sarah Trojniak, and William Bartolini: For conducting 3 seminar series, 4 experiments, organizing 3 focus groups, and contributing in unique ways to the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS), Atmospheric River Analysis and Forecast System (AR-AFS), MPAS, and funded project science developments over the last year. They have built, managed, and maintained numerous open web resources, data flows, and unique data viewers that indirectly support WPCs mission.