Oregon Chapter – American Meteorological Society

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January Meeting – Professor Andreas Schmittner – Ice Ages, Hurricanes, and Coral Reefs: A Scientific Evaluation of the Department of Energy’s 2025 Climate Report (video)

On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report entitled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate”, which comes to very … Continue reading

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November Meeting: Tales of Winter’s Past: What Should’ve been a Flood: The November 1921 “Ice Storm of the Century”

Who: Mark Nelsen, Fox 12’s Chief Meteorologist, will be speaking at our November meeting, talking about one of the most underrated events in Willamette Valley weather history. What: Did you … Continue reading

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February & March Meeting Dates and Details

February Meeting: What: It’s the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Great Flood. Arguably, the most impactful weather event of the past 50 years, we will take a look back at … Continue reading

January 15, 2026 · Leave a comment

November Meeting Recap – 1921 Ice Storm with Mark Nelsen

KPTV Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen gives his presentation on the 1921 Ice Storm at Golden Valley Brewery. Watch the Presentation:

November 13, 2025 · Leave a comment

33rd annual Winter Weather Forecast Conference video and presentations

The presentations from our presenters from the 2025 Oregon AMS Winter Weather Forecast Conference are posted below along the video playlist of the speakers. Here are the videos from the … Continue reading

October 20, 2025 · Leave a comment

33rd Annual Winter Weather Forecast Conference

Join us this Saturday, Oct. 18, for the 33rd Annual Winter Weather Forecast Conference at OMSI. The conference begins at 10 a.m. and will wrap just after noon. OMSI – … Continue reading

October 12, 2025 · Leave a comment

September Meeting Presentations

We had a wonderful time at our kickoff meeting on September 18th at Stark Street Pizza. Not as wonderful as we’ll spend at the Winter Weather Forecast Conference on October … Continue reading

September 30, 2025 · Leave a comment

September Meeting: 2025-2026 Kickoff

Welcome to the 2025-2026 Oregon AMS meeting year. We are really excited for this year as we have a lot of great speakers lined up. We begin this year with … Continue reading

September 6, 2025 · Leave a comment

2025-2026 Oregon Executive Council

The results of our annual election were announced last week at the final meeting of the 2024-2025 Oregon AMS year. President – Bobby CorserVice President – Tanis LeachSecretary – Steve … Continue reading

May 12, 2025 · 2 Comments

AMS and NWA joint statement on supporting NOAA

The American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association issued a joint press release detailing the urgency for all Americans to support NOAA and the important research they do. You … Continue reading

May 2, 2025 · Leave a comment

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