Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) Visits NWS Louisville

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) visited the Louisville National Weather Service office Tuesday afternoon. Meteorologist-in-Charge, John Gordon, gave Congressman Massie a tour of the office and then the Congressman sat down with staff members to learn more about the NWS mission and its current state of the art technologies.

Above left, Meteorologist-in-Charge John Gordon shows Congressman Massie the NWS Louisville county warning area. Above right, meteorologist John Denman demonstreates the three dimensional capabilities of the NWS WSR-88D radar system with data from the March 2, 2012 severe weather outbreak.

Above left, Senior Service Hydrologist Mike Callahan demonstrates hydrological operations at NWS Louisville. Above right, Science and Operations Officer Ted Funk demonstrates the Warning Event Simulator and explains how NWS forecasters continuously train with it.

Above left, meteorologist Mark Jarvis explains the different kinds of model data that forecasters use to prepare daily forecasts. Above right, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Joe Sullivan explains the Weather Ready Nation concept and Decision Support Services that the NWS provides to local and state agencies.