National Weather Service will present at 3i Show March 21

The National Weather Service is presenting Weather and Climate on March 21 at 2 p.m. during the 65th Annual 3i SHOW. The seminar is free and will be held in the “Presentation Area” on the concrete side of the Western State Bank Expo Center. The 3i SHOW is scheduled for March 21 to 23 in Dodge City, Kansas.

Jeff Hutton, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, will provide a review of 2018 weather and discuss the variability of weather in the High Plains. He also will provide an overview of large scale forcing mechanisms driving the current weather pattern and an expected evolution of large scale patterns. The presentation will include factors that contribute to the complexity of forecasting weather in extended periods: weekly, monthly and seasonally. The session will conclude with an outlook for the upcoming growing season.

Hutton holds a bacherlor’s in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and began his professional career in weather working for a private firm in Oklahoma City. Now working for the National Weather Service in Dodge City as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Hutton actively works with city, county and state officials in promoting weather awareness and safety. For more information on the National Weather Service, please visit www.weather.gov/ddc/.

For information on more events or how to secure exhibit space at the upcoming 3i Show, visit www.3ishow.com, like and follow the 3i Show on Facebook and Twitter, or contact the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association office directly toll-free at 877-405-2883 or locally at 620-227-8082. WKMA’s office is located at 1700 E. Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, Kansas.