Forecasting the Weather From the Open Ocean to the Jersey Shore

On March 30 via Zoom, join the LBIF and Michael Folmer, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the Ocean Prediction Center in College Park, MD.

Saturday’s discussion will cover Folmer's work at the National Weather Service Ocean Prediction Center providing life saving forecast products and IDSS for the US Coast Guard, cruise lines, the cargo industry, and the everyday mariner--particularly those that venture beyond 60 nautical miles offshore. The second part of Folmer's talk will describe the Jersey Shore Mesonet, which includes the LBIF weather station and where Folmer and colleagues intend to grow the network over the coming years.

Folmer has been forecasting for OPC for nearly 5 years, and prior to that he was the Satellite Liaison for the GOES-R/JPSS satellite programs at OPC, the Weather Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch, and the NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch. Although he has a tropical meteorology background, satellite and mid-latitude weather have become his main focus.