West Central Florida AMS Chapter

06/27/2025

Great memories from our WCFLAMS tour of the National Weather Service Ruskin office last week!

It was a fantastic opportunity to see firsthand where our local forecasts are made. A special thank you to the NWS staff in Ruskin for the amazing and informative tour!

04/27/2025

Congratulations to Brooke Page on this years Dr. Dewey Stowers Award!!!

07/20/2024

Hello everyone! For our next AMS meeting we will be seeing the new movie Twisters on Friday August 16th! 🙂 To RSVP please keep an eye out for an Email. If you are not sure you are on the list please send us a Facebook message….. The theaters will not release movies and showtimes until a week before the movie starts, so mark your calendars and make sure to keep an eye out for updates on how and when to order your tickets. The goal is to have it at CineBistro in Hyde Park Tampa around 6 or 7 PM depending on showtimes, available seating, and interest. So it could change but we will keep you posted as the date gets closer…. For now please RSVP ASAP for a headcount and note the date 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you all for a movie night followed by a short discussion🎥🎬

05/14/2024

Hi Everyone! If you haven’t heard, we are having an AMS meeting on Monday May 20th at 6:00PM… It’s going to take place at the Chillis located at 2903 N Dale Mabry HWY Tampa, FL 33607.

If you received an email please RSVP whether or not you can attend.

If you did not receive an email for any reason then please send a message if you would like to join us. Plus ones, family and friends are welcome!

This is going to be a casual get together so if you haven’t been in a while it would be a perfect time to reconnect. Hoping to have a good turn out and can’t wait to see everyone! 😀

04/11/2024

Tornado watch for the following counties. Stay vigilant. ⚠️

10/16/2023

Special thanks to meteorologists WFLA Jeff Berardelli and WFLA Rebecca Barry for showing us around the weather studio last week (Especially after all the tornado coverage that day). It was great learning about all the operations and seeing everything first hand. Beautiful studio and Very Cool!

10/12/2023

A few tornadoes reported in the early morning hours of Thursday in Pinellas and Citrus county…Things appear to be clearing up, but watch in affect until 9am.

10/11/2023

Hope you enjoyed those cooler temps the past few days, but Slight chance for severe weather in our area with 5% chance for tornados for today and into Thursday. More instability and low-level shear will come into play when the winds change to a southwesterly flow.

08/29/2023

08/29/2023

Latest cone has shifted a bit to the west

08/28/2023

The Governor just spoke about being prepared for Idalia. Go to this website for a Plan

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) Executive Director Kevin Guthrie and Florida National Guard Major General John D. Haas at the State Emergency Operations Center to provide updates on Tropical Storm Idalia and state.....

08/28/2023

Forecast shows Idalia developing into a major hurricane early Wednesday morning…. Please keep in mind that the cone of uncertainty is based on historical data and the center of rotation can fall within the cone 60-70% of the time.