The University of Washington Olympic Natural Resources Center will present another “Evening Talks” event at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in the Hemlock Room, 1455 S. Forks Ave.

Rain, rain and more rain! With all the climate changes conversation going the ONRC is delighted to host a revised presentation featuring “Modern Weather Prediction.” Presenters for this timely topic are Dr. Tom Rosmond and Jerry King.

“Modern Weather Prediction” is an encore and updated presentation of Dr. Rosmond’s prior Evening Talk coupled with weather data gathered by Jerry King and his family during nearly 100 years of weather observation on the Forks Prairie.

King, a QVSD graduate of 1962, owns and operates the Alder Grove Mobile Home Park. He, his mother and his grandmother have each served as weather observers in the Forks area.

Rosmond received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physical oceanography from the University of Washington. He later received his PhD in atmospheric sciences from the university as well.

Rosmond’s career included working with the Navy’s Environmental Predictions Research Facility. He directed and led the development of the U.S. Navy’s operational global atmospheric predictions system. Rosmond was involved as the primary architect of this system as it evolved over several generations of computer architectures.

Upon retiring from civil service, Rosmond joined the Science Applications International Corporation in 2005. He resides on the Olympic Peninsula near Forks.

Come learn about local weather history, what weather prediction is, why we need weather prediction, where do we get the weather forecasts and what is the science of weather prediction.

There have been some very significant weather events in the history of Forks. With King’s family record keeping there will be some very personal anecdotes along with the historical tracking of local weather.

Get a better understanding of “nowcasts,” “forecasts” and “outlooks” of weather prediction as we all truly make decisions based on what we think the weather will do daily. Current weather conditions and its local and global effects will be discussed.

The Olympic Natural Resources Center is part of the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Evening Talks at ONRC is funded by the Rosmond Forestry Education Fund, an endowment that honors the contributions of Fred Rosmond and his family to forestry and the Forks community.

For more information contact Frank S. Hanson at 374-4556.