Press Release - December 12, 2005

Tony Amos Receives a 20 Year Length of Service Award from the National Weather Service

Tony Amos Receives a NWS award for 20 years of service as the Cooperative Observer for Port Aransas. Pictured left to right: Scott C. Cordero, Meteorologist in charge, Lee A. Fuiman, Director, Marine Science Institute, Tony Amos, UTMSI Research Fellow, Physical Oceanography and Steve Smart, Hydrometeorological Technician.

Since December 6, 1985, Tony has provided a great public service to the city of Port Aransas, the state of Texas and the United States by providing accurate and timely weather data that are critical to the success of the NWS mission. He is to be commended for his contribution to the sciences of meteorology and climatology through this program.

On a daily basis, Tony has ensured temperature and precipitation data for Port Aransas was logged and transmitted to the NWS. This type of information is used extensively by the NWS and other agencies, in weather forecasting, river flow analysis, storm water management, and long term climate studies. Tony is part of a national network of over 11,000 Cooperative Weather Observers for the NWS. This network provides such things as air and soil temperature data, hourly and daily precipitation amounts and evaporation data on a daily basis.

Precipitation data from the Cooperative Observer Program is the official source for climatological normals nationwide. The weather data supports a variety of users such as public utilities, agribusiness, insurance companies, the construction industry, water management, and the legal profession, to name some. Port Aransas and the rest of Aransas county are served by the NWS Forecast Office in Corpus Christi. The Corpus Christi office provides complete weather warning and weather support services for 15 counties in south Texas and for the coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the Matagorda Ship Channel out to 60 nautical miles.

Created: Monday December 12, 2005