A group photo of the attendees of the National Tropical Weather Conference 2025 taken on April 3, 2025. TWA’s Chief Scientist, Andrew LePage, is visible near the center of the back row with his head partially blocking the “A” in the word “TROPICAL”. Click on image to enlarge.
As part of ongoing outreach efforts by Tropical Weather Analytics (TWA) to the meteorological community, TWA’s Chief Scientist, Andrew LePage, attended the National Tropical Weather Conference 2025 at the Courtyard by Marriott in South Padre Island, TX on April 2 through 4, 2025. Drew also had the honor of being invited by the conference organizers as a guest speaker where he gave a presentation, “The Hurricane Hunter Satellites: A Weather Nanosatellite Constellation” on April 2. This presentation provides background on TWA’s work on the Hurricane Hunter Satellite constellation being built in partnership with Phanom Space Corporation, the data products it will produce, and an update of current plans. This presentation can be accessed below:
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In addition to giving this presentation, Drew also participated in a number of media events during the course of the National Tropical Weather Conference 2025. Below is an interview with Drew from April 3 by TV meteorologist, John Dawson of Fox 26 Houston, providing some details of the HHSat project. This interview (starting at the 10:45 mark) was shown in its entirety on Forecasting with Friends posted on April 14, 2025: