Posts by sblanton2 | Today at Elon | 福利亚洲国产精品 /u/news Fri, 29 May 2026 15:17:18 -0400 en-US hourly 1 COMET course completed by Blanton /u/news/2007/05/31/comet-course-completed-by-blanton/ Thu, 31 May 2007 20:05:00 +0000 /u/news/2007/05/31/comet-course-completed-by-blanton/ Adjunct Professor Sankey Blanton, who has been teaching Meteorological Subjects during the Winter Terms, uses his summer non-teaching time to complete COMET Online Courses. In May, he completed the “MSC Winter Weather: Atlantic Region Course.” This course is composed eight modules, including: “Freezing, Melting, Precipitation Type and Numerical Weather Prediction,” “Inverted Troughs and Their Associated Precipitation Regimes,” “Slantwise Convection: An Operational Approach,” “Topics in Precipitation Type Forecasting,” “Topics in Lake Effect Snow Forecasting,” “Ten Common NWP Misconceptions,” “Heavy Banded Snow,” and “Isentropic Analysis.”

Although the COMET Program was developed to provide continuing education for professional meteorologists and forecasters, academics, military and emergency management personnel (as well as most of Professor Blanton’s students) have found the modules very informative about weather topics and presented in a comfortable, well designed and illustrated format. The Web site for the COMET/MetEd program is linked below.

]]> Blanton qualifies as SKYWARN Spotter for National Weather Service /u/news/2006/04/26/blanton-qualifies-as-skywarn-spotter-for-national-weather-service/ Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:43:00 +0000 /u/news/2006/04/26/blanton-qualifies-as-skywarn-spotter-for-national-weather-service/ Sankey Blanton, who teaches Introductory Meteorology each Winter Term, has been designated a qualified SKYWARN Spotter for the National Weather Service (NWS). SKYWARN is a volunteer group that reports specific weather hazards associated with strong storm systems, such as tornados, hail, or high winds. This is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For more information – http://www.skywarn.org/

]]> Blanton qualifies as American Red Cross instructor /u/news/2006/03/27/blanton-qualifies-as-american-red-cross-instructor/ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:03:00 +0000 /u/news/2006/03/27/blanton-qualifies-as-american-red-cross-instructor/ Sankey Blanton, adjunct instructor in physics, spent the majority of spring break training as an instructor for the American Red Cross. He practiced new methods of “positive feedback instruction” and qualified to teach any of current Red Cross courses, such as First Aid, Infant/Child/Adult CPR, AED and many work-related safety (OSHA) courses.

]]> Blanton essay accepted for publication /u/news/2006/03/07/blanton-essay-accepted-for-publication/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:26:00 +0000 /u/news/2006/03/07/blanton-essay-accepted-for-publication/ Sankey Blanton’s recent essay “Afghanistan Revisited” has been accepted for publication by the United States Naval Institute ”Proceedings.” Blanton is an adjunct instructor of physics.

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