[SFDXA] Kenneth Graham, WX4KEG, Tapped as Next National Hurricane Center Director

[Bill]

    Kenneth Graham, WX4KEG, Tapped as Next National Hurricane Center
    Director

03/27/2018


The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has 
named Kenneth Graham, WX4KEG, to head the National Hurricane Center 
(*NHC* <https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>) in Miami. Preparations at the NHC 
continue ahead of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1. 
Graham will pick up the reins from Deputy/Acting Director Ed Rappaport 
on April 1.

�It�s an honor and privilege to be selected to work alongside the 
talented and dedicated employees of the National Hurricane Center,� said 
Graham. �This is an exciting time to work for the National Weather 
Service, and I look forward to the important work ahead in an effort to 
keep our communities safe from the various threats posed by hurricanes.� 
He and Rappaport were presenters at this week�s National Hurricane 
Conference in Orlando.

Graham comes to the NHC after serving as the meteorologist-in-charge of 
the National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge Office since 2008. 
He is credited with establishing two command centers in the wake of the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, to provide forecasts that aided 
authorities in making critical decisions in the succeeding 5 months. 
Graham also led the effort to support decision makers in Louisiana and 
Mississippi with services focused on expected impacts for hurricanes 
Gustav, Ike, Isaac, and the hurricanes during the historic 2017 season.

�Graham has vast experience working with emergency managers prior to and 
during a wide variety of weather threats and spent time deployed with 
officials at emergency operations centers,� NOAA said in making the 
announcement. A former TV meteorologist, Graham holds a BS from the 
University of Arizona and an MS from Mississippi State University.

The home of WX4NHC, the NHC is co-located with the National Weather 
Service Miami-South Florida forecast office on the campus of Florida 
International University.

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