Senior faculty of the meteorological school. Oliver Fassig is in the white suit .

Portrait of Oliver Fassig, senior instructor at the meteorological school.

Telegram from Oliver Fassig to the Chief of the Weather Bureau detailing the facilities, state of instruction, and instrument needs of the meteorological school at Texas A&M.

Lieutenant Hovde, instructor at the meteorological school.

Lieutenant Bowen, instructor at the meteorological school.

Johnson, rank uncertain, on left and Lieutenant Hovde on right at meteorological school.

Signal Corps communications specialist using state of the art equipment to transmit and acquire weather information. Private Arthur S. Littick is shown in charge of the instrument.

Note explaining communications system used by the Army Signal Service for bringing meteorological observations to a central computation room.

Weather instruments with Ross Hall in the background.

Signal Corps meteorological students practicing balloon observation computations.

Signal Corps meteorological student Bly inflating a weather balloon.

Signal Corps meteorological students Bly and Greening using an improvised caliper to assure weather balloon is properly inflated prior to launching.

Signal Corps meteorological student Hall checking weather balloon weight prior to launching.

Signal Corps meteorological student Greening launching a weather balloon.

Signal Corps meteorological student Greening launching a weather balloon.

Signal Corps meteorological students Grigsby, Finch, and Adams practicing observing weather balloon azimuth, angular altitude, and recording observations. The instrument is a meteorological theodolite.

Signal Corps meteorological students Keyte and Arnold practicing using theodolite to observe weather balloon azimuth and angular altitude.

Signal Corps meteorological students Keyte and Bauer practicing using theodolite to observe weather balloon azimuth and angular altitude. Recorder and communications specialist is relaying observational information into a central computing facility.

Signal Corps meteorological student Callen opening an instrument shelter in order to read thermometers.

Signal Corps meteorological students Finch and Anspach practicing using theodolite to observe weather balloon azimuth and angular altitude.

Signal Corps meteorological student measuring precipitation with rain gauge.

Signal Corps meteorological students Molyneaux and Miller preparing to read thermometers housed in instrument shelter.

Signal Corps meteorological student Molyneaux preparing to use sling psychrometer.

Signal Corps meteorological student Molyneaux determining which way the wind was blowing by means of a windvane.

Signal Corps meteorological student Naughton preparing a weather map.

Signal Corps meteorological students working on records and computations in Record Room.

Signal Corps meteorological students working in the reference section.

Aerial view of Texas A&M in 1918 showing location of various buildings. The Signal Corps meteorological school was housed in the Civil Engineering Building.

Signal Corps meteorological students apparently observing balloon launch from weather vane station. The well-known meteorologist Charles F. Brooks is standing on platform in light-colored suit.

The Gramax Heliport Building which once housed the headquarters of the National Weather Service.

National Hurricane Center headquarters.

National Hurricane Center Director, Dr. Max Mayfield, briefs NOAA librarians at Miami for a conference.

National Hurricane Center Director, Dr. Max Mayfield, briefs NOAA librarians at Miami for a conference.

Dr. Max Mayfield, Director of the National Hurricane Center, briefing Janice Beattie, Director of the NOAA Central Library, and Linda Pikula, Director of the NOAA Miami Regional Library.

The devastating Xenia, Ohio, tornado.

Tracks of tornados including the Xenia, Ohio, tornado (37) that killed 30, injured over 1100, and destroyed over 1,000 homes. This outbreak was one of the most devastating in United States history as 127 tornadoes were documented in 11 states with 315 total killed, over 6,000 injured, and over 25,000 families suffering at least some loss.

Tracks of tornados including the Xenia, Ohio, tornado (37) that killed 30, injured over 1100, and destroyed over 1,000 homes. This outbreak was one of the most devastating in United States history as 127 tornadoes were documented in 11 states with 315 total killed, over 6,000 injured, and over 25,000 families suffering at least some loss.

NOAA meteorological buoy.

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) installation.

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) installation.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike as seen through the eyes of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary staff.

Wave clouds over eastern Wisconsin

Wave clouds over eastern Wisconsin