Bianca Feldkircher Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Phoenix, Arizona

•Deliver numerous decision support briefings and presentations to Local, City, State, and Federal partners. •Provide onsite support for real-time and exercised events to assist local and state Emergency Management partners.•Create severe weather scenarios for full-scale and table-top exercises. •Served as the primary contact with the City of Phoenix Training and Exercise Coordinator supporting the development of their Hazardous Weather Operations Plan.•Led the NOAA Rotational Assignment Program for IDSS Social Media Guidance and Best Practices.•Worked with the Warning Coordination Meteorologist on the formalization of the new operational shift fully focused on IDSS at NWS Phoenix.•Establish and maintain strong relationships with local and national media partners.•Perform live and recorded on camera and radio interviews discussing impactful weather, safety, and climate information. •Contributed to numerous written interviews conducted by local and national print media partners.•Participated in community outreach activities and education programs representing the NWS.•Presented at roadshows, seminars, schools, and local AMS chapter meetings.•Working towards the completion of the FEMA Public Information Training series.•Social Media Program Leader.•A member of the National Weather Service’s Leadership and Innovation For Tomorrow (LIFT) team.•Selected and featured on the “Faces of the NWS” website.•Featured in “Cool Women Who Weather Storms” book.

Tallahassee, Florida

• Served as the liaison between the State Emergency Operations Center and all atmospheric and physical science entities, including all seven National Weather Forecast Offices in Florida.• Monitored forecast products and advisories from the National Weather Service and interpreted their potential impact on active incidents and operations statewide.• Briefed senior management, including the Governors Chief of Staff, on critical information concerning the effects of weather systems or weather related phenomena that may threaten the state. • Provided interpretation of Radar, Satellite, and National Weather Service products to Emergency Managers. • Delivered public awareness regarding meteorological issues to state and local agencies, including the media.• Collaborated with the FEMA liaison at the National Hurricane Center during tropical events to ensure reliability when preparing tropical updates. • Mentored Florida Division of Emergency Management Meteorologist Intern with morning & afternoon meteorological products.• Participated in an outreach event at the North Florida Fair to demonstrate to the community the importance of preparation.

Tallahassee, Fl

* Forecasted and Disseminated weather for live segments airing on a local Tallahassee television network, 4FSU. * Informed the public on warnings/watches that were issued by the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center.

Tampa, Fl

*Lead Author of Research Project, “The Variability in 10 meter Dropwindsonde Winds in Extremely High Wind Environments” *Presented Research Project at the 94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA in February 2014. *Led Local and Tropical weather briefings to provide employees of the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center with up-to-date weather impacts.

Tallahassee & Tampa, Fl

*Developed outreach information to further promote Rip Current Awareness Week and communicated related information through social media, e.g. Facebook, Twitter. *Performed a Spanish televised interview with Univision on the impacts that Tropical Storm Andrea would have on the Tampa Bay Area. *Conducted a radio interview on the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season with NBC Tampa Bay News Radio, WFLA. *Participated in the weekly test of the NOAA Weather Radio system and provided on-air broadcasts through the Console Replacement System.*Conducted a live weather briefing through the Amateur (HAM) radio.*Worked with Weather Forecast Offices around Florida on a Statewide Historical Flood Data Research Project to come up with a Top Five floods in the State of Florida. *Utilized GIS software to develop new edit areas, enabling the office to provide more detailed and accurate forecasts.*Created and issued Local Storm Reports from gathered information on storms. *Completed Upper Air Training, while working closely with the Data and Observations Team.*Issued Watches, Warnings, and Advisories, including Special Marine Warnings, Freeze Warnings, and Frost Advisories. *Led daily briefings to provide an overview of weather impacts to NWS employees. *Created base maps and icons for use in Graphicasts. *Engaged with the Forecast Operations Team and developed the short-term and long-term section of the Area Forecast Discussion.*Reviewed AWIPS practices and grid-editing techniques via the Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE).