Alec Kownacki
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Alec Kownacki
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Meteorologist for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) // CMU Weather Alumni // Surface Ozone and PM-2.5 Forecasting // #FireUpChips #GoBlue
-BS Meteorology from Central Michigan (Fire Up Chips)
-Meteorologist for Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
-Specialize in Sfc Ozone and PM-2.5 (wildfire smoke) forecasting
-Air dispersion modeler
-Michigander through and true (Go Blue)
-IPA enthusiast
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- MS atmospheric science student at UND
- Photographer, storm chaser, aurora hunter, outdoors adventurer.
- Interested in severe convective storm dynamics and Great Lakes maritime disasters
- SounderPy Developer
- Slowly teaching myself guitar
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- NWS meteorologist at WFO Wilmington, NC since December 2019.
- The University of and the State of Georgia is only 95% of my personality (sorry).
- Love the outdoors, particularly hiking.
- Big foodie.
- Talk to me about LDRs. 5.5 years in.
October 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
New platform, who dis. Here’s the first MI EGLE AQ forecast on here:

Sfc Ozone: Good, as O3 season comes to an end on Oct 31

PM-2.5: Good, even though the Great Lakes will see some upper-lvl wildfire smoke the end of this week and weekend. None, however, is expected to make its way to the sfc.
October 17, 2024 at 1:55 AM