President and Chief Meteorologist
Applied Weather Associates
Mr. Kappel is President and Chief Meteorologist of Applied Weather Associates (AWA) in Monument, Colorado. Mr. Kappel received an AA from Skagit Valley College in 1992, a BS in Physical Science from Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) in 1998, and a Broadcast Meteorology degree from Mississippi State University in 2001. He served as an on-air meteorologist for 10 years at various television stations across the country prior to joining AWA in 2003. With focus on Probable Maximum Precipitation and extreme storm analysis, he has managed several studies developing, analyzing, and publishing the PMP values. Mr. Kappel has been heavily involved in several forensic meteorology cases, meteorological input parameters development for use in hydrologic model calibration/validation, reservoir inflow management/operations, and rain-on-snow melt calculations. Mr. Kappel has been a guest instructor at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. He is a member of AMS, ASDSO, NHWC, NWA, and USSD.
Monday, May 22, 2023
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT