Alex Lamers is
the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Weather
Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. This is a new position at WPC since
2019 -- Alex is the first WCM at WPC, the national forecast center focused on
the prediction of precipitation, including extreme rainfall and winter weather,
and the overall national weather picture. Alex regularly engages with government
and public safety partners, media outlets, and other interested users about WPC
forecasts and their interpretation. He arrived at WPC in 2017 as a forecaster
and primarily specialized in the prediction of extreme rainfall events from days
to hours in advance. Alex has also previously worked as a liaison at NOAA
Headquarters for NOAA's Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), and as a
meteorologist and forecaster in four local NWS forecast offices, including
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Norman, Oklahoma; Duluth, Minnesota; and Tallahassee,
Florida.