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As Chicago Cubs broadcaster (and father and grandfather of Atlanta Braves broadcasters) Harry Caray used to say, "Holy Cow!"

We have 186 registrants for the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting. And we still have two days before registration closes. Is it plausible, maybe even possible, that we make it to 200 or more registrants? That might be an FPAW record.

Well, if you need enticing, a link to the document containing biographies of the Speakers, Tour Leaders, Session Leads, and Moderators/Panelists/Presenters is now up on the meeting webpage. And, I've taken the fully displayed agenda and reduced it to a link instead (way neater, I think).

So, DO NOT WAIT. Go to the Registration section of the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting webpage, take 43 seconds to fill out the form, and "Voila!," you'll be registered and receive the calendar invitations when they are sent out after registration closes on Friday.

Yes, registration closes on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 1700E. In light of that, you may be asking yourself "What if, despite my best intentions, I don't get registered before the form is closed? Do I have any alternatives?" And, the answer is "Yes." You will need to click the Contact FPAW button and send a message requesting registration for the meeting, or email me directly at mfronzak@mitre.org with that same request. As long as you're not wanting to show up in person, it's not a problem. And if you are wanting to be a very last minute In-Person registrant, we'll see what we can do to support that request.

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair 

Good evening, oh aviation weather SMEs.

If you intend to come to Campbell Scientific in Logan, UT next week and attend the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting in person, you'll need to register in the next 20 hours as I write this. In-Person registration will close at 1700E tomorrow, 01OCT25.

So, don't wait! Don't hesitate! Join the 59 Friends and Partners who have already registered In-Person for this best-in-class FPAW Meeting.

And if you can't...

It's OK. Register as a Remote attendee. We already have 104 on the books, and we can absorb hundreds more!

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair 

Hello, Friends and Partners.

We are eight short days away from what promises to be an exciting, one-of-a-kind FPAW Meeting. Between speakers coming to us from under the shadow of Mt. Everest, to deep dives into the sausage making that results in a METAR, to solving real-life METAR mysteries with a dozen of your best aviation weather friends, this meeting appears to me to be intent on raising the FPAW meeting quality bar even higher than it already is.

And if the excellent meeting discussions and debates aren't quite enough to bring you out to Logan, UT, look at what you get to experience by joining us in person:

• A Dirty Data Mixer sponsored by Campbell Scientific at the end of the meeting's opening day on Tuesday.
• An opportunity to recognize FPAW leadership midafternoon on Wednesday.
• A tour of the Campbell Scientific's Instrumentation Garden and Manufacturing Facility later that afternoon.
• Time to break bread Wednesday evening in the basement (AKA, brewing area) of Prodigy Brewing.
• More hair-raising tales delivered by four veteran pilots about flying in complex conditions Thursday morning.

The latest version of the agenda is now posted on the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting website here, and it is as firmed up as it can be, given the looming specter of government shutdown in 30+ hours. Fear not, however. The show (or, in this case, the meeting) MUST and WILL go on, regardless.

So, get off the fence and join the 146 of us who have already registered. But hurry, and especially if you're planning to do so in the flesh. In-person registration will close on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 1700E. Remote registration will be available through Friday, October 3, 2025 at 1700E. After that, you'll have to use the FPAW Contact link to request last-minute registration.

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair

Good evening, aviation weather wizards.

I have made what I hope is one of the last (if not the last) updates to the agenda for the upcoming Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting. You absolutely need to take a look at it here.

And, while you're there, if you haven't already registered for the meeting, go to the very bottom of the page, where you'll find the online registration form. Spend 47 seconds filling it out and, Voila, you'll get the meeting invitations once registration closes.

The tragic optimist in me wants to believe that the U.S. government will not shut down at 0000E on October 1, 2025. With that said, we've got Plans B and C formulated, and while the Fall 2025 FPAW Meeting won't be the same if our federal brethren are not there with us, either in person or remotely, it will still be one heck of an aviation weather extravaganza.

So, let your colleagues and friends know that "The Show WILL Go On" regardless, and that our upcoming gathering will be an epic FPAW meeting for the ages!

Matt Fronzak
FPAW Co-Chair