Adventurer Meets Expert: A Practical and Scientific Guide to Using Windy.com in Alaska

Speakers: Luc Mehl, Alaska-based Adventurer/Outdoor Educator, Triple Point Training, and Jonathan Chriest, Lead Meteorologist, National Weather Service

About the Webinar: This webinar introduces practical ways to use Windy.com for planning outings in Alaska. Adventurer Luc Mehl will demonstrate how he uses the application in real backcountry scenarios, while Jonathan Chriest, a meteorologist, explains the forecasting tools and models that underpin it. Together, they’ll help you understand Windy’s strengths and limitations, and how to use it more effectively to stay safe outdoors.

Bios:

Luc Mehl is an Alaska-based adventurer and outdoor educator who has traveled thousands of miles across the state by ski, packraft, bike, foot, and ice skates. Through his company, Triple Point Training, Luc specializes in teaching safe and effective backcountry travel, drawing on his background in environmental data science, wilderness risk management, and work as an ice, swiftwater, and avalanche rescue instructor. Luc has earned two national book awards as well as national recognition for public service and outreach.

Jonathan Chriest works as a Lead Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. As an active Alaskan adventurer, Jonathan is passionate about helping organizations and individuals use weather and water information to make safer and more effective decisions from the tarmac, to the backcountry, to the fireline where he also works as an Incident Meteorologist. Jonathan holds a Master’s of Science in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.