Paul J. Kocin worked as a winter weather expert for The Weather Channel, where he was responsible for predicting the path, intensity, and duration of winter storms; a meteorologist for NOAA’s Hydrometeorological Prediction Center; and a research meteorologist in the Laboratory for Atmospheres at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Louis W. Uccellini is Director of the National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). He is responsible for technology and operations at NCEP's Central Operations and Environmental Modeling Center, as well as seven national centers that forecast specific weather phenomena, including the National Hurricane Center, Storm Prediction Center, Space Environment Center, and Aviation Weather Center.