BAMOS Vol 31 No.4 December 2018 | Page 2

2 BAMOS Dec 2018 Bulletin December 2018 Page 12 Awards Congratulations to the five recipients of AMOS awards in 2018 and also to the two AMOS Fellows elected. Read all about the individuals and their contributions in this issue. Page 20 A crowd-sourcing app A new weather app “WeatheX” has been launched recently and in this issue you can read all about how to use it and the results it’s already showing. WeatheX focusses on crowd- sourced observations of wind, hail, flooding and tornadoes. The information goes through a manual quality control process and is made available to researchers. Page 26 Lessons from Antarctica Melissa Hart shares insights from her recent adventure to Antarctica with the Homeward Bound Women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine) leadership program. Page 38 Seasonal snaps The second installment of this section presents photographs taken around Australia in spring 2018. What did you notice about the spring? Have a look through your own photos— notice anything interesting? As we enter into the first part of summer, we encourage you to enjoy the season and if you see something interesting, please send us through your snaps!