Weather-Ready Nation
Scout Event

Building a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN)

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Earn your Weather-Ready Nation Patch! Building a Weather-Ready Nation starts with YOU!   Being prepared and being a leader within your home or community for the next extreme weather event, may just save your life and those you love!

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Have your troop leader (or adult sponsor) register all the scouts from your troop who want to participate via the following sign up pages:

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The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is offering this *FREE* event to Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA, ages 10 and up. This is an opportunity to earn the "Weather-Ready Nation" patch (as pictured above). Click here to learn more about the American Meteorological Society.

 

All Scouts will learn aspects of meteorology and emergency management to become better prepared for weather-related natural disasters. Scouts will engage in one-on-one activities with professional meteorologists from the National Weather Service, local media, atmospheric science researchers, and local emergency managers. During the program, Scouts will learn how to interpret symbols on a weather map, discover the differences between various weather alerts (and how the public receives them), discuss what items need to be in an emergency kit, determine ways families and communities can be prepared in the event of a weather emergency, and much more!

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The Weather-Ready Nation patch requirements are designed so Scouts BSA are able to earn the Weather Merit Badge in its entirety, as well as complete a couple of the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge requirements.

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Girl Scouts will be able to apply the concepts learned that day towards various STEM related patches. Senior Girl Scouts will also learn concepts that can be used towards the "Sky" Patch

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At least two (2) National Weather Service forecasters, Emergency Managers, or other AMS professionals with meteorological/emergency management experience will lead scouts through a series of workshop tables. At each of these tables leaders will help the scouts work through a different topic of the 2026 Weather-Ready Nation Scout Event Workbook. 

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Scouts will discuss weather and climate science, disaster preparedness and safety, and emergency management with these professionals -- a rare opportunity for any scout interested in learning more about the world of meteorology! 

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Set Up For the Event: Download the Workbook

 

This year, the Weather-Ready Nation Scout Event Workbook will be available for download before the event -- please click the down arrow icon in the image below to download your copy. 

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