CIRA Research Associate Sheldon Kusselson received the National Weather Associate Special Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual meeting awards banquet in Kansas City. Sheldon was nominated by a team of Cooperative Institute, STAR and NWS operational sponsors. His citation read in part: “For pioneering efforts in applying passive microwave satellite data to forecast atmospheric rivers and heavy precipitation and educating users on this data.” (POC: S. Kusselson, CIRA, Sheldon.Kusselson@gmail.com, J. Forsythe, CIRA John.Forsythe@colostate.edu) Funding: JPSS PGRR