Seventh Tri-State Weather Conference Schedule
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
Emcee “Nick” Gregory, chief meteorologist, Fox 5 NY WNYW, New York City since 1986
0845 – 0900 Introductory Remarks
0900 – 0945 Brian LaMarre, Meteorologist in Charge, Tampa Bay (WFO)
“Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Leading Public Resiliency and Reviewing Impacts from the 2017 Hurricane Season”
0945 – 1015 Violeta Yas, Telemundo 62, Philadelphia
“Severe Weather and the Role of Television Media to Keep the Public Safe, Especially in Spanish-Speaking Communities”
1015 – 1045 Jim Schiavone, Independent Scientist, Collaborating with Rutgers University
“The role of roll vortices on damaging winds during Sandy’s landfall.”
1045 – 1115 Break & View Posters
1115 – 1145 Jason Cordeira, Associate Professor of Meteorology, Plymouth State University
“A Scale to Characterize the Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers”
1145 – 1215 Michael Erickson, NWS, Weather Prediction Center
“Novel Ways To Access and Visualize Model Biases at the Weather Prediction Center”
1215 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1415 Sanja Perica, Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center, Chief
“Effects to the Precipitation Frequency Estimates to Atlas 14 From Recent Major Tropical Events”
1415 – 1445 Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, NWS Boston/Norton
“The GOES-R Satellite Series in Action: A New View of Our Skies”
1445 – 1515 Hayden Frank, NWS Boston/Norton
“Two Unusual Tornadoes in Southern New England”
1515 – 1545 Break & View Posters
1545 – 1615 Bill Goodman and Carlie Buccola, NWS Upton
“May 15th’s Destructive Connecticut Tornadoes/Macro and Microburst”
1615 – 1700 Panel Discussion – All Presenters
Continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. in the Science Building Atrium. Please arrive early for check-in and breakfast. The registration fee is $30 and will include continental breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks and a full buffet lunch, along with conference materials. Please register online. http://staging.www.wcsu.edu/weatherconference/
Gary Lessor, Conference Chair, Western Connecticut State University lessorg@wcsu.edu
Mark Kramer, Conference Co-Chair, AMS NYC/LI Chapter nycliams@weathermarkpro.com