Program: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation (104th AMS Annual Meeting)

Presidential Forum: Climate Science as Service to Society

Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Moderator: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT

Panelists: Bob Inglis, republicEn.org; Monica P. Medina, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

AMS Career Resource & Graduate School Fair

Location: Hall D (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Annual Meeting Welcome Reception

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 1

WRN Asks: What If…?

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Cochairs: Justin Edward Sharpe, CIMMS; Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV; Amber Liggett; Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management; Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather for Business

Moderators: Jared J. Rennie, CCM, NESDIS; Tanya M. Brown-Giammanco, Austin College; Sean Robert Ernst, Center for Risk and Crisis Management; Matt R. Lanza, Spectrum Los Angeles

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:40 AM

What if...all weather forecasts were probabilistic?

Sean Robert Ernst, OU Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK

9:00 AM

What if...there wasn't a stigma when talking about climate change?

Jared J. Rennie, CCM, NOAA, Asheville, NC

9:20 AM

What if...we didn't change anything?

Tanya M. Brown-Giammanco, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

9:40 AM

What if...there was no ego in the weather enterprise?

Matt R. Lanza, Space City Weather, Houston, TX

Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC)]

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 2

Use of Data and Technology to Build a More Resilient Weather Ready Nation

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV

CoChair: Aaron Davis

10:45 AM

2.1

Expanding a Diverse and Engaged Network to Improve Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards

Mary Yates Ford, MARACOOS Regional Headquarters, Washington, DC; and K. Fallon

11:00 AM

2.2

A Data-Driven Framework for the Identification of Winter Storms over CONUS: Integrating Existing Event Reports and Atmospheric Reanalysis Data

Andreas Prevezianos, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Eversource Energy Center, Storrs, CT; and S. Emmanouil, P. Watson, X. Zhang, D. Cerrai, D. Pasqualini, and E. Anagnoustou

11:15 AM

2.3

NWSChat 2.0 - A Transformation in NWS Communication and IDSS with its Partners!

Brian J. Miretzky, NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:30 AM

2.4

Fine-tuning AI Language Translation Models for NWS Applications

Phil Stiefel II, NWS, Rancho Mission Viejo, CA; and B. Manning

11:45 AM

Discussion

J2B

Weather-Ready Nation: Measuring Progress and Value across the Enterprise

Location: Holiday 5 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Abby Lee Bitterman, Center for Risk and Crisis Management, The University of Oklahoma; Susan Jasko, University of Alabama

10:45 AM

J2B.1

Identifying a Behavioral Objective for Weather Messaging: The Concept of Informed Decision-Making, its Assumptions, and Operational Implications

Kim Klockow McClain, NCEP/UCAR, Norman, OK

11:00 AM

J2B.2

Quantifying Impacts of Forecast Errors on Evacuation Outcomes Using an Agent-Based Modeling Framework

Austin Reed Harris, NCAR, Boulder, CO

11:15 AM

J2B.3

Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay for Current Weather Forecasts

Jeffrey K. Lazo, Jeffrey K. Lazo Consulting LLC, Gunnison, CO

11:30 AM

J2B.4

Quantifying the Effects of Social Vulnerability on Weather Outcomes

Jacob Reed Fooks, CIRA, Wilmington, DE

11:45 AM

J2B.5

Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts

Jeffrey Shrader, Columbia University, New York, NY; and L. Bakkensen and D. Lemoine

Lunch Break

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 3

The Intersection of Climate and Weather

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Chris Gloninger, Woods Hole Group - A CLS Company

CoChair: Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

1:45 PM

3.1

SHOW ME THE DATA!!! Finding innovative ways to visualize NOAA NCEI information and tell your story towards a Climate Ready Nation.

Jared J. Rennie, CCM, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC

2:00 PM

3.2

Building a Climate-Ready Nation: Case Studies on Enhancing National Resilience Against High-Impact Weather Events with Holistic Approach

Panu Partanen, Vaisala, Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland

2:15 PM

3.3

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: How Are Local TV Broadcasters Connecting the Dots?

Kaitlyn Trudeau, M.S., Climate Central, Princeton, NJ; and B. Woods Placky, J. Azada, and D. Siler

2:30 PM

3.4

Adapting Department of Defense Training Based on a Changing Climate

Jennifer L. Bewley, PhD, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), Alexandria, VA; and R. A. Holland and J. C. Maxwell III

3.5

Leveraging Regional Level Partners to Educate Decision Makers on Weather, Water and Climate Intelligence

Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Poster Session I

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

217

Compound Heat Wave and PM_2.5 Pollution Episodes in U.S. Cities

Sarah Henry, NWC REU, Champaign, IL; and C. Wang

218

Messaging and Decision Support Challenges Highlighted by a Heat Index-Induced Fatality in Palo Duro Canyon

Aaron M. Ward, NWS, Amarillo, TX; and T. Lindley and E. T. Crosman

219

Mesoterps: A Univ. Micronet for Environmental Monitoring and Community Safety

Maria Nikolaitchik, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Maas, T. Boyle, M. Brown, and T. Canty

220

Annapolis, MD: An Example for How Local Government Can Leverage and Build Mutually Beneficial Collaborations with Academia to Bolster Hazard Mitigation Efforts

David Mandell, City of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD; and A. R. Davies and M. Hino

221

Analysis of Radar Signatures and Environmental Characteristics of Destructive Hail and Wind Producing Storms in the Mid-Atlantic

Kyle Pallozzi, NOAA/NWS Baltimore/Washington WFO, Sterling, VA

222

State and Federal Partnership in Creating a Virginia Statewide Flood Monitoring Network to Enhance Hydrologic Services

Jeremy M. Geiger, NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and S. Chappel, S. Pyle, N. Fillo, and J. Kirk

223

An Update on the Work of VORTEX-USA to help build a WeatherReady Nation

Alan Gerard, NSSL, Norman, OK

Session 4

Planning, Preparedness, and Continuity of Operations

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS

CoChair: Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather for Business

4:30 PM

4.1

Forecasters Supporting Forecasters: The Increase of Mutual Aid Programs within the National Weather Service

Aaron A Treadway, NWS, Norman, OK; NWS, Norman, OK; and K. Sherburn

4:45 PM

4.2

Continuity of operations and weather impacts to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency functions: The importance of a Weather-Ready Ambassador stewardship

Daniel Dix, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN

5:00 PM

4.3

A Year of Microsoft's Partnership with NOAA as an Ambassador for Weather Ready Nation: Success and Future.

Matt Corey, Microsoft Weather, Loveland, CO

4.4

Being Where it Matters Most: Tactical & Innovative NWS Support for Two Statewide Military Exercises

5:30 PM

4.5

Slow Burn: Developing a Framework for Exercising Drought

David Hogg, CIWRO - Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Dise and A. Hammer

5:45 PM

Discussion

Exhibit Hall Opening Reception

Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

ESWN Reception

Location: Pratt Street Ale House

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Coriolis (LGBTQ+ and Allies) Reception

Location: Pisces (Hyatt Regency Baltimore)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

5

Living in a Changing Environment: Innovations to Support Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Citizens (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice, the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research, and Practice, the 33rd Conference on Education, and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation)

Location: Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Patricia A. Vollmer, HQ NORAD/US Northern Command, HQ NORAD/USNORTHCOM; Krizia Negrón-Hernández, WFO Melbourne; Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV; Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

8:30 AM

5.1

Wireless Emergency Alerts in Spanish: Benefits and Opportunities for Improvement

Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. Sutton, A. R. Gaviria Pabon, and J. Reedy

8:45 AM

5.2

How the NWS is Training Artificial Intelligence to Address Language Accessibility Gaps in Weather Information

Monica L Bozeman, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Montanez, C. Rohrbach, J. E. Calkins, R. Chai, B. Johnson, M. Torres, A. Reynes, I. C. Colon-Pagan, R. Vasquez, E. Rodriguez, F. E. Morrone, N. Vaz, M. Bailey, A. L. Lago, K. Farina, C. Moore, L. E. Llewellyn, and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón

9:00 AM

5.3

Weather Graphics en Español: How Spanish Speakers Interpret NWS Watch and Warning Graphics

America Rosario Gaviria Pabon, CIWRO/NSSL Behavioral Insights Unit, Norman, OK; Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis, Norman, OK

9:15 AM

5.4

How Cultural Diversity in the NWS Workforce is Training AI to Address Chinese Language Accessibility Gaps

Rodney Chai, NWS, Burlington, VT; and B. Johnson, M. L. Bozeman, F. Morrone, and N. Vaz

9:30 AM

5.5

Diving into the Linguistic Melting Pot: Using GIS to Identify Limited English Proficiency Communities Across NWS Warning Areas

Liam E. Llewellyn, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma Center for Spatial Analysis, Norman, OK; and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón, M. L. Bozeman, and T. D. Fagin

9:45 AM

5.6

Building a Weather-Ready Nation Through Adult English Language Literacy in Fairbanks, Alaska

Amy Hendricks, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, R. Metzger, C. Sopow, J. Wei, S. Kang, H. Deland, C. F. Waigl, M. Lundberg, A. Stokes, J. P. Klepatzki, and E. Alarcon

Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Lunch Break

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

J7

Living in a Changing Environment: Weather and Climate Communication to Socially Vulnerable and Underserved Communities

Location: Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 33rd Conference on Education; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Shakila Merchant, Colorado State University; Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV; Keenan Eure, Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques (ADAPT) Research Group; Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

1:45 PM

J7.1

Advancing Severe Weather Outreach, Safety, and Public Messaging

Matthew Varela, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Nagele, PhD, A. A. Treadway, and S. W. Bieda III, PhD

J7.2

"From 60 to 90" : A Project to Improve Resilience to Windstorms in Vulnerable Communities Across the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

2:15 PM

J7.3

An Equitable and Impact-Based Framework for Climate Services Stakeholder Engagement

Ryan Harris, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dunedin, FL; Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA; and K. Day and B. C. Boyce

2:30 PM

J7.4

Denver's Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program

Elisabeth A. Cohen, UCAR, Denver, CO

2:45 PM

J7.5

Investigating the Role of Community Organizations in Communicating Extreme Weather Events in New York City.

Christine Gilbert, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and R. Li, B. A. Colle, and J. Moses

Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Poster Session II

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

504

A Reannalysis Of The May 20, 2013 Moore Oklahoma Tornado Event And What Meteorologists Can Learn From This Event For Advanced Effective Forecasting And Warning Strategies To Keep The Public Safe And Informed

Caitlin J. Lawrence, USA Weather, Inc, Carmichaels, PA

505

Starting the Conversation: Emergency Manager perspectives on the SPC Convective Outlook

Anna Cecilia Wanless, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Stormer, J. Ripberger, M. Krocak, D. Hogg, and A. Fox

506

Identifying and Mapping Vulnerable Weather Hotspots in Middle Tennessee

Ashlee Nicholle Ziegler, NWS Nashville, Mount Juliet, TN; and K. Hurley and J. Barnwell

507

Comparing WRF-Derived Methods for Estimating Tornado Outbreak Casualties in the US Deep South

Anna Crumbacher, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN

Handout (1.7 MB)

508

Downdraft Convective Available Potential Energy and Downdraft Convective Inhibition with Warning Decision Making in central California

Kristian Andrew Mattarochia, NWSFO, Hanford, CA

509

The WxEM Survey: Reflections on the First Year

Sam Stormer, OU Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; and A. C. Wanless, M. Krocak, J. Ripberger, and A. Fox

Session 8

Creative Applications of Meteorology in State and Local Emergency Management

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Melissa Huffman

CoChair: Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

8.1

National Weather Service Support for a Remote State Emergency Operations Center

4:30 PM

8.2

From Forecaster to Decision Maker: Examining Information Sharing Practices of Emergency Managers

David Hogg, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Wanless, S. Stormer, J. Ripberger, M. Krocak, and A. Fox

5:00 PM

8.3

Seeds of Innovation in Hurricane Preparedness, Early Warning, Response, Recovery, Decisions and Timelines

Arlene G. Laing, Caribbean Meteorological Organization, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean Meteorological Organization, Port of Spain, POS, Trinidad and tobago; and R. S. Pulwarty, A. H. Lynch, H. Anderson, R. Martinez Guingla, and J. Berkson

5:15 PM

8.4

All Weather is Local: Adoption of New Weather Observing Technologies by Rural Emergency Management and Training Experiences

Tara Goode, Climavision, Louisville, KY; and E. Pawsat, A. Bajaj, and G. Shuford

5:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Stephen Maloney, Federal Reserve Board; and J. Krastel and M. Miziorko

Exhibit Hall Reception

Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 9

Applications of Probabilistic Forecasting in IDSS

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Kim Klockow McClain, CIMMS

CoChair: Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV

8:30 AM

9.1

National Weather Service Transformation Roadmap to 2033

Andrea J. Bleistein, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Draggon, J. M. Coyne, M. Grow, Z. Maye, S. B. Smith, A. Mehta, and G. Cooper, PhD

8:45 AM

9.2

Using Probabilistic Impact Decision Support Services along the Pacific Crest Trail

Kristian Andrew Mattarochia, NWSFO, Hanford, CA; and E. Williams and S. Boerke

9:00 AM

9.3

Preparing for the next storm: The intersection of convergent messages and strong organization-public relationships

Anita Atwell Seate, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and B. F. Liu, J. Y. Kim, S. Lee, and D. Hawblitzel

9:15 AM

9.4

Communicating Probabilistic Threat Information for Severe Storms and Flooding

Christopher Strong, NWS, Sterling, VA; and B. LaSorsa and K. Rodriguez

Handout (679.7 kB)

9:30 AM

9.5

Evaluation of NWS Probabilistic Snowfall Graphics and NBM Snow Percentiles in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Christian Spallone, The Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and C. Belak

9:45 AM

9.6

An Analysis of NCEP Probabilistic Products

Kyra Schlezinger, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; NOAA, College Park, MD; and J. G. Yoe, K. Klockow McClain, and A. Schneck

Handout (17.9 MB)

J9

Living in a Changing Environment: Advancing the Warning Paradigm I

Location: Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS; Travis Washington

8:30 AM

J9.1

National Weather Service Initiative: Polygon Alerts for All Hazards

Stephen W. Bieda III, PhD, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. M. Gravelle, D. Nagele, PhD, M. Armstrong, M. Austin, G. Cooper, PhD, S. B. Smith, D. M. Kingfield, D. D. Nietfeld, E. Bookbinder, S. White, J. Schauer, T. Carter, K. L. Berry, and G. J. Stumpf

8:45 AM

J9.2

NextGen TV Warnings: What Could They Look Like?

Michael S. Michaud, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. Sutton, S. Olivas, H. Obermeier, K. L. Berry, H. Sheridan, G. Cox, N. Johnson, and C. Davis

9:00 AM

J9.3

Wave Goodbye to Old Marine Forecasts and Make Waves at the Beach

Melinda Bailey, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Presnell

Handout (3.8 MB)

9:15 AM

J9.4

A Systematic Review of Decision-Making in Inland Flooding: Knowns, Unknowns, and Priorities

Stan Rhodes, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO

9:30 AM

J9.5

Testing Public Awareness, Understanding, and Intended Response to Snow Squall Warnings After 5 Years in Use

Abby Lee Bitterman, OU Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; and A. C. Wanless, M. Krocak, and J. Ripberger

9:45 AM

J9.6

New Features Coming to Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Mike Gerber, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

J10

Living in a Changing Environment: Advancing the Warning Paradigm II

Location: Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Travis Washington; Joseph P. Koval

10:45 AM

J10.1

WDTD’s Instructional Transition to Prepare the NWS for Convective Hazard Services

Michael Lowe, NWS, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and L. E. J. Elizalde, S. Boyd, and M. A. Magsig

11:00 AM

J10.2

Moving toward Free-Form Threat Polygon Based Convective Warnings at the Meteorological Service of Canada

Bradley Ernest Power, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada

11:15 AM

J10.3

Meteorological Service of Canada Weather Alert Dissemination Challenges

Pongsakorn No middle name Rahman, EC, North York, ON, Canada

11:30 AM

J10.4

July 2023 Catastrophic Flash Flooding in Vermont - Takeaways of the Communication and Social Science Best Practices

Rebecca Duell, NWS, Burlington, VT; and R. Chai

11:45 AM

J10.5

Prescott Dispatch and the National Weather Service: A Partnership made in Impact-Based Decision Support Services

Valerie Meola, NWS, Bellemont, AZ; and R. Roakes

J10

NCEP Panel: Evaluating the Evidence Basis for Change - Community Input on Select NCEP Products and the Road Ahead

Location: 307 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; and the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )

Chair: Kim Klockow McClain, CIMMS

CoChair: Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS

10:45 AM

J10.1

Evaluating the Evidence Basis for Change - Community Input on Select NCEP Products and the Road Ahead.

Kim Klockow McClain, NCEP/UCAR, Norman, OK; and M. Farrar

Lunch Break

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

J11

Building an Equitable WRN

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; and the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice )

Chair: Shundra Maleka Stewart, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

CoChair: Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather for Business

1:45 PM

J11.1

No Hablo Inglés: Language Equity in Life-Saving Weather Information

Krizia Negrón-Hernández, NWS Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) Program, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (2.2 MB)

2:00 PM

J11.2

Serving the Underserved: What is Being Done?

Jeffery E Adkins, NWS, Charleston, SC; and J. S. Lee, V. Were, L. Williams, J. R. Fooks, and S. Rhodes

2:15 PM

J11.3

Achieving a Weather-Ready Nation Through Equitable Service Delivery

Stephan B. Smith, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. B. Harris, L. Williams, J. S. Lee, V. Were, Ph.D., P. Brown, and D. C. Hilderbrand

2:30 PM

J11.4

Using Social Science to Create More Targeted Local Outreach Programs Focused on Reaching Vulnerable Communities

Erik M. Heden, NOAA, Newport, NC; and I. Kemp and M. Byrd

Handout (2.8 MB)

J11.5

Sense of Belonging, As a Vital Ingredient for STEM Engagement

J11B

Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Communicating Uncertainty I

Location: 350 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Allison Collow, Florida State University; Christine A. Shields, USRA; Alexandre M. Ramos, Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa; Bin Guan, JPL

1:45 PM

J11B.1

Contrasting the Enhanced Atmospheric River Activity over the North Pacific and Atlantic Since 1950

Mengxin Pan, Duke University, Durham, NC; and S. Hu

2:00 PM

J11B.2

Conditional Relationship Between Atmospheric River Moisture, Wind, and Precipitation in Satellite Observations

Emilio Yanez Jr., Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and W. Ma and G. Chen

Handout (3.9 MB)

2:15 PM

J11B.3

Within the Footprint of Atmospheric Rivers, Surface Heat Fluxes from the Ocean into the Atmosphere are Anomalously Weak, even During Formation

Allegra LeGrande, GISS, New York, NY; and J. F. Booth, C. M. Naud, C. Ordaz, and J. Crespo

2:30 PM

J11B.4

The Response of Sea Surface Temperature to Atmospheric Rivers

TIEN-YIAO HSU, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and M. R. Mazloff, S. T. Gille, M. Freilich, B. D. Cornuelle, and R. Sun

2:45 PM

J11B.5

ENSO and MJO Effects on North Pacific AR Speed and Propagation

Margarita Mora, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and L. Fernandes and P. C. Loikith

Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Poster Session III

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

739A

Creating an Enhanced Flash Flood Climatology and Catalog of Flash Flood Prone Areas to Aid Forecast and Warning Operations

Barrett Smith II, NWS, Raleigh, NC; and D. Leins and A. Benz

739

An Investigation of Radar Signatures and Challenges Associated with Tornadic Storms in Pennsylvania at Distant Radar Ranges

Savannah Jewel Southward, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. R. Colbert and M. L. Jurewicz Sr.

Handout (2.5 MB)

Why Pay for Your Weather?

740

NWSChat 2.0 Monitoring in the Public Cloud

Faizan Jamil, Gama-1 Technologies, Greenbelt, MD; and K. L. Sheets, D. Puthalapat, M. Cruz, C. Ekeanyanwu, D. Tabligan, M. Doria, and N. Keene

Session 12

Innovations in IDSS

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Shundra Maleka Stewart, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

CoChair: Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS

4:30 PM

12.1

Leveraging Field Innovation to Support the NWS of the Future

Andy Foster, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. J. Miretzky, W. M. Thomas, and M. Davis

4:45 PM

12.2

Linking Key NWS Priorities to IDSS (Supporting the NWS' Transformation Through a National IDSS Operations Cycle)

Andy Foster, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. L. Edwards and W. M. Thomas

5:00 PM

12.3

National Weather Service Extreme Heat Products and Services Evolution

Jessica Lee, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. G. McMahon and D. Nagele, PhD

Handout (3.3 MB)

5:15 PM

12.5

Providing Tropical Decision Support Services using GIS during Hurricane Ian

Robert A Garcia, NWS, Miami, FL

5:30 PM

Discussion

J12B

Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Communicating Uncertainty II

Location: 350 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs: Allison Collow, USRA; Christine A. Shields, USRA; Alexandre M. Ramos, Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa; Bin Guan

4:30 PM

J12B.1

Synoptic Drivers of Extreme Precipitation Days in the Upper Yuba Watershed of California

Paul C. Loikith, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and E. N. Russell

4:45 PM

J12B.2

Analyzing Atmospheric River Reforecasts: Error Patterns and Synoptic-Scale Settings

Greta Katherine Easthom, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann, M. J. Molina, L. DeHaan, J. M. Cordeira, and S. D. Smith

5:00 PM

J12B.3

Insights into the Causes and Predictability of the 2022/23 California Flooding

Siegfried Schubert, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Chang, A. M. DeAngelis, Y. K. Lim, N. P. Thomas, R. D. Koster, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Molod, A. Collow, and A. Dezfuli

5:15 PM

J12B.4

Climate Change Effects on the December 2022 - January 2023 High Impact Series of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers Along the U.S. West Coast

Hunter Martinez-Buehrer, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL; and A. C. Michaelis, J. M. Cordeira, A. Gershunov, V. A. Gensini, PhD, CCM, W. S. Ashley, A. Haberlie, and M. M. Ralph

5:30 PM

J12B.5

Surviving the Storms: Evolution of San Francisco Bay Area Extreme Precipitation from Past to Future Climate and Updated Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Actionable Science

Michael Mak, Pathways Climate Institute, San Francisco, CA; and C. L. May, J. Neher, J. Finzi Hart, M. F. Wehner, and C. M. Patricola

5:45 PM

J12B.6

QBO’s Modulation of the Global Atmospheric River Activities

Kai Huang, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Shields, J. H. Richter, K. R. Hall, and Y. Li

Awards Reception and Ceremony

Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Wednesday Night Live

Location: Key Ballroom Salon 1-8 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

J13

The Evolution of Weather Communication into the Next Decade

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; and the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice )

Chair: Cheryl B. Nelson

CoChair: Dave Jones, National Weather Service

8:30 AM

J13.1

How Narrative Structures Knowledge: The Story of Story

Susan Jasko, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

8:45 AM

J13.2

Without a Warning: The Role of Broadcast Meteorologists in Shaping Tornado Risk Perception during an Undetected Tornado

Ben Cathey, WVLT-TV, Knoxville, TN; and K. N. Ellis, C. Cooper, M. Faizer, and J. First

9:00 AM

J13.3

Working in a Changing Field: A Future Role for Broadcast Meteorologists

Elyse Smith, KTRK-TV, ABC News, Houston, TX; and T. Herzog

9:15 AM

J13.4

Expanding nationally by staying local, how one newspaper group has pivoted into the future of digital weather communications

Joseph Anthony Martucci, CBM, CDM Sealholders, Lee Enterprises, Linwood, NJ; and M. S. Sublette

9:30 AM

J13.5

Impact-Based Climate Risk Communication: Building a Toolbox

McKenna Lee Eichenauer, NOAA, Fort Worth, TX

9:45 AM

J13.6

Weather.gov 2.0–Building With, Not For

Kari L. Sheets, NWS, Bohemia, NY

Exhibit Hall Breakfast

Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Lunch Break

Location: The Baltimore Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 15

Lessons Learned

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Jennifer M. Laflin

CoChair: Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

1:45 PM

15.1

A Night Derailed: Lessons Learned from the High-Profile Train Derailment in East Palestine, OH

Fred W McMullen II, NOAA, Moon Twp, PA

Handout (2.1 MB)

2:00 PM

15.2

The April 29, 2022 EF-3 Tornado: Lessons from a Near Miss

Kelly M. Butler, NWS, Wichita, KS; and V. Pearce

Handout (6.1 MB)

2:15 PM

15.3

The National Weather Service's Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Collaborative Forecast Process (CFP) Demonstration: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Frank Alsheimer, NWS, West Columbia, SC; and T. Johnstone, D. C. Young, and B. J. Miretzky

2:30 PM

15.4

Science-to-Service Methods During a Violent Tornado in Southeast Iowa During the Historic 31 March-01 April 2023 Tornado Outbreak

Zachary P. Uttech, NWS, Davenport, IA; and M. T. Friedlein

15.5

A Look at Hurricane Ian’s Surge - What Can We Learn For The Next One

Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing

Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Session 16

Messaging and Risk Perception

Location: 349 (The Baltimore Convention Center)

Host: 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Chair: Tom Di Liberto, CollabraLink Inc.

CoChair: Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

4:30 PM

16.1

Creating a Weather Ready Nation for our Neurodiverse Communities

JP Kalb, NWS Hanford, Hanford, CA; NWS Hanford, Hanford, CA; and W. South and F. Castro

Handout (1.8 MB)

4:45 PM

16.2

The Use of the Key Messages Concept at the Climate Prediction Center

Jonathan C. Gottschalck, NOAA, College Park, MD; and J. Infanti, C. Baggett, S. Handel, M. Ou, A. Hartman, and B. Pugh

5:00 PM

16.3

The Alignment of Winter Storm Naming and Key Messages

Matthew Sitkowski, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and S. Ostro, A. Lamers, and G. W. Carbin

5:15 PM

16.4

How AccuWeather is Enhancing Public Awareness of Hazardous Weather Through Rapid Dissemination of NWS Weather Alerts

Matthew R. Alto, AccuWeather, Shaker Heights, OH

5:30 PM

16.5

Facing New Threats: Impact of Risk Perceptions, Informational Sources, and Experiences on Protective Actions

Terri M. Adams, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. A. Dovil, R. R. Hackett, D. S. LaDue, Ph.D., and L. Mayeux

5:45 PM

16.6

Rating the Risk of the Rip: Public Risk Perception of Rip Currents in the United States

Zoey Rosen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak and J. Ripberger

Session 16 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation

Sunday, 28 January 2024

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

Monday, 29 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Thursday, 1 February 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

Sunday, 28 January 2024

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

Monday, 29 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Thursday, 1 February 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024