Session: Living in a Changing Environment: Weather and Climate Communication to Socially Vulnerable and Underserved Communities (104th AMS Annual Meeting)

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

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, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Fort Collins, CO; Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas, NV; Keenan Eure, Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques (ADAPT) Research Group, Penn State Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, PA and Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

This proposed session topic will focus on effective weather communication to vulnerable communities, and applications for both short and long term weather hazards and climate impacts.

Papers:

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