Session 8 Heat and Air Quality Extremes: Improving Forecast Accuracty, Alert Systems, and Risk Communication

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
342 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair:
Cochairs:
Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS, AFSO, Silver Spring, MD and Shundra Maleka Stewart, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Pearl, MS

Papers:
4:30 PM
8.1
Assessment and Evaluation of Heat Index and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature in North Carolina
Lily Raye, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and T. Glotfelty and K. D. Dello

4:45 PM
8.2
'Scorching Summer 2023: Analyzing Extreme Heat in Southeastern Louisiana'
Philip Grigsby, NWS, Slidell, LA; and H. Lisney

5:00 PM
8.3
Enhancing Public Understanding of Heat Warnings: Insights from Focus Groups Across the U.S.
Micki Olson, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Sutton and B. Pollock

5:15 PM
8.4
Air Quality Alerts: What Seems to be Working and What Can We Do Better?
Matt Taraldsen, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN

5:30 PM
8.5
Wood Stove Curtailment Forecasting in Portola, California
Steve Irwin, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and P. H. Zahn and J. J. Beamish

5:45 PM
8.6
Evaluation of HRRR Smoke for IDSS and Policy Making in the Northern Great Plains
Emily Gale Gosney, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and A. D. Kennedy

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