Ninth Tri-State Weather Conference Speakers
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Science Building Midtown Campus
Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jason Tuell, Director, Eastern Region National Weather Service
Keynote Topic: National Weather Service Transformation: Today and Tomorrow
Speakers
Paul Taschereau, PeriShip Global, Branford, CT
Topic: 30th Anniversary of the July 15, 1995 Superderecho
Hayden Frank, National Weather Service Boston, MA
Topic: Challenges of Forecasting the February 13th, 2024 Nor’easter
Joe Rao, Space.com’s skywatching columnist
Topic: A Comet is Coming! (Maybe)
Edward Roedel, Avangrid, New Haven, CT
Topic: Climate Change, The Effect on the Electric Grid and Plans to Keep it Resilient
Stephen Wagener, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
Topic: Predictions and Projections of Health Impacts in a Changing Climate
Jason M. Cordeira, UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Albany, NY
Topic: Characteristics, Impacts, and Historical Perspectives of Atmospheric Rivers along the U.S. East Coast during Winter 2023–2024
Dominic Ramunni, National Weather Service New York, New York
Topic: Review of the August Historic CT Flash Flood Event and June Severe Storms
Gil Simmons, WTNH Channel 8, New Haven, CT
Topic: Humanizing the Science of Weather
Faye Morrone. National Weather Service New York, NY
Using AI-Powered Translations to Expand Access to Weather Information Across the Tri-State
The registration fee is $25 and will include a continental breakfast and a pizza/salad bar lunch, along with conference materials.
Please register online. wcsu.edu/weatherconference/registration
NO CHARGE for any high school, college or university students, but you must preregister and show your school I.D. at check in.
Continental breakfast will be served from 8:15 to 9:00 a.m. in the Science Building Atrium. Please arrive early for check-in and breakfast.
Gary Lessor, Conference Chair, Western Connecticut State University lessorg@wcsu.edu
Mark Kramer, Conference Co-Chair, AMS NYC/LI Chapter nycliams@weathermarkpro.com