Fifth Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication, 12-14 June 2019, San Diego California
The Fifth Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication, sponsored by the AMS and organized by the AMS Board on Societal Impacts, was held 12-14 June 2019 — in conjunction with the 47th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology — at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley.
The launch of next-generation satellites like GOES-16 & GOES-17, and the advancement of computing technology continue to move the production of weather forecasts forward while the Evolve NWS initiative has the potential to change how NWS forecasts are distributed to end users through impact-based decision support services. Meanwhile, weather forecasts available through web and mobile applications and mobile weather alerts continue to reshape how most outside of the weather enterprise receive weather forecasts.
Oral and poster presentations were solicited on all topics related to the effective communication of weather and climate information, including observations, assessments, forecasts, and warnings. Of special interest were abstracts related to:
Communication and social science case studies from recent high-impact weather and weather-related events, including hurricanes, nor’easters, severe storms, and wildfires
Impact-based decision support services, including solutions to challenges in ensuring effective communication between forecasters, partners, and end users
New products from a growing constellation of earth-observing satellites to accurately depict weather to non-experts
Lessons about warning and communication learned from other geophysical hazards, including earthquakes, volcanoes, and failures of the built environment (e.g. dam failures)
Social media as a two-way medium for the exchange of forecasts, field reports, and decision support
Innovations in communicating day-to-day and high-impact weather events, including delivery of weather forecasts through mobile devices, smart TVs, etc.
The warning partnership: The evolving roles of the NWS, private sector weather providers, media, emergency management, academia, and hobbyists
An abstract fee of $95 was charged at the time of submission (refundable only if the abstract was not accepted). This abstract fee also included the costs for submission of an extended electronic manuscript and digital recording of all oral presentations.
Authors of accepted presentations were notified via e-mail by Mid-March. These authors were strongly encouraged to submit an extended abstracts electronically by 11 June, 2019. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts (PDF format, up to 10 MB in size) were posted on the AMS website. All abstracts, extended abstracts and presentations are available on the AMS website at no cost.
For additional information please contact the program chair: Nate Johnson, NBC Owned Television Stations, [email protected].