The Power of Precipitation
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WBUR Cityspace
890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
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December 1, 2023
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December 1, 2023
Eye Towards the Sky Annual Speaker Series
Water’s transformative nature is fascinating. It’s the shape-shifting magician of the natural world, transitioning effortlessly between solid, liquid and gas forms. In the blink of an eye, it can freeze into crystalline beauty, flow as a refreshing stream or vanish into the sky as invisible vapor. This constant cycle of transformation is the very essence of life, sustaining ecosystems and captivating our senses with its ever-changing wonders.
Join us for the third annual event of the American Meteorological Society’s Eye Towards the Sky public speaker series. Directed towards a general audience, this series aims to increase public knowledge and interest about weather and climate in a thought-provoking, positive and empowering way. Come listen to the experts discuss snow forecasting, blizzards, wet New England summers and the oceans. This is a great opportunity to network directly with on-camera meteorologists and climate scientists. Have all your weather questions answered, while enjoying drinks and delicious canapés in the excellent WBUR Cityspace venue.
Event Speakers
Dr. Matthew Sitkowski
Science Editor-in-Chief , The Weather Channel
Michael Fries
Acting Meteorologist-in-Charge Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service
Professor Gabriel Vecchi
Geosciences Professor & Director, Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System
Professor Kim Cobb
Director, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society Professor, Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
December 1, 2023
Event Schedule
6:00 - 6:05 pm
Welcome
Welcome and brief remarks about the AMS Speaker Series
6:05 - 6:15 pm
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Sitkowski
Introduction to the speakers and Q&A panel moderator
6:15 - 6:30 pm
Michael Fries
Presentation showing the most recent blizzard in Buffalo, New York. How is the forecast prepared under such rapidly changing conditions?
6:30 - 6:45 pm
Professor Gabriel Vecchi
Does a combination of natural variables and a warming atmosphere change precipitation frequency and intensity?
6:45 - 7:00 pm
Professor Kim Cobb
What role do the oceans play in determining rainstorms and snowfall locally, nationally and globally?
7:00 - 7:30 pm
Q & A session
Moderated by Dr. Matthew Sitkowski.
7:30 - 8:00 pm
Cocktails and canapes
Drinks and light fare will be served.
The Power of Precipitation
December 1, 2023
What our attendees liked
This event was fantastic! I was surprised by how much I learned in just an hour.
I thought about these speakers for weeks afterwards. The footage of flying into the eye of a hurricane, and the discussions about how we model and predict these events was both scientifically astounding and presented in an easy to understand way.
A wonderful date night! Engaging, fascinating, interesting.
A fantastic event featuring incredibly knowledgeable and engaging speakers. The hurricane forecasting concepts were delivered with passion and clarity that captivated the audience's imagination
Anita Gajdecki and the AMS curated an event that made ideas from the vanguard of meteorology and climate science incredibly accessible to the general public. I left “Hurricanes: An Eye on the Future” with a newfound respect for the work of meteorologists and a desire to continue learning about the preeminent issues that motivate them. I’d be remiss to not mention the delicious refreshments as well!
Anita Gajdecki
American Meteorological Society
Having grown up in the British Isles, the changing weather and the majesty of the sky have always been of great interest to me. It inspired me as a college undergraduate to study the universe as an astrophysicist, and then in later years to study the atmospheric sciences.
Collaborating with the American Meteorological Society, a trusted organization that has been promoting and disseminating accurate scientific information related to the atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological sciences for over 100 years, has been an inspirational part of my mission.
Expertise embedded within the most highly regarded academic institutions and organizations must be shared regularly and more easily with the broader public in an accessible and digestible way. This desire to share scientific knowledge and to bring people together has been my mission for the last fifteen years of my professional career.
Now, more than ever, scientific facts and correct information need to be made available more widely, and I hope to be in a position to collaborate with the AMS for as long as there is a need to do so, in order to continue and encourage this crucial dialogue.
Anita Gajdecki
American Meteorological Society
Having grown up in the British Isles, the changing weather and the majesty of the sky have always been of great interest to me. It inspired me as a college undergraduate to study the universe as an astrophysicist, and then in later years to study the atmospheric sciences.
Collaborating with the American Meteorological Society, a trusted organization that has been promoting and disseminating accurate scientific information related to the atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological sciences for over 100 years, has been an inspirational part of my mission.
Expertise embedded within the most highly regarded academic institutions and organizations must be shared regularly and more easily with the broader public in an accessible and digestible way. This desire to share scientific knowledge and to bring people together has been my mission for the last fifteen years of my professional career.
Now, more than ever, scientific facts and correct information need to be made available more widely, and I hope to be in a position to collaborate with the AMS for as long as there is a need to do so, in order to continue and encourage this crucial dialogue.
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WBUR Cityspace
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890 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02215