Weather Center Events
Upcoming Events:
The Meteorology Club Proudly Presents Dr. Jason Dunion from the National Hurricane Center
He will be speaking on Saharan Dust Storms and Atalantic Hurricanes. This event will be on November 5, 2009 at 3:30 pm in the WCSU Science Building in Room 263.
Announcement And Call For Presentations
The Third Tri-State Weather Conference will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2010 in the Science Building on the mid-town campus of Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT.
The conference is presented by the Meteorology Program at Western Connecticut State University and co-sponsored by the WestConn Student Chapter of the AMS, the New York City/Long Island Chapter of the AMS, and NOAA/National Weather Service/Upton/NYC, NY. The purpose of the conference is to enhance education, professional development and communication among private and public sector meteorologists, researchers, educators, students, emergency management officials, and weather enthusiasts.
Submissions, in the form of oral presentations or posters, are being solicited on high impact weather events that affect the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Potential topics would include, but are not limited to, nor'easters and winter weather, severe thunderstorms, tropical weather and hurricanes, climate change, and mesoscale meteorology. We are especially interested in presentations about Tropical Storm Hanna, the microburst in Southwest Connecticut on May 16, 2007, August 8,2007 New York City tornado and other notable weather events of recent years. Presentations about significant historical weather events from the region, such as the 1938 Hurricane and the Blizzard of '78, are also welcomed. The deadline for abstracts is May 31, 2010.
For further information, contact Gary Lessor, Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Meteorology, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810 (tel: 203-837-8552; email: lessorg@wcsu.edu
Check back to this page for more information as it becomes available!
