{"id":5355,"date":"2021-05-13T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2021-07-11T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T14:20:40","slug":"afternoons-with-convection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/afternoons-with-convection\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoons with convection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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*** UPDATE on recordings ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will post links to the recordings of the webinars here as they become available (this also depends whether our speakers agree to having their talk recorded)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Kumjian: Forecasting large hail<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Peters: New insights on supercell dynamics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameron Nixon: Using hodographs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*** UPDATE on how to connect to the webinars ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To connect to the webinars, just follow the link:
https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/2536484999<\/a> and Bluejeans will guide through you through the rest! Make sure to reserve 5 \u2013 10 minutes before the start of the webinar to allow your system to set up the Bluejeans and connect to the webinar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important rule is to make sure your microphone is muted during the presentation! This will be done by default upon your arrival to the webinar, but please make sure this will be the case also individually. Depending on the number of participants, discussion will be either done throught the chat or more interactively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*** GENERAL INFORMATION concerning the webinars ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year we brought you a series of 3 \u201crefreshers\u201d to get ready for convective season. While the convective season picks up over Europe, this year we are organizing a series of 3 webinars called \u201cAfternoons with convection\u201d with severe weather experts to help you expand your horizons in convection forecasting! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The webinars\nwill take place on the Wednesdays 2, 9 and 30 June and will start at 13 UTC\n(15:00 CEST). Each webinar consists of a lecture by a storm researcher followed\nby a discussion and concludes with a discussion of the current weather\nsituation by Tomas P\u00fa\u010dik and Christoph Gatzen (ESSL \/ ESTOFEX). The webinars end\nat 15 UTC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do not need to register for the webinars! On Mondays, two days before each webinar, we will post a link on ESSL\u2019s Twitter (@essl_ecss) and Facebook channels and the webpage (essl.org) with instructions how to connect. As last year, we will use the BlueJeans videoconferencing system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are\nhappy that the following expert researchers have offered to give a talk on\ntheir recent work in the Afternoons with Convection series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 June\n2021, Matthew Kumjian (The Pennsylvania State University)
\nForecasting and nowcasting large hail.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large hail\nis the most costly thunderstorm-related threat and each year multiple events\nwith hail-related injuries occur across Europe. Matt will discuss new findings\nof his research group concerning the physics of large hail formation, such as how\nthe pre-convective environment influences the growth of large hailstones and\nhow to recognize truly damaging hailstorms.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 June\n2021, John Peters (Naval Postgraduate School)
\nNew insights on dynamics of supercells <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding\nwhy storms behave in a certain way is very important for all forecasters. John\nwill talk about his novel research results concerning various aspects of storm\ndynamics, including how shear modulates the width and strength of convective\nupdrafts, in what ways updrafts of supercells are special, and what role entrainment\nplays in the evolution of updrafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 June 2021, Cameron Nixon (Central Michigan University)
 Using hodographs to their fullest potential. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long? Short? Curved?\nStraight? Hodographs offer a holistic approach to study vertical wind shear in\nthe context of convective storm dynamics. Cameron will talk about how hodographs\ncan predict supercell behavior, hazards, and even visual appearance, and how\nlearning patterns rather than bulk shear or SRH will improve our forecasts in\nthe future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*** UPDATE on recordings *** We will post links to the recordings of the webinars here as they become available (this also depends whether our speakers agree to having their talk recorded) Matthew Kumjian: Forecasting large hail John Peters: New … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/5426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}