Schedule
Time
Event
Morning Facilitator: Andrew Michael
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Sign In/Coffee
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Andrew Michael — OSU Meteorology Club President
Dr. Morton O’Kelly — Chair, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jay Hobgood — Director of Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University
Mike Ryan — Chairperson, Ohio Severe Weather Symposium; Meteorologist, NWSFO Wilmington, OH
9:15 – 9:55 AM
“The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricanes”
Dr. Jay Hobgood — Director of Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University
9:55 – 10:40 AM
“Climate Change and Recent and Future Trends of North American Climate and Weather”
Dr. Bob Livezey — Chief, Climate Services Division — Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services, National Weather Service Headquarters
10:40 -10:50 AM
Morning Break
10:50 – 11:30 AM
“The 27 May 2004 Severe Event: Focus on Two Tornadic Storms”
John DiStefano — Science Operations Officer — NWSFO Wilmington, OH
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
Afternoon Facilitator: Allison Chinchar
1:00 – 1:40 PM
“Meteorology of FirstEnergy”
Peter Manousos — Meteorologist, FirstEnergy
1:40 – 2:20 PM
“Media’s Role of Reporting Severe Weather”
Mike Bettes — Meteorologist, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
2:20 – 2:30 PM
Afternoon Break
2:30 – 3:15 PM
“Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change”
Harold Brooks — National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
3:15 – 4:00 PM
“EF Scale — Ups and Downs”
Dan McCarthy — Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
Speakers
Andrew Michael — OSU Meteorology Club President
Dr. Morton O’Kelly — Chair, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jay Hobgood — Director of Atmospheric Sciences, The Ohio State University
Mike Ryan — Meteorologist, NWSFO Wilmington, OH
Dan McCarthy — Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Storm Prediction Center
Bob Livezey — Chief, Climate Services Division, National Weather Service
John DiStefano — Science Operations Officer, NWSFO Wilmington, OH
Mike Bettes — The Weather Channel
Harold Brooks — National Severe Storms Laboratory
Peter Manousos — Meteorologist, FirstEnergy