EEMS Training in Edmonds, WA - Just a month away!
Exciting News: We've extended the Registration Deadline for the EEMS Training to June 28th!! ????
Come enjoy beautiful Edmonds, WA when you attend the EEMS Training in July! ?? When: July 15-17, 2024 Location: Best Western Edmonds, Washington, USA Topics: Modeling Hydrodynamics, Temperature, Water Quality, Waves, Sediment Transport, Lagrangian Particle Tracking.?
Limited spots remaining - Register today!
Lake Okeechobee Hurricane Simulation?
In recent decades, loss of life from natural disasters has dropped considerably as we have become better prepared with respect to warnings and emergency preparedness. It is vital, however, to continue to reduce the impacts of hurricanes and severe storms on society in terms of fatalities and infrastructure damage. Studies indicate that up to 90% of deaths due to hurricanes are water-related, with flooding and storm surge the predominant cause of loss of life and destruction. Approximately half of all fatalities are a result of storm surge (Rappaport, 2014). This means that a critical component of reducing hurricane-related impacts is developing accurate simulations of the approaching weather system and understanding how the system will impact infrastructure. Hurricane modeling has improved markedly in recent decades, allowing increasingly realistic simulations of the hydrologic and hydrodynamic impacts of severe storms and hurricanes. For this purpose, EEMS has been enhanced with a tropical cyclone module; as an example, this has been applied to Lake Okeechobee for Hurricane Irene, which struck Florida in 1999. Hurricane Irene took eight lives and caused an estimated $800 million in damage. ??
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NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30, predicts an 85% chance of an above-normal season, a 10% chance of a near-normal season and a 5% chance of a below-normal season.
To see how NOAA's past predictions have fared you can see a comparison between observed hurricanes and predicted here:
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8 个月Great newsletter. Excited for the training!