Florida State University plays a big role in the world of weather prediction I'm first to know meteorologist Riley winch in the college town neighborhood at FSU recently the school hosted more than 140 experts and forecasters from around the world the main topic climate for the first time since 2007 the Noah climate Diagnostics and prediction Workshop was hosted here at FSU the workshop creates a bridge between scientists and the public Dr vasu misra is a professor at the department of Earth oce
an and Atmospheric science s Es at Florida State he tells me the conference brings together two groups One deals with uh the technicality of climate prediction and diagnosing the climate variability in the region uh and the other is looking at uh the science of climate prediction and its application in various sectors he says that the exposure this event gives the university is great this really uh increases the visibility of our program and the campus uh to host uh worldclass scientists both in
climate applications and climate predictions Dr Marina Tima is the chief of the Climate Services Branch at Noah she represents the climate ready Nation initiative the goal of the initiative is to better communicate the impacts of climate on the general public we have a nice good trusted relationship with people at National regional and local level she says communicating climate effectively helps many parts of society including the agricultural industry farmers are definitely uh looking at at wh
at is happening with climate both climate variability and climate change the main focus of the workshop is the relationship between el Nino and Lin heading into the summer months the climate Prediction Center is confident that we will transition from El Nino to linia which could have a big impact on Florida and Georgia Dr David dwit director of the climate Prediction Center says linia is associated with reduced wind shear in the Atlantic so that tends to favor above normal Atlantic hurricane sea
sonal activity keep in mind that hurricane season starts on June 1st in the college town neighborhood I'm meteorologist Riley winch ABC 27
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