Annap. Science Cafe @ 49 West: “Hurricanes 101” by Avichal Mehra, PhD, NOAA/NWS

5/28, 6pm at 49W: Annapolis Science Cafe @ 49 West: “Hurricanes 101”, by Avichal Mehra, PhD, Deputy Director of the Ocean Prediction Center of NOAA’s National Weather Service.

Event Description: Why do Hurricanes occur? What do they look like? How does National Weather Service predict them? Historical impact of Hurricanes on US mainland We hope you will join us at the Annapolis Science Café at 49 West, but Zoom is also available. It's best to reserve seats for this event by calling 49 West at 410-626-9796. The event is free but you need to buy something from the restaurant. You don’t need a reservation for Zoom, but you do need the meeting number and passcode. Questions? Email annapoliscafesci@gmail.com if you want to be added to our mailing list or have questions.

Dr. Avichal Mehra has over 25 years of experience leading and performing scientific development and research in the areas of operational forecasting, including stand-alone global oceans models, coupled atmosphere-land-ocean-wave models, coupled Hurricane models, numerical analysis, model diagnostics, and analyzing and interpreting geophysical data and model results.

He serves as the Deputy Director of the Ocean Prediction Center of NOAA’s National Weather Service. OPC provides the world’s best marine forecasts and critical decision support services for nearly $2T in imports and exports transported aboard 60,000 ocean-faring vessels through U.S. seaports each year. OPC is a combined operation, applied research, development and transition organization which provides analyses, warnings, forecasts, and specialized marine weather and sea ice related decision support products and services to protect life and property at sea and enhance the national economy.

Image Credit: Weathertrens 360 with inputs from NOAA's database at NCEI.