The
next Penn State Water Resources Extension webinar on Wednesday, October 29, 2014
from 12:00 to 1:00 PM EST will discuss Is
Pennsylvania Becoming Drought Resistant? The presenter will be
Paul Knight, the Pennsylvania State Climatologist and Senior Lecturer at Penn
State University.
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Title: Is Pennsylvania Becoming Drought Resistant?
Presenter: Paul Knight, the Pennsylvania State Climatologist and Senior Lecturer at Penn State University.
Where: the live webinar can be viewed at https://meeting.psu.edu/water1
Webinar description:
While there have been several notable dry spells since the era of warming began in the 1980's, a sustained drought appears to be rare compared with the decades prior. Climate models predict more frequent droughts over the continents in decades to come, but virtually none of these models forecast that precipitation would increase by 10% during the last century. Should we be planning for an unprecedented dry time in Pennsylvania? We will explore that possibility.
About the Presenter:
Paul Knight is the Pennsylvania State Climatologist. He is a senior lecturer of synoptic meteorology at Penn State University and the manager of the Weather Communications Group. Paul was the senior forecaster for The New York Times from 1986-2009.He along with four other colleagues produced the weather page for the Times and International Herald Tribune. Paul is also producer, co-host and on-camera meteorologist Weather World, a fifteen minute, weeknight weather magazine show which was seen on 3 PBS stations in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years and is also broadcast on Pennsylvania Cable Network and Penn State's Public Television Station (WPSU).
How to Participate
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Title: Is Pennsylvania Becoming Drought Resistant?
Presenter: Paul Knight, the Pennsylvania State Climatologist and Senior Lecturer at Penn State University.
Where: the live webinar can be viewed at https://meeting.psu.edu/water1
Webinar description:
While there have been several notable dry spells since the era of warming began in the 1980's, a sustained drought appears to be rare compared with the decades prior. Climate models predict more frequent droughts over the continents in decades to come, but virtually none of these models forecast that precipitation would increase by 10% during the last century. Should we be planning for an unprecedented dry time in Pennsylvania? We will explore that possibility.
About the Presenter:
Paul Knight is the Pennsylvania State Climatologist. He is a senior lecturer of synoptic meteorology at Penn State University and the manager of the Weather Communications Group. Paul was the senior forecaster for The New York Times from 1986-2009.He along with four other colleagues produced the weather page for the Times and International Herald Tribune. Paul is also producer, co-host and on-camera meteorologist Weather World, a fifteen minute, weeknight weather magazine show which was seen on 3 PBS stations in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years and is also broadcast on Pennsylvania Cable Network and Penn State's Public Television Station (WPSU).
How to Participate
· The live webinar will
occur from 12:00 to 1:00 PM and is accessible at: https://meeting.psu.edu/water1
· You can access this webinar simply by signing in as a
"guest".
· Taped versions of each webinar in the series are available at:http://extension.psu.edu/water/webinar-series/past-webinars
· If you have not registered for past water webinars, please visit the following website
to register so we can keep you updated about futurewebinar offerings: http://extension.psu.edu/water/webinar-series/schedule/registration
· If this will be your first webinar, you may want to test your computer
and internet connection for compatibility at: https://meeting.psu.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
