Webinar #50 - Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Climate of the Southeast U.S.: Geographic Patterns and Trends in Extreme Weather Events

Chip Konrad
Southeast Regional Climate Center
Chapel Hill, NC


(biography)

Chip Konrad will introduce the climate of the Southeast U.S., emphasizing how it varies across the region and how it compares with the rest of the country.   He will discuss the different types of extreme weather events that impact the region, including hurricanes, floods, heat waves, droughts and tornadoes.  Specifically, he will reveal trends in the frequency and occurrence of these extremes over the last century.  He will conclude with a short discussion of how the frequencies of these extremes may change over the next century.  



View the Webinar by clicking here: https://youtu.be/995qKEfZ6e0



View Chip's presentation slides (26MB)





Resources:

Southeast Regional Climate Center