2023 CA Weather & Wildfire Outlook Webinar Recording Now Available
May 31, 2023
On May 31, 2023, the CRA hosted a webinar on Weather and Wildfire Outlook. The webinar covered a wide range of weather related topics along with cascading impacts to critical infrastructure and communities.
Sunny Wescott, a lead meteorologist for the Infrastructure Security Division at CISA, presented an outlook covering a wide range of weather related events. Her presentation also highlighted how these events are connected and their impacts on communities and various infrastructures.
This is a webinar worth watching not just for the outlook, but enhancing your understanding of the connections between weather, infrastructure, and communities.
Topics covered include:
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- Weather Threats to Stability
- Atmospheric Rivers
- Drought, including its impact on seismic activity
- Seasonal Climate Forecasts: Summer – Fall/Early Winter 2023
- Wind Events
- Radiative Heat Threats and Impacts to Infrastructures
- La Niña vs Neutral vs El Niño
- Tropical Cyclones
- California’s Cycle of Drought and Floods
- Severe Storms (tornados and hail)
- Fire Weather
- Landslides, Mudslides, Debris Flows, and Rockslides
- Regional Subsidence Threats
- Warming Surface Waters, Diseases, and Algae Blooms
- Valley Fever Expansion Due to Climate Warming
- Global Impacts of Extreme Weather
- Community Impacts & Climate Migration
The presentation’s slide deck (available for download on the webinar page) also includes a wealth of additional information.