2026 Hurricane Awareness Webinars
2026 Hurricane Awareness Webinar Series
Sponsored by: NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) and NOAA’s Gulf of American Regional Collaboration Team (GoARCT)
2026 Hurricane Awareness Webinar Series
Sponsored by: NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) and NOAA’s Gulf of American Regional Collaboration Team (GoARCT)
Sponsored by: NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) and NOAA’s Gulf of American Regional Collaboration Team (GoARCT)
Title: Updates from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center: A Caribbean Hurricane, a Cone, and Other Coming Attractions
Presenter: Robbie Berg, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NOAA National Hurricane Center
Description: The first webinar will cover a review of the 2025 hurricane season, highlighting Hurricane Melissa, and introduce new National Hurricane Center products for 2026 and beyond.
Title: NOAA’s Hurricane Field Program: 2025 Highlights & Plans for 2026
Presenters: Dr. Sim Aberson (Meteorologist), Dr. Joe Cione (Lead Meteorologist for Emerging Technologies), and Dr. Jason Sippel (Meteorologist), NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division
Description: The second webinar will cover updates from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Hurricane Research Division (HRD). HRD improves forecasts and helps NOAA create a weather-ready nation by collecting observations, assimilating data, and streamlining modeling and prediction sciences.
Title: Hurricane Impacts in the Caribbean: Maria, Melissa and Unique Recovery Challenges (in Spanish / en español)
Presenter: Ernesto Rodriguez, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NOAA National Weather Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Description: The third webinar (conducted only in Spanish) will focus on the similarities between Hurricanes María and Melissa, emphasizing how these catastrophic storms cause widespread damage to infrastructure and ecosystems, and will also examine the distinct recovery challenges faced by island communities compared with those on the mainland.
Title: Enhancing Capacity for Risk Communication in Vietnamese-American Communities
Presenter: Dr. Tracie Sempier, Resilience Engagement Lead, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Lisa White and Jane Nguyen, Boat People SOS; Danielle Manning, NOAA National Weather Service, New Orleans
Description: The fourth webinar will cover risk communication gaps in Vietnamese-American communities across the northern Gulf (Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi). It will explore how to strengthen communities’ abilities to manage impacts from natural and human-caused disasters and increase awareness among weather communicators of the language and cultural barriers these communities face.
Title: “Weird Science”: Fascinating Lessons in the World of Tropical Cyclones
Presenter: Brian LaMarre, Chief Meteorologist and Founder, Inspire Weather, LLC
Description: The fifth webinar will dive into some of the lesser known, intriguing facts surrounding the history, science, technology and associated impacts from tropical cyclones. Real-life stories and impacts will be shared from memorable storms, as well as curious connections to public health and how terms like "Fujiwhara", "ERC", and "African Dust" relate to hurricanes. Learn more and dispel myths and other common misconceptions surrounding one of Earth’s most destructive yet awe-inspiring natural hazards.