Saturday, October 25

2025 Southern New England Weather Conference

By Blue Hill Observatory

Uniting weather enthusiasts, educators, and experts to understand our changing climate and its local impacts.

Date and time

Location

MEDITECH

7 Blue Hill River Road Canton, MA 02021

Speakers

Agenda

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Opening Remarks

Cindy Fitzgibbon

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Is a "Weather Ready Nation" also a Climate-Resilient Nation?

Louis Uccellini

Starting with a strategic planning effort in 2009 and responding to the severe weather season in 2011, in 2013 the NWS established a core partnership with the nation’s emergency management community ...

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM

Implementation of Forecast Flood Inundation Mapping Services for the Nation

David Vallee

Beginning back in September 2023, experimental Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) services were delivered to eastern Texas as well as portions of New York, southern Vermont, and far western Connecticut &...

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM

Local and Global Precipitation Tracking

Brian Fitzgerald

Join members of Mount Washington Observatory's (MWOBS) education team to explore a NASA developed and MWOBS-adapted precipitation data activity. Come learn about how precipitation is measured (includ...

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM

Using AI Generated Fronts to Improve Forecasting Efficiency

Ashley Williamson Rodriguez

At The Weather Company, one of the most time consuming tasks done by some of our forecasters is creating global frontal analyses. Current global fronts are analyzed every three hours, and global fron...

11:35 AM - 12:15 PM

The Shifting Roles in the American Weather Enterprise

Keith Seitter

The AMS Weather Enterprise Study started fall 2023, twenty years after the National Academies "Fair Weather" report was released, as a two-year study to explore the successes, challenges, and opportu...

11:35 AM - 12:15 PM

Effective Strategies to Communicate Weather and Climate to All

Bob Chen

Climate change affects all people and all ecosystems on Earth including us here in Boston. Indicators of system change are all around us, but sometimes are difficult to observe or discuss with the pe...

11:35 AM - 12:15 PM

How The Weather Company is Leveraging AI to Enhance Weather Forecasting

Dr. Lauriana Gaudet

Explore how The Weather Company is leveraging AI across our science, technology, and operational workflow to enhance weather forecasting capabilities. Lauriana will discuss their innovative AI applic...

12:20 PM - 12:55 PM

How the Weather Enterprise is Essential to a Climate-Resilient Nation

Louis Uccellini

Keith Seitter

Collaboration across government, academic, and corporate sectors, or "The Weather Enterprise," has built the infrastructure, systems, and human capital necessary to create a climate-resilient nation....

12:20 PM - 12:55 PM

Under The Radar: Everything You Haven't Heard About A Career in Meteorology

Shiri Spear

Joe Dellicarpini

Jake Reagan

Sam Collins

This panel is hosted by Tucker Antico. Meteorologists impact your life everyday, and in many ways you don’t even realize! Learn about the wide array of careers in the field and hear from the people b...

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch

2:05 PM - 2:45 PM

Our Hidden Ocean: The Shifting Dynamics of Currents, Weather, and Technology

Gwyneth Packard

2:05 PM - 2:45 PM

Exploring Boston Harbor through Real-time Monitoring Data

Rebecca Shoer

Liana Greenberg-Nielsen

The Stone Living Lab (SLL) Realtime Monitoring Network is a groundbreaking data partnership in Boston Harbor, combining multiple modalities of data collection into a single resource for environmental...

2:05 PM - 2:45 PM

How to Communicate the Information People Need During Extreme Weather

Dr. Sean Ernst

In a world more fractured by opinion, misinformation, and a cacophony of competing voices screaming for attention – how do we, as weather risk communicators, produce effective messages that reach the...

2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

Climate Change’s Impact on Hurricanes and Nor’easters

Jeff Berardelli

2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

Data Innovation and Community Connection in a Complex Tri-State DMA

Ben Frechette

Marissa Vigevani

Forecasting in Vermont, Northern New York, and New Hampshire means dealing with mountains, valleys, and microclimates that can change conditions mile by mile; often without the benefit of good radar ...

2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

A Modern Approach to Old Data: Rebuilding a 210 Year Climate Record

Dr. Alice Bradley

In 1811, Professor Chester Dewey started recording daily weather observations at his home in Williamstown, Massachusetts. In the 214 years since, faculty, students, and others have recorded weather o...

3:35 PM - 4:05 PM

Winter Forecast

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Highlights

7 hours
ALL AGES
In person
Free venue parking
Doors at 8:45 AM

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Welcome to The Southern New England Weather Conference 2025!

The Blue Hill Observatory’s premiere annual conference–for 25 years—features experts in meteorology and climate science to a community of weather enthusiasts, professionals, and educators of diverse backgrounds and ages. All are motivated to learn about weather-related phenomena that impact their daily lives and future living conditions in New England.

The conference includes presentations, panel discussions, and workshops focused on such topics as AI and how it is shaping weather forecasting, climate change in New England, national and local emergency preparedness, New England’s winter outlook, hurricanes, and climate education.

Formal networking activities among participants and presenters facilitate individual conversation and connection.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to network with fellow weather aficionados and learn from top experts in the field. See you there!

Date: October 25, 2025

Location: MEDITECH, Canton, MA

Refreshments: Coffee and light breakfast and lunch are included with a variety of choices

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Oct 25 · 9:30 AM EDT