BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260612T170653Z UID:F749403A-4870-4A86-82F1-EC27A0A82834 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T213000 DESCRIPTION:The Science Behind Hurricane Formation and Lifecycle\n\nAround the world\, hurricanes reshape coastlines\, disrupt lives\, and threaten c ommunities. In this talk Quinton Lawton\, ASP Postdoctoral Fellow II\, wil l discuss the basic science behind the formation\, growth\, and lifecycle of these powerful storms. A major focus of the talk will be the groundbrea king research currently being done to better predict hurricane formation. Long before these storms make landfall\, they often begin as smaller weath er disturbances known as African easterly waves. Understanding how these a tmospheric precursors form and grow is critical for predicting extreme wea ther and mitigating its impacts. We will also explore recent advances in m eteorological prediction\, including new advancements in Artificial Intell igence-driven forecast systems.\n\nThe presentation will conclude with a l ook at the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. We will discuss how global patt erns like El Niño influence the behavior of African easterly waves and hu rricanes from year to year. Understanding this connection provides a clear er outlook for what the tropics might have in store over the coming months .\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program\n\nSpeaker(s): Quinton Lawton\ , Ph.D. \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563476 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563476 ORGANIZER:l.arellano@ieee.org SEQUENCE:43 SUMMARY:MOVE USA JUN 2026 Tech Talk - Hurricane Formation and Lifecycle URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563476 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p data-start="0" data-end="102"><span style= "font-size: 18pt\;"><strong>The Science Behind Hurricane Formation and Lif ecycle</strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\;"><span style="font-siz e: 14pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">Around the wor ld\, hurricanes reshape coastlines\, disrupt lives\, and threaten communit ies. In this talk Quinton Lawton\, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"> ASP Postdoctoral Fellow II\, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-fa mily: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">will discuss the basic science behind the formation\, growth\, and lifecycle of these powerful storms. A major focus of the talk will be the groundbreaking research currently bein g done to better predict hurricane formation.&nbsp\; Long before these sto rms make landfall\, they often begin as smaller weather disturbances known as African easterly waves. Understanding how these atmospheric precursors form and grow is critical for predicting extreme weather and mitigating i ts impacts. We will also explore recent advances in meteorological predict ion\, including new advancements in Artificial Intelligence-driven forecas t systems.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><sp an style="font-size: 14pt\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\ ; color: black\;">The presentation will conclude with a look at the 2026 A tlantic hurricane season. We will discuss how global patterns like El Ni&n tilde\;o influence the behavior of African easterly waves and hurricanes f rom year to year. Understanding this connection provides a clearer outlook for what the tropics might have in store over the coming months.</span></ span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR