19 March 2021

AMS Meetings and COVID-19

Like many organizations, we are closely monitoring the worldwide situation related to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on our  meetings and events that were planned over the past year and are being planned over the coming months. Our highest priority remains the health and safety of our attendees, staff, and communities in which our meetings will take place. We are closely and consistently monitoring news and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and local health agencies regarding travel and events.

We had been hopeful that we could hold our meetings and events planned.  Unfortunately, after the release of recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring a pandemic, as well as numerous university and institutional travel restrictions, it has become clear that we must change our plans. Thus, after much deliberation, we have made the decision to make changes to several of our 2020 and 2021 conferences:

• 2021 AMS Washington Forum  will be held in a virtual format 26-29 April 2021.
• 34^th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology  will be held in a virtual format 9-14 May 2021.
• 13^th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium will be held in a virtual format 11-13 May 2021.
• 16th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography will be held in a virtual format 01-04 June 2021.
• 34th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/Fifth Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences will be held in a virtual format 21-23 June 2021.
• The 24th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence has been rescheduled for 11-15 July 2022.
• 49th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/Sixth Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication has been rescheduled for 14-17 June 2022 in Milwaukee, WI
• 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology has been rescheduled for 27 August - 01 September 2023 in Minneapolis, MN.
• 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms is scheduled for 18-22 October 2021 in Santa Fe, NM.

Please see each meeting’s webpage for additional guidance related to these changes.

Any additional changes in plans regarding our meetings will be made and posted to this page, as well as the affected meeting webpage. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we react to this continuously evolving situation.

Additionally, we encourage all attendees to review the cancellation policies for hotel reservations (this information can be found on the “Location” tab of each meeting webpage) as well as flight reservations. Most airlines have announced that they will not charge for changes or cancellations for reservations made at this time and for travel through the spring/summer.

Any updates and news regarding the impact of COVID-19 on AMS meetings and events will be posted on this page as well as on the individual meeting page of an affected meeting. As such, we suggest that you check here often as this situation continues to evolve.