[Eoas-seminar] TODAY - 3 PM - Dr. Funing Li (MIT)

Tue Apr 14 08:00:00 EDT 2026

This is a reminder of the MET seminar today given by Dr. Funing Li (MIT) on Physics, Projections, and Origins of Midlatitude Weather Extremes

DATE: Tuesday April 14
TIME: 3-4 PM, please join early for refreshments
LOCATION: EOA 1044
SPEAKER: Dr. Funing Li<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Ffuningli%2Fhome&data=05%7C02%7Ceoas-seminar%40lists.fsu.edu%7C07343f8a75eb4e68279b08de9a1d619a%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639117648142436354%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=o7W%2FT58VAY94%2BynECL%2Fp8ckYNRhuECjFCLhGJtmkSO0%3D&reserved=0>

See you there!

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Allison A. Wing, Ph.D.
Werner A. and Shirley B. Baum Associate Professor
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
Florida State University
awing at fsu.edu<mailto:awing at fsu.edu>

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Subject: Re: [Eoas-seminar] MET Seminar - Tuesday April 14 - 3 PM - Dr. Funing Li (MIT)

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Dear all,

Please join us for a Meteorology seminar on Tuesday April 14 at 3 PM, given by Dr. Funing Li<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Ffuningli%2Fhome&data=05%7C02%7Ceoas-seminar%40lists.fsu.edu%7C07343f8a75eb4e68279b08de9a1d619a%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639117648142497213%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BtnfCt9Yotx8mMOfTbEVirklsch4Bgeeg6ot3GxpNf0%3D&reserved=0> from MIT. He will speak about “ Physics, Projections, and Origins of Midlatitude Weather Extremes” (abstract below).

Dr. Li will present over Zoom but we will gather together in 1044 to participate in the seminar. A Zoom link is available for those with a medical excuse or approved work off-campus. Please contact Allison Wing (awing at fsu.edu<mailto:awing at fsu.edu>) for the link.

Dr. Li is also available for individual/small group Zoom meetings before his seminar from 11-2:30. He is a postdoc at MIT with broad interests in extreme weather. His research combines physics and multi-complexity models to probe the formation of extreme weather events and their evolution in a warming climate. Please contact Allison Wing (awing at fsu.edu<mailto:awing at fsu.edu>) if you are interested in meeting with him.

DATE: Tuesday April 14
TIME: 3-4 PM, please join early for refreshments
LOCATION: EOA 1044
SPEAKER: Dr. Funing Li<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Ffuningli%2Fhome&data=05%7C02%7Ceoas-seminar%40lists.fsu.edu%7C07343f8a75eb4e68279b08de9a1d619a%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639117648142524139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WrQuU6igzZT%2BsZp1SfYvyagaKrFoKmEtDzz%2FDNoD6Ew%3D&reserved=0>

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Title: Physics, Projections, and Origins of Midlatitude Weather Extremes

Abstract: Heating and convection are fundamental atmospheric processes responsible for a wide range of high-impact weather hazards, including heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods, thunderstorms, and tornadoes. Yet fundamental questions regarding why they form and how they evolve remain challenging, particularly in the midlatitudes, where conventional theories such as the quasi-equilibrium assumption often fail and multifaceted interactions among land, ocean, atmosphere, and human activity add further complexity.

This talk focuses on near-surface moist heat and severe convective storms, which frequently co-occur across midlatitude land regions due to the stored-energy nature of midlatitude convection. I will present an inversion-constraint theory showing that their maximum intensities are tightly constrained by reexisting low-level thermal inversions, which helps better interpret their projected intensification as the planet warms. Specifically, I will show that emerging future hotspots of moist heat and convection extremes over northeastern Asia and eastern North America arise from amplified warming over upstream ighlands, which strengthens downstream inversions. This result highlights orographically elevated heating as a key geographic control of extreme weather hanges, and more broadly, it points to a fundamental role of geographic factors in determining the origins of extreme weather patterns on Earth. I will show an example of how large-scale surface roughness, an overlooked geographic driver, contributes to forming the world’s tornado capital in the U.S. (a.k.a. Tornado Alley). I will close by discussing implications for severe weather risk solution and for understanding weather activities beyond Earth and its current and future climate.

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Allison Wing, Ph.D.
Werner A. and Shirley B. Baum Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
Florida State University
awing at fsu.edu<mailto:awing at fsu.edu>
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