ICAMS

Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Session 1: Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Summaries

• Central Pacific Hurricane Center and National Hurricane Center Unification Proof of Concept
• 2025 Hurricane Season Summary and Challenges
• JTWC 2025 Operational Highlights and Interagency Perspectives
• 53 WRS: Lt Col Anthony Wilmot
• NHC's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch - 2025 Impact-based Decision Support Services

Session 2: Recon Aircraft Seasonal Summaries and Aviation Topics

• CARCAH 2025 Season Summary
• 2025 Season Recap USAFR
• 2025 Hurricane Season and Winter Season Review - NOAA Aircraft Operations Center
• Task Force for Helicopter Operations
• ICAMS Working Group for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems and Technology (WG-UAST) 2026 Update
• Joint Task Force for Western Pacific (TF-WPAC)
• Re-Establishing Typhoon Reconnaissance Capability in the Western-North Pacific: Summary of the 2025 Pilot Study and Plans for 2026

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Session 3: Observing Strategies and Systems and TC Field Program Updates 1

• NOAA’s APHEX Hurricane Field Program: 2025 Highlights and Plans for 2026
• Overview of Current Tropical Cyclone Efforts
• NOAA's use of Emerging Technology in Hurricanes: A brief summary from 2025 and plans for 2026
• The Rain, Ocean and Atmosphere Radar System (ROARS): The 2025 Hurricane Season
• Airborne Doppler Radar: Transitioning Support and Preparing for New Systems

Session 4: Observing Strategies and Systems and TC Field Program Updates 2

• Uncrewed Marine Systems for Hurricane Observations
• Below the Surface: Multi-platform Ocean Observations
• NOAA/NESDIS 2026 Update
• Tropical Cyclone Product Updates at UW-CIMSS for 2026
• A Time of Change for Earth Science Research: B777-200ER

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Session 5: Modeling Center, DA, and AI Updates

• IFS and AIFS TC Forecasts - 2025 Performance Evaluation and Plans for 2026
• Overview of WindBorne Data Collection, AI Forecasts, and Future Outlook
• Tropical cyclone modelling activities at Google
• Preliminary Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Weather Prediction (AIWP) Models for the 2025 Hurricane Season
• NCEP EMC Modeling and Data Assimilation Updates for 2026 Hurricane Season

Session 6: Research to Operations and Related Topics

• Hurricane and Ocean Testbed (HOT): 2026 Updates
• Tropical Cyclone Observations and Insights from Tomorrow.io's Weather Constellation
• A Unified, Collaborative Approach to Multi-Platform UAS R2O: Transitioning the Transition Plan
• Future Aircraft Capabilities
• Aircraft Operations Center Engineering and Integration
• USAF WC-130J Aircraft Modification Process (in 15 minutes)