Eighth Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West
2002 Olympic Games Winter Weather

Friday November 2, 2001
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah

7:30-8:10 registration

Session 1. Olympic Forecast Team

8:10-8:30 Opening remarks.
· J. Horel. Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction (CIRP)
· J. Campbell. National Weather Service (NWS) Western Region
· H. Demschar. Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC)

8:30-9:45 Forecast Team Panel
· 8:30-8:45 T. Potter. SLOC/CIRP
· 8:45-9:00 L. Dunn. NWS
· 9:00-9:15 M. Eubank. KSL-NBC TV
· 9:15-9:45 Questions and open discussion

9:45-10:15 Climate Prediction for February-March 2002. K. Wolter. Climate Diagnostics Center

10:15-10:45 Break

Session 2. Specialized Forecast Teams

10:45-11:00 Backcountry. T. Kimbrough. Utah Avalanche Center
11:00-11:15 Aviation. S. Hallin. Hill Air Force Base
11:15-11:30 Transportation. R. Patterson. Northwest Weathernet

11:30-12:30PM. Lunch

Session 3. Winter Weather Forecast Challenges

12:30-1:00 Large-scale weather systems over the West. D. Schultz. National Severe Storms Laboratory
1:00-1:30 Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting. J. Steenburgh. CIRP
1:30-2:00 Mountain wind systems. D. Whiteman. Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
2:00-2:30 Local microclimates of the Wasatch Front and Olympic venues. J. Horel. CIRP

2:30-3:00 Break.

Session 4. Operational Resources for the Winter Olympics

3:00-3:30 NCEP forecasts during the Olympic period. K. Cook. WR SSD
3:30-4:00 Intermountain Weather Forecast System. D. Onton. CIRP
4:00-4:30 MesoWest. M. Splitt/C. Ciliberti. CIRP
4:30-5:00 Discussion- Olympic legacy.