Thirteenth Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West  

Thursday, November 16, 2006

University of Utah, Chase N. Petersen Heritage Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Workshop web site: http://www.met.utah.edu/research/mmg/intermountain-workshop

7:30-8:15 am	Registration (coffee/juice)
8:15 am	Welcome and Overview (John Horel)
8:25 am	Session I: Analysis and Forecast Applications. Session Chair: Larry Dunn. Salt Lake City WFO
8:30 am	Paper I.1 Steven Vasiloff. NOAA/NSSL. Examination of a Microburst-Producing Storm near Phoenix, Arizona by a mobile Doppler Radar and the KIWA WSR-88D
8:45 am	Paper I.2 Randy Graham, Chris Gibson. Salt Lake City WFO. 1 August 2006: An Investigation of a Severe Bow Echo along the Wasatch Front
9:00 am	Paper I.3 Beth Hall. Desert Research Institute. Natural Wildfire Ignitions and Radar Reflectivity in Arizona and New Mexico
9:15 am	Paper I.4 Alex Tardy. Salt Lake City WFO. Examination of Generalizations in Utah Meteorology
9:30 am	Paper I.5 W. James Steenburgh. University of Utah. Climatology of Strong Intermountain Cold Fronts
9:45 am	Presentation to Mark Eubank, KSL-TV: L. Snellman Award for Outstanding Service to the Atmospheric Science Community
9:50 am	Poster Session (1-minute overview by each author, then informal viewing session with refreshments)
	Poster P.1 E. Astling, Susan Krippner, and Kimberly Sutkevich. U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground. Characteristics of Microbursts Based on High-Temporal and Spatial Measurements in a Mountain Desert Environment Poster P.2 Michael Cantin. Pocatello WFO. Using ROMAN Data to Provide Advanced Warning During Fire Weather Operations at WFO Pocatello, ID Poster P.3 Les Colin, Stephen Parker. Boise WFO. Gridded Temperature Forecasting Using Analogs of Archived Model Grids Poster P.4 Erik Crosman and coauthors. University of Utah. Climatological Ratio of Lowland to Mountain Precipitation Poster P.5 Stanley Czyzyk, Charles Bell. Las Vegas WFO. Operational Forecast Support by NWS Las Vegas in T-REX Poster P.6 Maura Hahnenberger, C. David Whiteman. University of Utah. The Role of Near Surface Temperature Data Sets in Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) Analyses Poster P.7 Colby Neuman, W. James Steenburgh. University of Utah. Saints and Sinners Storm: Observational Evidence of Intense Frontogenesis and Discontinuous Propagation Poster P.8 Brian Olsen and John Horel. University of Utah. Variations in the Diurnal Range of Surface Temperature over the Western United States Poster P.9 Craig Shoemaker, C. S. Magirl, M. Schaffner, R. H. Webb, E. Pytlak, and P. G. Griffiths. Tucson WFO. Extreme Hydrometeorological Event From Multi-Day Mesoscale Convective Thunderstorms over the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona Poster P.10 Jai Sriramasamudram and E.R. Pardyjak. University of Utah. Turbulence Measurement during Persistent Cold Pools in the Salt Lake Valley Poster P.11 Gregory West, W. James Steenburgh, Jason C. Shafer, and Colby R. Neuman. University of Utah. Contributions of Orographic and Diabatic Processes to Rapid Frontogenesis over the Western United States
10:35 am	Session II: Equipment and Networks. Session Chair: Jan Paegle. University of Utah
10:40 am	Paper II.1 Bert Tanner. Campbell Scientific. Automated Weather Station Technology
11:05 am	Paper II.2 Peter Palmer. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. AgriMet: Reclamation’s Northwest Agricultural Weather Station Network
11:20 am	Paper II.3 Jan Curtis. NRCS. SNOTEL Quality Control Using PRISM
11:35 am	Paper II.4 Randall Julander, Michael Bricco. Utah NRCS Snow Survey. An Examination of External Influences Imbedded in the Historical Snow Data of Utah
12:00 pm	Wrap-Up Discussion
12:05 pm	Lunch (sandwich buffet)
1:05 pm	Session III: Observing Network Issues. Session Chair: Doug Wesley. UCAR COMET
1:10 pm	Paper III.1 Chris Fiebrich. University of Oklahoma. Lessons Learned from the Oklahoma Mesonet and NERON
1:35 pm	Paper III.2 Henry W. Reges, Nolan J. Doeksen, Julian Turner. CoCoRaHS. CoCoRaHS- The Community Collaborative, Rain, Hail and Snow Network: Establishing the Network and Taking Measurements
2:00 pm	Paper III.3 Steven Vasiloff and coauthors. NOAA/NSSL. Improving QPE and Very Short Term QPF: An Initiative for a Community-Wide Integrated Approach
2:15 pm	Paper III.4 Scott Halvorson. U.S Army Dugway Proving Ground. Dugway Proving Ground Mesonet (SAMS)
2:30 pm	Paper III.5 David Myrick, John Horel. University of Utah. Sensitivity of Surface Analyses over the Western United States to RAWS Observations.
2:45 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Session IV: Research and Training Applications. Session Chair: Ken Pomeroy. NWS Western Region
3:15 pm	Paper IV.1 C. David Whiteman, S. Hoch, and M. Hahnenberger. University of Utah. Diurnal Temperature Inversion Evolution in a Small Idealized Circular Basin
3:40 pm	Paper IV.2 Esmaiel Malek. Utah State University. Evaluation of Cloud in a Mountainous Valley
4:05 pm	Paper IV.3 Charles Bell, Stanley Czyzyk. Las Vegas WFO. Operational Forecast Support by NWS Las Vegas in T-REX
4:20 pm	Paper IV.4 Doug Pibal, Beth Hall, Tim Brown. Desert Research Institute. Mixing Height Forecast Verification of Several Models in the California/Nevada and North Carolina Vicinities
4:35 pm	Paper IV.5 Brad Snyder, Doug Wesley. MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course
4:50 pm	Group Discussion: Building Partnerships for Improved Monitoring and Prediction
5:00 pm	Adjourn