1995 Workshop Program

8:30-8:45 Registration

8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks

• Thomas Potter. Director, NWS Western Region.
  
• J. Horel. University of Utah

9:00-10:20 Session I: Predicting Weather Systems in the Intermountain Region

• Lance Bosart. SUNY Albany. Weather Systems over the Intermountain Region
• Jordan G. Powers. NCAR. Co-author: M. Wetzel. MM5 Simulations in the Great Basin: Use of Special Observations in Model Verification
• Darko Koracin. Desert Research Institute. Co-authors: M. Cairns, N. Ahmad, S. Del Soldato. Observations and Simulations of Temperature Inversion and Stability in COmplex Terrain.
• John Miles. U. Utah. Co-author: J. Paegle. Numerical Simulation of the Great Salt Lake Effect.

10:20-10:40 Break

10:40-12:00 Session II: Numerical Weather Prediction Systems in the West

• John Brown. Forecast Systems Laboratory. Co-author: S. Benjamin. Characteristics of the Rapid Update Cycle Analysis and Forecast Model.
• W. James Steenburgh. U. Washington. Real-Time Mesoscale Modeling of the Pacific Northwest
• Robert Swanson. Jr. U. Utah. Co-author: J. Horel. Evaluation of the Mesoscale Eta Model over the Western United States.
• Brett McDonald. U. Utah. Co-author: J. Horel. Verification of NMC Precipitation Forecasts during the 1995 California Floods

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 Session III: Observing Weather Systems in the Intermountain Region

• Harold Klieforth. Desert Research Institute. Synoptic and Mesoscale Aspects of Eastern Sierra Forest Fires.
• E. Astling. West Desert Test Center. Interaction between Synoptic-Scale Flow and Mountain-Valley Winds.
• Daniel Borsum. Boise WSFO Co-author: C. Gibson. The Severe Thunderstorm Windstorm of April 27, 1995 in Eastern Oregon and Southwest Idaho: A Bow-shaped Mesoscale Convective System
• M. Holmes. Western Region SSD. Co-author: G. Sampson. A Comparison of Gage Data Versus WSR-88D Precipitation Estimates.
• K. Mielke. Missoula WSFO. Examples of the WSR-88D Performance in Montana (brief presentation).

3:00-4:20 Session IV: Observing Weather Systems along the Wasatch Front.

• Lawrence Dunn. Salt Lake WSFO. Co-author J. Stiff. WSR-88D and Mesonet Observation of a Severe Frontal Passage on June 5, 1995.
• Dan Baumgardt. Salt Lake WSFO. A Case of Multi-scale Interaction in Convective Forcing and Initiation.
• Dan LeBlanc. Salt Lake WSFO. Post-Frontal Bands Along the Wasatch Front: March 21, 1995.
• Chris Maier. Salt Lake WSFO. A Lake Effect Snow Event on November 12, 1994.

4:20-4:45 Discussion & Wrap-up