Thomas Potter. Director, NWS Western Region.
9:00-10:00 Numerical Weather Prediction
- 9:00-9:30: Invited Talk. Geoffrey Di Mego. NCEP. Mesoscale Modeling Activities of the Environmental Modeling Center.
- 9:30-9:45: Brett McDonald. University of Utah. Co-authors: J. Horel and R. Swanson.
Evaluation of the Mesoscale Eta Model over the Western United States.
- 9:45-10:00: Greg Johnson. Northwest Watershed Research Center. Co-Author Paul
Dawson. Winter Storm Simulations in the Owyhee Mountains of Southwest Idaho.
- 10:10-10:10: Mary Cairns. NWSFO Reno. Evaluation of a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Model in Complex Terrain.
10:10-10:30: Break. Web Page Demos in Lobby
10:30-12:00: Local Forecasting Issues
- 10:30-11:00: Invited Talk. Robert Maddox. Director NSSL. Severe Convective Storms
over Arizona.
- 11:00-11:10: Darren McCollum. Tucson WSFO. The Severe Convective Event of August 1995:
Observational Issues and Analysis
- 11:10-11:20: David Bright. Tucson WSFO. The Severe Convective Event of August 1995: MM5
(Mesoscale Model) Issues and Analysis
- 11:20-11:30: Doug Green. Phoenix WSFO. SWAMP/NWSFO Interaction
- 11:30-11:45: Steven Keighton. Flagstaff WSFO. Co-Author Brian Tesar. Mountain Wave
Induced Windstorm in Flagstaff
- 11:45-12:00: Keith Meier. Billings WSFO. Co-authors Benjamin Peterson and J. Brown.
Subtle Wind Regimes in South-Central Montana
12:00-1:00: Lunch and Weather Discussions
During the lunch break, a weather discussion using high resolution
numerical model output and three dimensional model visualization techniques
will be led in the College of Mines computer classroom by Jim Steenburgh
of the University of Utah.
- 12:05-12:25: Weather Discussion I
- 12:35-12:55: Weather Discussion II
1:00-1:30: Local Forecasting Issues (Continued)
- 1:00-1:15: Dennis Rodgers. Salt Lake City WSFO. Co-author: L. Dunn. 1995-96 Winter
Storm Verification Study for Utah's Wasatch Front
- 1:15-1:30: Thomas Andretta. Pocatello WSFO. East Idaho Snowfall Convergence Zone
- 1:30-1:40: Ed Clark. Elko WSFO. Co-author Jeffrey Craven. Synoptic Climatology of
Heavy Snow Events in Northeast Nevada
1:40-2:25: Planning Weather Support for the 2002 Winter Olympics
- 1:40-2:10: Invited Talk. Lans Rothfusz. Atlanta Olympic WSO. Weather Support for the
1996 Atlanta Olympics
- 2:10-2:25: Lawrence Dunn. Salt Lake City WSFO. Planning for the 2002 Winter
Olympics
2:25-2:55: Break. Web Page Demos in Lobby
2:55-4:45: Applications of New Technologies
- 2:55-3:10: Frances Holt. NOAA/NESDIS. GOES Precipitable Water and Lifted Index
Products: 1996 Summer Season
- 3:10-3:25: Steven Vasiloff. Western Region SSD/NSSL. High Elevation Radar Project.
- 3:25-4:05: Briefings
- David George. NOAA ARLFRD. INEL Mesonet.
- David Billingsley. Boise WSFO. Interactive Forecast Preparation Systems: Are You
Ready For This?
- Joseph Piasecki. AWS HQ. Weather Support for AWS Operations in the West
- David Bernhardt. Great Falls WSFO. Experiences Using the VIL Density Technique
- 4:05-4:20: Beth Hall. Desert Research Institute. Co-author: Timothy Brown. Integrating Weather
and Climate Variables for Improving Outlooks and Forecasts During the Nevada Fire
Season
- 4:20-4:35: Larry Burch. Salt Lake City WSFO. The Total Observation Concept
4:35-4:45 Wrap-Up
