1997 Workshop Program

8:30-8:45 Registration

8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks

9:00-10:30 Summer Weather and Forecasting Issues

9:00-9:15 Climatology of Convection near Phoenix, Arizona. Clinton E. Wallace, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory.
9:15-9:30 Supplementing Radar Data for Convective Storm Analysis. Steve Vasiloff, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory.
9:30-9:45 Performance of the WSR-88D Build 9 Hail Detection Algorithms (HDA) over Utah. Randall Graham and James Nelson, NWSFO, Salt Lake City, UT.
9:45-9:50 An investigation of severe thunderstorms in Tuscon on 8 July 1996. Jim Meyer, NWSFO, Tuscon, AZ.
9:50-10:05 A Field Study for the Validation and Implementation of the Urban Airshed Model (UAM) in the Complex Terrain Surrounding Salt Lake City, UT. H. Robert Swart and Patrick Barickman, Utah Division of Air Quality.
10:05-10:20 NCEP Re-Analysis Synoptic Patterns and Nevada Wildland Fire Activity. Beth L. Hall and Timothy J. Brown, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada Reno, Michael Huston, NWSFO, Reno, NV.
10:20-10:35 Coupled Atmosphere-Fire Modeling with a Nonhydrostatic Cloud Model. Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, and Terry Clark, NCAR (talk to be given by Steve Krueger, University of Utah).

10:35-10:55 Break

10:55-12:10 Winter Weather and Forecasting Issues

10:55-11:25 Invited Talk: The Developing Warm (El Nino) Episode: Features and Expected Impacts. Vern Kousky, NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
11:25-11:40 1996-1997 Winter Storm Verification Study for the Salt Lake Valley. Dennis A. Rodgers, NWSFO, Salt Lake City, UT.
11:40-11:55 Washington County Gap Winds . Mark Struthwolf and Ed Carle, NWSFO, Salt Lake City, UT.
11:55-12:10 Analysis of a Windstorm near Cody, Wyoming. Derek Frey, NWSO, Riverton, WY.

12:10-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30: Winter Weather and Forecasting Issues Continued

1:00-1:15 Verification of Snowfall Forecasts for Alta, Utah as a preview of 2002 Olympic Forecasts. Larry Dunn, NWSFO, Salt Lake City, UT, and Carol Ciliberti, Utah Avalance Forecast Center.
1:15-1:30 Simulations "Lake-Effect" Snowbands. Daryl Onton, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, University of Utah.
1:30-1:45 Snowfall Prediction with the WSR-88D. Steve Vasiloff, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory.
1:45-2:00 A Conceptual Model of Arctic Front Movement. Keith Meier, William Rasch, and Jon Van Ausdall, NWSFO, Billings, MT.
2:00-2:15 Wind Forecasting Following Arctic Frontal Passage in Missoula, Montana. Gary Votaw and Tim Barker, NWSFO, Missoula, MT.
2:15-2:30 Forecasting the Dissipation of Stratus and Fog in the Snake River Plain of Southeast Idaho. Debra Blondin, NWSO, Pocatello, ID.
2:30-2:35 The Utah Mesonet: Recent Advances. Mike Splitt, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, University of Utah

2:35-3:00: Break

3:00-4:45: Numerical Weather Prediction and Model Evaluation

3:00-3:30 Invited Talk: Prediciton of Downslope Windstorms using High Resolution Mesoscale Models. Louisa Bogar Nance, COMET Post-Doctoral Fellow, NWSFO, Seattle, WA.
3:30-3:45 Real-Time MM5 Modeling in Arizona: Early Successes and Failures. David R. Bright, NWSFO, Tuscon, AZ, and Louis Farfan, University of Arizona.
3:45-4:00 Real-Time Numerical Weather Prediciton at Dugway Proving Ground. Al Astling, Dugway Proving Ground, UT.
4:00-4:15 Evaluation of Operational and Experimental Numerical Weather Prediction Models during Winter 1996. Bryan White, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, University of Utah.
4:15-4:30 An Evaluation of the 10-km mesoETA. Mike Staudenmaier Jr. and Jon Mittelstadt, NWS Western Region Headquarters.
4:30-4:45 Comparison of Quantitative Precipitation and Low-Level Winds in the 48-, 29-, and 10-km ETA Models. Brett McDonald, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, University of Utah.

4:45-5:00 Closing Discussion