FINAL AGENDA

NATIONAL WEATHER ASSOCIATION'S 30TH ANNUAL MEETING
15-20 OCTOBER 2005
ADAM'S MARK HOTEL, SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI

To all presenters, session chairs, Program Committee members, students from Saint Louis University and the University of Missouri-Columbia that helped at the registration desk and with the AV equipment, exhibitors/sponsors – and all attendees –
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for making the 30^th Annual Meeting, the best annual meeting ever. We recorded over 450 attendees topping the 25^th Anniversary Meeting in 2000. – Steve Weiss, NWA President

The Final Agenda is posted here for reference and the Presentation abstracts are available here (.pdf).

Saturday, 15 October 2005

Fourth Annual Golf Classic: Betsy Kling is organizing the fourth annual NWA golf outing for the enjoyment of members and guests and to raise funds for scholarships as she did so successfully the last three years. The Golf Outing with tee times beginning after lunch will be held at the Stonewolf Golf Club (http://www.stonewolfgolf.com/home.htm) in Fairview Heights, Illinois.This is a beautiful course with great opportunities to win and be challenged. Several members have signed up already and Betsy wants to make sure EVERYONE knows they are most welcome to play golf even if not attending the Annual Meeting. Any profits from the event will benefit NWA educational scholarships. Total cost is $90 for greens fees, golf cart, the use of a driving range with unlimited balls, a boxed lunch and prizes. Reserve your tee time by contacting Betsy at BetsyKling@wkyc.comor contact the NWA Office at (434) 296-9966; NatWeaAsoc@aol.com by the first of October.Extra prizes will be used for a raffle during the Annual Meeting; prizes will be given away at the Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, 19 October at the Adam's Mark Hotel.

10:00 AM	NWA Registration and Information Desk opens at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 2nd floor outside Promenade Ballroom D
12:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Exhibitors can set up their booths at anytime during this period on the 2nd floor, Pre-Convene area of Promenade Ballroom D and E
10:00 PM	NWA Registration and Information Desk closes for the day.

Exhibit booths will be open daily Sunday through Tuesday evening for viewing. Exhibit information is available from the NWA office at (434) 296-9966 or NatWeaAsoc@aol.com.

Exhibits are available from: AccuWeather, Inc.; Advanced Designs Corp. (ADC); Baron Services; Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET); ENSCO, Inc.; NBC Universal and Weather Plus; Midland Radio Corp.; Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC); StratusStation, Inc.; US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - AIRNOW; WeatherBug Media Services; Weather Central, Inc.; Weather Metrics, Inc.; and Weather Services International (WSI) Corp. Thanks to all exhibitors for supporting this annual meeting and the scholarship fund. Thanks also to other NWA corporate members such as Oregon Scientific, Inc., and Vaisala Inc., who couldn't attend, but contributed funds and golf prizes for the scholarship fund.

Sunday, 16 October 2005 - Broadcaster Workshop

0730 AM        NWA Registration and Information Desk opens at the Adam's Mark Hotel on the 2nd floor in the pre-convene area outside of Promenade Ballroom D.

      

BROADCASTER WORKSHOP – (Promenade Ballroom D, E, and F)  Presentations and workshops as shown below are for the continuing education of Television and Radio Weather Broadcasters and those in related fields, but all individuals interested are most welcome to register, attend and participate.

 

0830 AM        Welcoming Remarks.  NWA President Steven J. Weiss, Science and Operations Officer at the NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK and Broadcaster Workshop Program Chair, Bryan Karrick of KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (bkarrick@hearst.com)

 

0835 AM        Opening Remarks. NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair, Rich Apuzzo, WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH.

 

0840 AM      The Potential of High Performance, Regional Total Lightning Networks in Broadcast Meteorology.  Nicholas W.S. Demetriades, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ and Jean-Yves Lojou, Meyreuil, France.

 

0855 AM      Educating Elementary School Children Can Change Lightning Safety Worldwide.  Michael P. Utley, Struckbylightning.org, West    

                        Yarmouth, MA,  Mary Ann Cooper, MD.,  University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, and Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ.

 

0910 AM      Everyone Can Save Lives.  Mary Ann Cooper, MD., University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.              

 

0925 AM        I  Survived Lightning Video Presentation & Panel Discussion. Michael P. Utley, Struckbylightning.org, West    

                        Yarmouth, MA,  Mary Ann Cooper, MD.,  University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, and Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ.

 

1010 AM        Coffee Break; Exhibits Open

 

1040 AM        Saint Louis Weather.  Cindy Preszler, Chief Meteorologist at KSDK NewsChannel 5, Saint Louis, MO.

 

1055 AM        The Presentation of Precipitation Information in Television Broadcasts: What is Typical? Thomas E. Hagen, Justin M. Glisan, Anthony R. Lupo, and Patrick Guinan, Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

1110 AM        Making Long Range Winter Forecasts Using The Metonic Lunar Cycle.  Joe Rao, News 12 Westchester, Yonkers, NY

 

1125 AM        Hurricane Hype and Katrina Lessons.  Alan Sealls, Chief Meteorologist, WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL.

 

1200  NOON              Lunch offered in exhibit area; Vendor presentations.

 

0130 PM       More Lessons – Before, During, and After Katrina.  Brad Panovich, WCNC-TV Charlotte, NC – deployed to New Orleans during Katrina

 

0145 PM       Severe Weather Workshop. Daniel W. McCarthy, (NWA Councilor), NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.

 

0245 PM       The Great One-Inch Diameter Hail Debate.  Daniel W. McCarthy and Joseph T. Schaefer (NWA Past-President '98), NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.

 

0300 PM         Refreshment Break; Exhibits Open

 

0330 PM         Have NBC's Weather Plus Channels Changed the Broadcast Weather Environment?  Kenneth Reeves, Dr. R. Lee Rainey, Jim Candor and Michael Steinberg,
AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA.

 

0345 PM         Why Can=t We All Get Along? A New Template for Public-Private Cooperation.  John B. McLaughlin, (NWA Past-President '02), Chief Meteorologist, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA, Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Brad Small, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Des Moines, IA.

 

0400 PM        Situational Awareness during the 30 May 2004 Indiana Tornado Outbreak. Sally Pavlow, NOAA/NWSFO Indianapolis, IN and Chris Wright, WTHR Channel 13, Indianapolis,

                        IN.

 

0415 PM         Seal Procedures/Recertification Q & A. Bryan Karrick (Broadcast Seal Recertification Chair), KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA, and Rich Apuzzo (Broadcast Meteorology

                         Committee Chair), WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH.

 

0430 PM         Video and discussion “Tornado Alley: Back Home in Indiana.” Dr. David L. Arnold and the Ball State University Storm Chase Team, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

 

0530 PM         Dinner on your own; Exhibits close.

 

0700 PM         ANNUAL TAPE SWAP 2005 begins.  Moderators: Rich Apuzzo (NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair), WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH and Mike Goldberg (NWA Broadcast Seal Committee Chair), WTVR-CBS6, Richmond, VA.  Refreshments will be served after 8:00 PM.

[Attendees: please submit your tapes to the NWA Registration and Information Desk volunteers by 5:00 PM & insure your name, address, and Station or University are listed on the tape.]

 

1100 PM         NWA Annual Meeting scheduled activities close for the day.

 

Monday, 17 October 2005 - Annual Meeting General Sessions (held in the Promenade Ballroom D, E and F unless otherwise specified)

 

 0700 AM        NWA Registration and Information Desk open in the Adam's Mark Hotel on the 2nd floor in the pre-convene area outside of Promenade Ballroom D.

     

0800 AM        Welcoming Remarks. NWA President, Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; Program Co-Chairs: Dr. James T. Moore (NWA Past-President ‘99) and Dr. Chuck Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and, Kent Ehrhardt, Chief Meteorologist KMOV-TV, Saint Louis, MO.

 

0815 AM        Keynote Address.  Dennis H. McCarthy, Director, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD.

 

0845 AM        Keynote Address.  Brigadier General USAF (Ret.) David. L. Johnson, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Director, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD.

 

 

SESSION:  WINTER WEATHER

Session Chair:  Bernard N. Meisner, NOAA/NWS/Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX.

 

0915 AM         Forecasting Frontal Precipitation Bands in an Operational Environment.  Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWSFO, Sioux Falls, SD.

 

0930 AM         The Role of Intense Frontogenetical Forcing and Elevated Convective Instability in Producing the Record 22-23 December 2004

                         Snowstorm in South-Central Indiana.  Theodore Funk, NOAA/NWSFO, Louisville, KY.

 

0945 AM        A Case Study of the Gulf Coast Thundersnow Event of Christmas 2004.  Amy Becker, Brian P. Pettegrew, Chris J. Melick, Larry L. Smith, Chris Schultz, Patrick Buckley,

                         Anthony Lupo, and Patrick Market, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

1000 AM        Coffee Break; Exhibits Open

 

1030 AM        Airstream Analysis Conducive to Production of Heavy Banded Snowfall: A Numerical Simulation of the 26-27 November 2001 Snowstorm.  Sam Ng,

                        Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO, and James T. Moore (NWA Past-President '99) and Charles E. Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.

 

1045 AM        Improved WSR-88D Detection of Shallow Lake-effect Snowstorms Over Lake Ontario: Simulations of Lowered Elevation Angles.

                        Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), Thomas A. Niziol, NOAA/NWSFO, Buffalo, NY, and Vincent T. 

                        Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK.

 

1100 AM        What Idiot is Wasting My Storm-Chasing Time Yapping About a Winter Storm?  The New Year's Day 2005 Thundersleet Storm

                         in Central Minnesota.  Robert A Weisman, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN, and Amanda E. Brandt, NOAA/NWSFO Duluth, MN.

 

1115 AM         A Comparison of the Mesoscale Environments and Reflectivity Structures of Two Winter Weather Events Across the Mid-

                         Mississippi Valley Region. Gary K. Schmocker and Ron W. Przybylinski , NOAA/NWSFO, Saint Louis, MO, and James T. Moore, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.

 

1130 AM        Lunch on Your Own; Exhibits Open

  

 

0100 PM         FORUM & PANEL DISCUSSION -- Developing Effective Partnerships to Advance Operational Meteorology --

                          Moderator: George L. Frederick Jr. (NWA Past-President '86) Wind Profiler, Vaisala Measurement Systems, Georgetown, TX

                               Presenters/panelists:

  Dr. Ken Crawford (NWA Past-President '88), NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD  

                               COOP Modernization: NOAA's Environmental Real-time Observation Network in New England, in the Southeast, and Addressing NIDIS in the West

  Robert G. Goldhammer, CEM, Region VII President, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Falls Church, VA .  

       An Operational User's Perspective:  Partnerships, Emergency Management, and Operational Meteorology   

                         John B. McLaughlin (NWA Past-President '02) chief meteorologist, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA

                               Why Can=t We All Get Along? A New Template for Public-Private Cooperation

  Dr. James T. Moore (NWA Past-President '99) Professor, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

       Effective Partnerships to Infuse Research into Training for Operational Meteorology                      

  Barry Lee Myers, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA.  The Impact of Legislation on Broadcast Meteorologists

  Dennis H. McCarthy, Director, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD.  NOAA's Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of              

      Environmental Information

 

                              

0230 PM         Refreshment Break; Exhibits Open

 

 

SESSION:  SEVERE WEATHER

Session Chairs:  Ron Przybylinski, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Saint Louis, MO and Scott M. Rochette, State University of New York at Brockport, NY

 

0300 PM         Invited Presentation - Experience with 36-hour Explicit Convective Forecasts with the WRF-ARW Model.  Morris L. Weisman, 

                        NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, Boulder, CO.

 

0330 PM        A Comparison of Tornado Statistics from Tornado Alley to Dixie Alley.  Alan E. Gerard (NWA Councilor), NOAA/NWSFO Jackson,

                        MS, John Gordon, NOAA/NWSFO Louisville, KY, and John Gagan, NOAA/NWSFO Jackson, MS.

 

0345 PM        Comparisons of Different WRF Configurations in a Severe Weather Forecasting Environment: The 2005 SPC/NSSL Spring

                        Program. Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center (SPC), John Kain and Michael Baldwin, CIMMS/NSSL, David

                        Bright and Jason Levit, NOAA/NWS/SPC.

 

0400 PM        Observations and Societal Impacts of the 4 July 2004 Southwest Missouri Derecho.  Angela Lese, NOAA/NWSFO Louisville, KY.

 

0415 PM        A Study of Tornado Environment Parameters in Iowa: What Works, and Which Meso-Analysis Output Can You Trust?  Karl

                       Jungbluth, NOAA/NWSFO Des Moines, IA.

 

0430 PM        Damaging Surface Wind Mechanisms and Non-Supercell Tornadoes with the 24 May 2004 Bow Echo Event over Northeast

                       Missouri and West-central Illinois.  Ron Przybylinski and Gary Schmocker, NOAA/NWSFO Saint Louis, MO.

 

0445 PM        The 1 June 2004 North Texas-Louisiana Derecho: A Case Study. Ted R. Best, Collin County TX ARES Skywarn, Plano, TX,  and Dan

                        Dixon, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX

 

0500 PM        Session ends; Administrative announcements

              

0515 PM        ICE BREAKER and POSTER SESSION I  (time to view exhibits and posters, meet other attendees and enjoy refreshments) 

 

POSTERS:

 

P1.1  The Interannual Variability of Midwestern Temperatures as Related to the ENSO and PDO.  Kevin Birk, Blake Smith, Anthony R. Lupo, and Patrick E. Guinan, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P1.2   Environmental Conditions Associated with Cool Season Strong and Violent Tornadoes in the Middle Mississippi Valley. Mark F. Britt and Fred H. Glass, NOAA/NWSFO Saint Louis, MO.

 

P1.3   COHIX: Further Studies of the Heat Island Associated with a Small Midwestern City Using SuomiNet Data. Patrick Buckley, Patrick S. Market, Anthony R. Lupo, and Neil Fox, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P1.4   The Use of LDAR II Total Lightning Data in Thunderstorm Nowcasting in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. Nicholas W. S. Demetriades and Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ.

 

P1.5   Statistical Analysis of Historical Observations in Support of Temperature Forecasts at the NWS Forecast Office in Jackson, MS.  John P. Gagan, NOAA/NWSFO Jackson, MS.

 

P1.6   New Satellite Data Tools For Precipitation Analyses and Forecasts.  Sheldon J. Kusselson and Jay Hanna, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD.

 

P1.7  The Impact of the Missouri Ozarks on MCS Events.  Nathan M. McKinnon, David High, and Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P1.8  The South Atlantic Hurricane (“Catarina”) of March 2004.  Mandi R. Reagan, Ashley D. Franklin, Patrick S. Market, and Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P1.9   The Initiation of Nocturnal Convection over the Eastern Plains.  Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWSFO Sioux Falls, SD, Matthew Dux, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN, 

            Jeffrey A. Chapman, NOAA/NWSFO Sioux Falls, SD, and Robert A. Weisman, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN.

 

P1.10   The Bow Echo Severe Wind Event of 6 May 2003 Across Eastern Missouri.  James E. Sieveking Jr. and Ron W. Przybylinski , NOAA/NWSFO Saint Louis, MO.

 

P1.11  Observations of Cool Season QLCS Tornadoes in the Lower Ohio River Valley.  Patrick J. Spoden, Christine Wielgos, and Matthew T. Friedlein, NOAA/NWSFO, Paducah, KY.

 

P1.12   The Pulaski County Tornado Event of 13 January 2005.  Daniel Spaeth, NOAA/NWSFO Paducah, KY.

 

P1.13   Building Your Audience and Revenue with Wireless Technology.  Kenneth Reeves, Jim Candor, Douglas Yule and Michael Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA.

P1.14  The Mississippi Mesonet and NERON Activities in Mississippi.  Loren White and Elizabeth Matlack, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.

 

P1.15   NOAA's Climate Database Modernization Program.  Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC and Gary Petti, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD.

 

P1.16   National Weather Association 30th Anniversary.  Ruth Aiken (NWA Secretary), NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Raleigh, NC.

 

P1.17  Digital Weather Multicasting: New Opportunities for Viewers and Weather Professionals.  Jeff Thein, NBC Weather Plus, Secaucus, NJ.
                

0730 PM  Icebreaker, Presentation sessions, Exhibits and NWA Registration and Information desk close for the day; Dinner on your own.

A Broadcasters' Dinner will be held at Rigazzi's Restaurant on ‘The Hill' after the Icebreaker & Poster Session; Broadcast Meteorology Committee will announce specifics and cost at the meeting.  Sign up at the NWA Registration/Information Desk.

 

Tuesday, 18 October 2005 - Annual Meeting General Sessions (held in the Promenade Ballroom D, E and F unless otherwise specified)

 

0700 AM               NWA Registration and Information Desk opens in the Adam's Mark Hotel on the 2nd floor in the pre-convene area outside of Promenade Ballroom D.

    

 

SESSION:  WARM SEASON WEATHER EVENTS

Session Chair: Fred H. Glass, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Saint Louis, MO

 

0800 AM        Invited Presentation - Important Physical Processes in Some Recent Flash Floods.  Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO.

 

0830 AM        Convective Redevelopment Behind the Significant Ohio Valley Derecho of 13 July 2004. Chris Smallcomb and Mark Jarvis,

                        NOAA/NWSFO Louisville, KY.

 

0845 AM        Meteorological and Warning Issues Associated with the Kansas Turnpike Flash Flood of 30 August 2003.  Jeffrey D. Vitale and James T. Moore, 

                        Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, and Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO.

 

0900 AM        A Case Study of A Surprise Elevated Convection Event Over Eastern Missouri: 24-25 July 2004.  Martin A. Baxter, Michelle L.

                        Keast-Nachtrab, and James T. Moore, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.

 

0915 AM        Mini-Supercell Event of 23 October 2004 in the Memphis County Warning Area.  Jonathan L. Howell and Jason F. Beaman, NOAA/NWSFO, Memphis, TN.

 

0930 AM        Hail of a Spring in the Ark-La-Miss.  Jeffrey P. Craven (NWA Councilor), NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS.

 

0945 AM        Development of a Severe Weather Forecast Decision Aid for East-Central Florida. William H. Bauman III, Mark M. Wheeler, and David A. Short, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL

 

1000 AM        Coffee Break and Poster Session II  (time to view exhibits and posters, meet other attendees and enjoy refreshments) 

POSTERS:

P2.1   Training Forecasters to Effectively Use Smart Tools in the Digital Forecast Process.  Samuel K. Beckman and Kevin L. Polston, NOAA/NWS Training Center, Kansas City, MO.

 

P2.2   A 25-Year Climatology of the Supercell Composite Parameter. Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, Bryan Smith, Ball State University, Muncie, IN,  Richard Thompson, and John Hart, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK.

 

P2.3   Preliminary Synoptic Climatology of Cool Season Severe Weather (2000-2005) for the Philadelphia National Weather Service County Warning Area and Vicinity.  Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04) and Michael G. Stroz, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.4   An Investigation of Air Quality Index Characteristics and Behaviors for Southern New Jersey During Spring 2004 as a Function of Synoptic Weather Patterns. Paul J. Croft and Belkys V. Melendez, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.5   Fog During the 2004-2005 Winter Season in the Northern Mid-Atlantic States: Spatial Characteristics and Behaviors as a Function of Synoptic Weather Types.  Paul J. Croft and Aaron N. Burton, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.6   Problem Based Learning: Observing The Earth.  Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.7   Problem Based Learning: Meteorological Instrumentation. Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.8   Undergraduates Providing Weather Activities for Research and Development of Skills at Kean University (UPWARDS at Kean!). Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.9   Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensors - Can they help us measure snow?  Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, and Wendy Brazenec and Steven Fassnacht, Dept. of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

 

P2.10   A Case Study of Supercell Thunderstorm Merger and Tornadogenesis.  William Gilmore and Neil I. Fox, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P2.11   The Historic Missouri-Illinois High Precipitation Supercell of 10 April 2001. Fred H. Glass and Mark F. Britt, NOAA/NWSFO Saint Louis, MO.

 

P2.12   The Role of Coupled Jet Streaks in a Midwestern Heavy Snow Event.  Chad M. Gravelle, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, Scott M. Rochette, State University of New York at Brockport, NY, and Thomas A. Niziol, NOAA/NWSFO Buffalo, NY.

 

P2.13   Incorporating Local Climatology into Aviation Forecasts.  Gino Izzi, NOAA/NWSFO Springfield, MO.

 

P2.14   Two Incredible Tornadic Supercells: Field Observations and Analysis Reveals Distinctly Different Tornadic Modes.  Ted Keller, KOLR/KSFX-TV, Springfield, MO.

 

P2.15   Tornadic High-Precipitation Supercell Cluster of 29 May 2004, Part II.  Greg Koch, Suzanne M. Fortin, and Michael J. Hudson NOAA/NWSFO Pleasant Hill, MO. 

            

P2.16   The Creation and Utility of Historical Weather Posters.  Andrea Lammers, NOAA/NWSFO Louisville (Indiana University), and Sarah Ede, NOAA/NWSFO Louisville (Western Kentucky

             University).

 

P2.17   Integration of SODAR Technology into Military Aerodrome Operations.  David Law, U.S. Air Force, Medical Lake, WA.

 

P2.18   Analysis and Forecasts of 300 hPa Divergence Associated with Severe Convection Using ETA-212 and MM5 Model Data.  Capt. Scott Lisko, U.S. Air Force, Scott AFB, IL.

 

P2.19   Weather Forecasting: Getting Order Out of Chaos?  Anthony R. Lupo, Patrick S. Market and Andy Kunz, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P2.20  The Permian Basin Haboob of 3 June 2003: An Analysis Using Modern Remote Sensing and Photographic Observations. Seth Nagle, Jeffrey Cupo, Todd Lindley, and Pat Vesper,

            NOAA/NWSFO Midland, TX.

 

P2.21   On the Frequency of Occluded Frontal Occurrence over North America.  Zach Paul and Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P2.22   South Florida Seabreeze/Outflow Boundary Tornadoes.  Russell Pfost, Pablo Santos and Thomas Warner, NOAA/NWSFO Miami FL.

 

P2.23   The Effect of a Gravel Base on the Temperature Profile in the Lowest 2 meters of the Atmosphere.  Justin D. Pucket and Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia,

             MO.

 

P2.24   Timmy the Twister.  Dan Valle, Jim Belles, Scott Cordero, Jason Beaman and Jonathan Howell, NOAA/NWSFO Memphis, TN.

 

P2.25   The Severe Weather Outbreak of 17-18 December 2002 over Central and Southern Missouri.  Benjamin M. Roudenis, Patrick I. Buckley, Neil I. Fox, and Anthony R. Lupo, University

              of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

P2.26  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commitment to Developing Minority Meteorologists and Atmospheric Scientists. John L. Shoemake (Staff), R. Suseela

            Reddy (Faculty), Monesa Watts (Staff), Douglas Gavin (Student), and Darnell Newton (Student), Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.

 

P2.27   Decision Support Page - NWS Weather Forecast Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Raymond Sondag, J. Brad McGavock, and James Frederick, NOAA/NWSFO Tulsa, OK.

 

P2.28   A Report on the Multisensor Precipitation Estimator National Operations Team. Gregory J. Story, NOAA/NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center, Fort Worth, TX.

 

P2.29   Verification of the GFS Guidance Ensemble Mean Over a Portion of the Northern Plains.  Kyle Weisser, Jeff Chapman, Phil Schumacher, NOAA/NWSFO Sioux Falls, SD.

 

P2.30   Mesoanalysis of Straight Line Wind Damage Event 29-30 July 2002:  It Beats Coming Up with a Lecture.  Robert A. Weisman, Saint Cloud State University, Jeffrey M.

            Buck, Bradly E. Nelson, DTN, Inc., Todd A. Nelson and Matthew M. Kay, WeatherEye, Inc.

 

P2.31   Comparison of Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates to Gage Precipitation Estimates for the Midwest Region. Nancy E. Westcott, Midwest Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL.

 

P2.32   Development of a Comprehensive Database of Weather Observing Sites in Mississippi.  Loren White, Albert Williams and Elizabeth Matlack, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.

 

P2.33   An Overview of Kodiak Launch Complex Operational Weather Support for the Missile Defense Agency's Integrated Flight Test 13 and 14 Launches. Gregory D. Wilke, Science

            Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Cape Canaveral, FL.

 

P2.34   WRF Implementation by the Kean University Meteorology Program.  Shing Yoh, Paul J. Croft and Guillermo Prescott, Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

P2.35   GOES-R Baseline Instruments.  James Gurka and Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Crofton, MD.

 

P2.36   The Creation and Impact of a New En-Route Graphical Weather Forecast for Aviation:  Graphical AIRMET.  Marc Singer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center, Kansas 

               City, MO

 

P2.37   Enhancements to the Galileo Weather System.  Kenneth Reeves, Ryan Ayres and Michael Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA

 

P2.38   An Internet Site for Professional Meteorologists.  Kenneth Reeves, Jim Candor and Michael Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA

 

 

1130 AM        Lunch on Your Own; Exhibits and Posters Open

 

 

SESSION:  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Session Chair: Dr. James T. Moore (NWA Past-President '99), Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.

 

0100 PM        Fifteen Years of the COMET Residence Program: A Look to the Future. Gregory P. Byrd (NWA Councilor) and Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO.

 

0115 PM        Forensic Meteorology...or Perhaps "CSI Meteorology." Stephen W. Harned (NWA Past-President '92), Atlantic States Weather Inc., Cary, NC.

 

0130 PM         Initiating Undergraduate Student Research Projects in Operational Meteorology: Kean University Operational Undergraduate Research in Meteorology and Professional

                          Activities and Collaborative Training (KU-OUR-METPACT).  Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ.

 

0145 PM        The Advanced Warning Operations Course (AWOC).  John Ferree, Elizabeth Quoetone (NWA Commissioner of Committees) and Ed Mahoney, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Norman,

                         OK.

 

0200 PM         Supporting Professional Development through Continuing Education.  Elizabeth Mulvihill Page (NWA Councilor), UCAR/COMET, Greensboro, NC.

 

0215 PM        Use of the NWS Weather Event Simulator for Emergency Response Training.  Bernard N. Meisner, NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX.

 

0230 PM        Using the Warning Event Simulator-Displaced Real-Time (WES-DRT).  David Reed, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, LA.

 

0245 PM        Refreshment Break; Exhibits Open

 

SESSION:  SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF WEATHER

Session Chair:  Suzanne M. Fortin, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Pleasant Hill, MO.

 

0315 PM        Invited Presentation - A Review & Discussion of Significant Weather Events Occurring in 2005.  Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK and notes on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Alan E. Gerard, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office MIC, Jackson, MS.

 

0400 PM        Tornadoes Galore: The Record Year of 2004.  Daniel W. McCarthy (NWA Councilor) and Joseph T. Schaefer (NWA Past-President '98), NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction

                         Center, Norman, OK.

 

0415 PM        Lightning Responses During a Football Game Compared with Hiking and Mountain Climbing.  Ronald L. Holle, Holle Meteorology and Photography, Oro Valley, AZ and E.

                         Philip Krider, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

 

0430 PM        Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Number and Intensity of Severe Thunderstorm Reports Across the United States.  Joseph T. Schaefer, Daniel W. McCarthy and 

                          Jason J. Levit, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.

 

0445 PM        The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). Nolan J. Doesken, Henry W. Reges, and R. Cifelli, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

 

0500 PM        Tornadic High-precipitation Supercell Cluster of 29 May 2004, Part I: Comparison of Observed Storm Scale to Observational and Theoretical Research of the Spectrum of

                          Supercell Structure and Evolution.  Michael P. Seaman and Suzanne M. Fortin, NOAA/NWSFO, Pleasant Hill, MO, and Ron W. Przybylinski, NOAA/NWSFO Saint Louis, MO.

 

0515 PM               Dinner on your own; NWA Registration and Information desk and Exhibits close

 

0600 PM               NWA Council and Committee Chairs Business Meeting  (Director's Room 26)

 

 

 

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 - Annual Meeting General Sessions (held in the Promenade Ballroom D, E and F unless otherwise specified)

 

 0700 AM              NWA Registration and Information Desk opens in the Adam's Mark Hotel on the 2nd floor in the pre-convene area outside of Promenade Ballroom D.

  

SESSION:  SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY

Session Chair:   John Gagan, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS 

 

0800 AM        Invited Presentation – Military Weather Support from an Operational Weather Squadron.  Major Steve Cahanin, US Air Force, Director of Operations, 15th Operational

                        Weather Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, IL.  And, Integration of Weather into TACC Flight Management for USAF Strategic Airlift. Capt. Brad Schrumpf and Maj. Richard

                        Wagner, USAF, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, IL

 

0830 AM      Comparing Automated Thunderstorm Potential Index Output to Manual Products. David I. Knapp (NWA President-Elect), U.S. Army Research Lab, Las Cruces, NM, Earl

                          Barker, Harris Technical Services Corporation, and Gordon Brooks, AF Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE.

                                

0845 AM        Review of 2005 Polygon Warning Initiative and One Inch Hail Severe Criteria Experiment in the Pleasant Hill County Warning Area.  Lynn P. Maximuk and Michael J.

                        Hudson, NOAA/NWSFO Pleasant Hill, MO and Bryan T. Busby, KMBC-TV, Kansas City, MO.

 

0900 AM        NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Support for the Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight. Frank C. Brody, Karl A. Silverman, Richard A. Lafosse and Doris A. Hood,   

                        NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

 

0915 AM        Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. David Reed, NOAA/NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, LA.

 

0930 AM        Operational Integration and Post-processing Short-range Ensembles Over the Northeast United States. Jeffrey S. Tongue, NOAA/NWSFO, Upton, NY, Brian A. Colle,

                        Matthew S. Jones and Joseph B. Olson, Stony Brook University/SUNY.

 

0945 AM        The Interactive Grid Analysis and Display System (IGrADS) for the U.S. Armed Forces.  R. Bruce Telfeyan, Daniel M. Rozema, and Jennifer C. Roman, HQ Air Force Weather 

                        Agency, Offutt AFB, NE.

 

1000 AM        Coffee Break

 

SESSION:  CLIMATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

Session Chair:  Dr. Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO

 

1030 AM        Local Severe Weather Climatologies for WSR-88D Radar Areas across the United States.  John A. Hart, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.

 

1045 AM        A Baseline Climatology of Precipitation Rates that Induce Flash Flooding in an Urban Environment.  Suzanne M. Fortin, NOAA/NWSFO, Pleasant Hill, MO.

 

1100 AM        An Analysis of the Impact of Blocking on North American and Eurasian Summers.  Nathan Davis, Justin M. Glisan, John P. Burkhardt, Blake Smith, Thomas E. Hagen, and     

                          Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

1115 AM        Convective Significant Meteorological Advisory (SIGMET) Climatology.  Jonathan Slemmer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO.

 

 

1130 AM               NWA Annual Awards Luncheon    Rose Garden room on the 4th floor of the Adam's Mark Hotel

 

 

SESSION:  REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS

Session Chair:  Dr. Charles E. Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

 

0200 PM         The Status of Hydrological Products Derived from Satellite-based Passive Microwave Sensors. Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS and CICS, College Park, MD.

 

0215 PM         Equivalent Potential Temperature and Lightning Data and Their Relationship to Mesoscale Convective System Life Cycles. Rod Scofield (NWA Past-President '00) and  

                           Bob Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Research and Applications, Camp Springs, MD and Shuang Qiu, QSS, Inc.

 

0230 AM         Performance of Satellite Infrared Fog Detection Techniques with Major Fog-Related Highway Accidents.  Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD and Scott

                            Lindstrom, UW-CIMSS, Madison, WI.

 

0245 AM         RWIS and Pavement-Specific Weather Forecasts: Reducing Maintenance Costs, Economic Losses and Improving Safety. Dale E. Bader, Surface Systems, Inc. (SSI), Saint

                            Louis, MO.

 

0300 PM        Refreshment Break

  

SESSION:  LIGHTNING

Session Chair:  Timothy D. Oram, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

 

0315 PM       Total Lightning Data in Weather Forecasting: The SPoRT Experience. Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Chris 

                        Darden,  NOAA/NWSFO, and E.W. McCaul, Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL

0330 PM       Real Time Observations of Total Lightning using the Lightning Mapping Array. William Rison, Paul Krehbiel and Ron Thomas, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, and Don

                        MacGorman and Dave Rust, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK.

0345 PM       Long-Range VLF Lightning over Oceanic Regions for Tropical and Extratropical Applications.   Nicholas W.S. Demetriades and Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ.

0400 PM       Global Positioning System Precipitable Water (GPS-PW) in Forecasting Lightning at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), FL.

                        Kristen Kehrer and Brian Graf, NASA/KSC, and William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, US Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL.

0415 PM       Local Lightning Watches and Warnings: The Experience at Johnson Space Center.  Timothy Oram and Richard Lafosse, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group,  

                        Houston, TX.

0430 PM       Forecasting Lightning at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Florida.  Winifred Lambert and Mark Wheeler, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL, and                   

                        William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, US Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL.

 

0445 PM      NOAA's Lightning Safety Awareness Efforts.  John S. Jensenius, Jr.,  NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Gray, ME

0500 PM               Dinner on your own; NWA Registration and Information desk closes.

0600 PM               NWA Council Business Dinner Meeting (Director's Room 26)

 

Thursday, 20 October 2005 – Annual Meeting General Sessions (held in the Promenade Ballroom D, E and F unless otherwise specified)

 

 0700 AM              NWA Registration and Information Desk opens in the Adam's Mark Hotel on the 2nd floor in the pre-convene area outside of Promenade Ballroom D.

 

SESSION:  TORNADOES

Session Chair:  Chris Buonanno, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Little Rock, AR.

0800 AM        Invited Presentation - Re-Analyses of the Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak of 18 March 1925.  Robert A. Maddox, Research Meteorologist, Tucson, AZ, Matthew S. Gilmore,

                        University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Charles A. Doswell III, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, and Charlie Crisp, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK.

 

0830 AM        The 1925 Tri-state Tornado: A Re-Examination of the Damage Path and Characteristics of the Associated Convective Storm.  Robert H. Johns, Research Meteorologist,

                         Norman, OK,   Donald Burgess and Charles A. Doswell III, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Matthew S. Gilmore, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, John A. Hart,

                         NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, and Robert A. Maddox, Research Meteorologist, Tucson, AZ

 

0845 AM        Synoptic Patterns Associated with Significant Tornadoes in Illinois.  Jared L. Guyer and John A. Hart, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.

 

0900 AM        The 6 April 2005 Mississippi Tornado Outbreak. John P. Gagan, Eric Carpenter, Dan Byrd, Brad Bryant and Lora Mueller, NOAA/NWSFO Jackson, MS.

 

0915 AM        Lessons Learned: The F3 Campbelltown, PA Tornado of 14 July 2004.  John R. Scala (NWA Councilor), Center for Disaster Research and Education, Millersville University,

                         Millersville, PA, and David Ondrejik, NOAA/NWSFO State College, PA.

 

0930 AM        An Overview of the 10 May 2003 Tornado Outbreak.  Fred H. Glass, NOAA/NWSFO, Saint Louis, MO.

 

0945 AM        Mesoscale Preconditioning Prior to the 21 April 2005 Southeast Kansas Tornadoes.  Gino Izzi, NOAA/NWSFO Springfield, MO.

 

1000 AM        Coffee Break

  

SESSION:  WEATHER IMPACTS ON AVIATION

Session Chair: Capt. Scott Lisko, USAF Scott Air Force Base, IL.

 

1030 AM        The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters Missions and the 2005 Tropical Cyclone Season. Major John Gordon, United States Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters, Keesler

                          AFB, MS.

 

1100 AM        Weather Theory for Pilots. Terry Lankford, Author and FAA Retired, Murphys, CA.

 

1115 AM        Aviation Weather-Related Crashes and Deaths in the United States During Calendar Year 2004.  John M. Jarboe, NOAA/NWS, FAA Academy, Oklahoma City, OK.

 

1130 AM     The Creation and Impact of a New En-Route Graphical Weather Forecast for Aviation:  Graphical AIRMET.  Marc Singer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center, 

                         Kansas City, MO

  

1145 AM        Lunch on Your Own

 

SESSION:  RADAR TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

Session Chair:  Jonathan L. Howell, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Memphis, TN

 

0115 PM        NSSL Experimental Multiple-radar/sensor Severe Weather Products in AWIPS.  Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/NWS/MDL, Matthew Foster, NOAA/NWSFO Norman, OK,

                        Karen Cooper, SAIC/NSSL, and V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK.

 

0130 PM        RIDGE - Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements: The NWS New Radar Webpage.  Keith Stellman, Paul Kirkwood and Dennis Cain, NOAA/NWS Southern Region

                        Hqs., Fort Worth, TX, Scott Rae, North Texas Council of Governments, and Ken Pavelle, NOAA/NWS ABRFC, Fort Worth, TX.

 

0145 PM         Storm Duration Forecasts using Radar Storm Tracking.  David Jankowski and Neil I. Fox, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO.

 

 

SESSION:  COLD SEASON WEATHER

Session Chair: Martin Baxter Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

 

0200 PM        Convective Snow Forecasting: Progress in the Winter of 2004-2005.  Patrick Market, Brian P. Pettegrew, Chris J. Melick, and Larry L. Smith, University of Missouri-Columbia,  

                         Columbia, MO.

 

0215 PM        Pattern Recognition of Significant Snowfall Events in Tallahassee, Florida.  Jeffrey D. Fournier and Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWSFO, Tallahassee, FL.

 

0230 PM        A Conceptual Model Depicting Processes Important for the Generation of Meso-Beta Scale Snow Bands. Michael J. Paddock, Charles E. Graves, and James T. Moore, Saint  

                          Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.

 

0245 PM        Stability Tendency in Mid-latitude Convective Snow Events As Determined From RUC-20 Output. Larry L. Smith and Patrick Market, University of Missouri-Columbia, 

                         Columbia, MO.

 

0300 PM        The Great Lakes Ice Cover - Atmosphere Flux (GLICAF) Experiment. Michael L. Spinar, David A.R. Kristovich, and Michael C. Kruk, Illinois State Water Survey; Mathieu R.

                         Gerbush, and Stephen K. Jackman, University of Illinois; and, Neil F. Laird, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

 

0315 PM        The South Texas Christmas 2004 Snow Event: a Climatological Perspective.  Rich Dixon, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

 

0330 PM         Closing Remarks: NWA President Steven J. Weiss and NWA President-Elect David I. Knapp

              

0400 PM         NWA 30th Annual Meeting Adjourns

The Final Agenda is posted here for reference and the Presentation abstracts are available here (.pdf).

At the Awards Luncheon, (l to r) Brian Karrick, Broadcast Workshop program chair, President Steve Weiss, and Betsy Kling, who organized the golf outing and raffle for the NWA scholarship fund.

(l to r) Chuck Graves, President Steve Weiss, and Jim Moore. Chuck Graves and Jim Moore were the Annual Meeting Program Co-Chairs

Plan now to attend the NWA's 31st Annual Meeting, 14-19 October 2006, at the InterContinental Hotel & Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio!

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