The National Weather Association's 32nd Annual Meeting was held at the Circus Circus Reno Resort in the heart of downtown Reno, Nevada from 13-18 October 2007.

THEME: Building the Bridge from Best Forecast to Best Response.

The Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair was: Randy Graham, the Science and Operations Officer at the NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, 2242 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-2929; (801) 524-5141; annualmeeting@nwas.org. The Broadcaster Workshop Program Chair was: Bryan C. Karrick, NWA Councilor and KCCI-TV meteorologist, 888 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1288; bkarrick@hearst.com.

Over 170 abstracts were submitted and 390 attended a very successful Annual Meeting!

The Final Agenda is posted here with available abstracts and presentation slides that were made available with the permission of the presenters.

Exhibits showed the latest in products and services from: AccuWeather, Inc.; Advanced Designs Corporation (ADC); Baron Services, Inc.; Gibson Ridge Software, LLC; Midland Radio Corporation; Oregon Scientific, Inc.; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); UCAR/COMET; Vaisala, Inc.; WeatherBug; Weather Central, Inc.; Weather Metrics, Inc.; and WSI Corporation.

The NWA would like to thank the authors for making their presentations available to the association and the public. Some presentations may not be online if the author chose not to grant the NWA permission to make the presentation available due to proprietary or other considerations. The abstract and presentations are organized by day and topic within the conference agenda.

Click on the title of the presentation/poster to view the abstract.

A link ( [p] ) is provided for each presentation that is available on-line. The files are compressed, so you will need a program, such as WinZip or Stuffit, to uncompress them. Some of the presentations are large and may take a while to download on dial-up connections.

Sunday, 14 October 2007

0730 AM - 1030 PM NWA Registration and Information Desk will be open in the Pre-Function area outside of Mandalay Ballroom A.
0830 AM - 0515 PM Broadcaster Workshop in Mandalay Ballroom A
1000 AM - 0600 PM Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

0700 PM - 1030 PM TAPE SWAP 2007 in Mandalay Ballroom A

Broadcaster Workshop - (Mandalay Ballroom A) 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, Alan E. Gerard, Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS
0835 AM Opening Remarks.
NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair, Mike Goldberg, WTVR-TV CBS6, Richmond, VA, and Broadcaster Workshop Program Chair, Bryan Karrick, (NWA Councilor) KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA
0845 AM The Biggest Little City - Broadcast Style.
Duffy Atkins, KREN-TV, Reno, NV
0900 AM [p]   Lightning Detection and Location: An Overview of Methods.
Tim Oram (NWA IT Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
0915 AM [p]   Lightning Kills - Play it Safe: Understanding One of Nature's Most Underrated Killers.
John S. Jensenius, Jr., NOAA/NWS Forecast Office Gray, ME
0930 AM Dispelling Lightning Myths.
Michael P. Utley, struckbylightning.org, West Yarmouth, MA
1000 AM Coffee Break; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

Sunday, 14 October 2007 - Broadcaster Workshop NOON Lunch on your own; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

1030 AM [p]   Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles.
Jan Null, San Francisco State University, Saratoga, CA
1045 AM [p]   Stargazing Highlights for 2008.
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope, Cambridge, MA
1100 AM [p]   Workshop: Ensemble Forecasts.
David R. Bright, Steven J. Weiss (NWA Past-President '05) and Jason Levit, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, John S. Kain, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
0130 PM [p]   Storm Based Warnings - A New Direction in the Warning Process.
Richard Okulski (NWA Councilor), NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Memphis, TN
0145 PM [p]   Mesoscale Modeling for Dummies.
Ray Hawthorne, WCTV-TV, Tallahassee, FL, and Jason Kelley, WJHG-TV, Panama City Beach, FL
0200 PM Workshop: An In Depth Look at the GR2 Analyst.
Les Lemon (NWA Past-President '01), Research Associate Meteorologist, CIMMS, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK
0300 PM Refreshment Break; Exhibits Open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3
0330 PM Workshop: Air Quality 101 - Tools and Resources.
Diane Miller and Timothy Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Pentaluma, CA, Scott Jackson and John White, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
0400 PM Google Earth Weather as a Back-Up to System Crashes and as a Great Resource for Web Site Content.
Brad Panovich, WCNC-TV NBC6, Charlotte, NC
0415 PM America's Favorite Two Pastimes Team Up For Weather Education.
Betsy Kling (NWA Membership & Marketing Chair), WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH
0430 PM The Keancast: Kean University Media Initiative.
Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ
0445 PM B16 Taking Your Talents Online: Life Outside of Television.
Rich Apuzzo, Consulting Meteorologist, skyeyeweather.com, Cincinnati, OH
0500 PM NWA Seal of Approval Recertification Update.
Jim Moore (NWA Seal Recertification Chair), WPTZ-TV, Burlington, VT, Bryan Karrick (NWA Councilor and Past NWA Seal Recertification Chair), KCCI-TV, Des Moines IA, and Mike Goldberg (Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair), WTVR-TV CBS6, Richmond, VA
0515 PM Dinner on your own; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3 until 0600 PM

Remember to visit all exhibits and thank these NWA corporate members for their great support and participation in this 32nd NWA Annual Meeting.

Sunday, 14 October 2007

0700 PM TAPE SWAP 2007 in Mandalay Ballroom A moderated by Mike Goldberg (Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair), WTVR-TV CBS6, Richmond VA, and Larry Rice, (Broadcast Seal Committee Chair), KOB-TV, Albuquerque, NM. Refreshments will be served after 8:00 PM thanks to the sponsorship of Baron Services.

[Attendees wishing to have tapes critiqued during the Tape Swap - please submit your VHS tapes to the NWA Registration and Information Desk volunteers by 5:00 PM Sunday and insure your name, address, and station are printed on the outside of the VHS tape. Those wishing to have tapes critiqued by a small group of senior Broadcasters may sign up on the log at the NWA Registration and Information Desk.]
1030 PM NWA Annual Meeting scheduled activities close for the day.
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Monday, 15 October 2007 - Annual Meeting General Sessions

0700 AM - 0730 PM NWA Registration and Information Desk will be open in the Pre-Function area outside of Mandalay Ballroom A.


Session 1: Opening Session and Keynote Addresses
0800 AM [p]   Welcoming Remarks by NWA President,
Alan E. Gerard, Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS, and Randy Graham, NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Salt Lake City, UT
0815 AM [p]   Keynote Address
by Lynn Maximuk, Regional Director, NOAA/NWS Central Region Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
0845 AM [p]   Keynote Address
by Kelly T. Redmond, Deputy Director and Regional Climatologist of the Western Regional Climate Center, located at the Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
0915 AM [p]   Keynote Address
by David G. Brandon, Hydrology and Climate Service's Division Chief, NOAA/NWS Western Region Headquarters, Salt Lake City, UT
0930 AM [p]   Keynote Address - News of the Private-Sector
by Jan Null CCM, President of the National Council of Industrial Meteorologists (NCIM), Golden Gate Weather Services, Saratoga, CA
0945 AM NWA Announcements.
NWA President, Alan E. Gerard, Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS
1000 AM Coffee Break; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3


SESSION 2: Building Bridges from Best Forecast to Best Response I
Session Chair: Lans P. Rothfusz (NWA Vice President), Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Peachtree City, GA Monday, 15 October 2007
1030 AM [p]   EF-Scale Progress Report.
Daniel McCarthy (NWA Awards Committee Chair), Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office Indianapolis, IN, Joseph Schaefer (NWA Past-President '98), NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center Director, and Jim LaDue, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK
1045 AM [p]   Integrating a Geographic Information System into Storm Assessment: The Southeast Alabama Tornado Outbreak of March 1, 2007.
J. Parks Camp, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL
1100 AM Surviving an EF5 Emergency in Greensburg, KS.
William Monfredo, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
1115 AM [p]   The 24 February 2007 North Texas Dust Storm: An Impact Weather Event.
Bernard N. Meisner, NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX and Jessica A. Schultz, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
1130 AM Lunch on Your Own; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

SESSION 3: Weather Analysis and Forecasting I
Session Chair: Matthew Bunkers (Assistant Editor - NWA Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology), NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD
0100 PM [p]   A Review Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting Issues in the Western United States.
Erik Pytlak (NWA Broadcast Seal Evaluation Panel), NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ, Donald Moore, NOAA/NWS, Billings, MT., and John Juskie, NOAA/ NWS, Sacramento, CA
0115 PM [p]   Lessons Learned from CSTAR/COMET-Sponsored Research on Convective Storms and Heavy Rains.
Lance F. Bosart, Daniel Keyser, and Matt Cote, University at Albany/SUNY, and Steven J. Weiss (NWA Past-President '05) and Russ Schneider, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
0130 PM [p]   Determining the Onset of Strong Westerlies during Persistent Mountain Wave Activity.
Brian J. Billings and Vanda Grubisic, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
0145 PM Heat Waves of the Western United States.
John Abatzoglou and Laura Edwards, Desert Research Institute - Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV
0200 PM [p]   A Methodology of Using Hovmoller Analyses to Determine Tropical Cyclone Formation, Track and Intensity Behavior.
Robert J. Ricks, Jr., NOAA/NWS, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
0215 PM [p]   The Deep Southern United States Cyclone of 20-23 November 2006: An Anomalous Event.
Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI, and Richard Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA
0230 PM 3.7 The Patterns Associated With Significant Heat Waves Across the United States.
Richard Grumm and Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWS, State College PA, and Randall Graham (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee), NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
0245 PM Refreshment Break; Exhibits open in Mandalay 2 and 3

SESSION 4: Building Bridges from Best Forecast to Best Response II
Session Chair: Chuck Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

0315 PM [p]   Large Event Venues and Severe Weather: A Mitigation Plan.
Leslie R. Lemon (NWA Past-President '01), University of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK, Roger Edwards, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, Andy Bailey, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO, and Harold Hansen, International Association of Assembly Managers, Chicago, IL
0330 PM [p]   Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS): An Effort to Address Societal Impacts and Improve Response.
Kevin Barjenbruch, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
0345 PM [p]   The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): Filling in the Gaps with Timely Volunteer Precipitation Monitoring Across the Country.
Henry Reges, Nolan Doesken, Rob Cifelli, and Julian Turner, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
0400 PM [p]   An Examination of the Warning Decision Making Process, NOAA/NWS Outreach Efforts and Their Impact on the Tornado Events of 24 October 2001 and 10 November 2002.
Jeff Logsdon, NOAA/NWS, Syracuse, IN

SESSION 5: Lightning
Session Chair: Bruce Thomas (NWA Councilor), Midland Radio Corp., Kansas City, MO

0415 PM [p]   Flow Regime Based Climatologies of Lightning Probabilities for Spaceports and Airports.
William H. Bauman III, ENSCO, Inc./Applied Meteorology Unit, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, Matthew Volkmer, David Sharp, Scott Spratt, NOAA/ NWS, Melbourne, FL, and Richard A. Lafosse, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
0430 PM [p]   Lightning and Radar Reflectivity Signatures in Banded Snow Events.
Amy E. Becker, Patrick S. Market (NWA Councilor), Chris J. Melick, and Brian P. Pettegrew, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, Ronald L. Holle and Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc, Tucson, AZ
0445 PM [p]   Updates in Lightning Safety.
William P. Roeder, struckbylightning.org, West Yarmouth, MA
0500 PM Will the Myths Never Disappear?
Michael P. Utley, struckbylightning.org, West Yarmouth, MA, Mary Ann Cooper, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, and William P. Roeder, struckbylightning.org, West Yarmouth, MA
0515 PM General Sessions end for the day.
Return for the Icebreaker and POSTER SESSION I beginning at 0530 PM in Mandalay Rooms A, 1, 2 and 3

Monday, 15 October 2007 - Icebreaker and Poster Session I

Poster

P1.1 American Meteorological Society's Certified Consulting Meteorologist Program.
Stanley Marsh, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
P1.2 [p]   The LRC (Lezak's Recurring Cycle).
Gary Lezak, KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO
P1.3 A Preliminary Verification of The National Hurricane Center Incremental Wind Probability Forecasts.
Jaclyn A. Shafer, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL., William P. Roeder, Michael McAleenan, and Katherine A. Winters, 45th Weather Squadron USAF, Patrick AFB, FL, and Steven M. Lazarus, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
P1.4 Examining Preconvective Heavy Rainfall Environments Utilizing Observational and Model Analysis Proximity Soundings.
Michael Paddock and Charles Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, and Jason Martinelli, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
P1.5 An Examination of Model Analysis Vertical Profile Biases for Preconvective Heavy Rainfall Environments.
Michael Paddock and Charles Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, and Jason Martinelli, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
P1.6 Impact of ENSO Phase on Storm Frequency, Severity, and Path for New Jersey.
Anthony Dalbo and Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ
P1.7 A Comparison of Precipitable Water Measurements from Radiosondes, Ground-Based GPS Receivers and GOES Sounders.
Adele Lichtenberger, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, and Steven Zubrick (NWA Treasurer), NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
P1.8 [p]   Water Level Climatology within the Chesapeake Bay and Tidal Potomac River.
Kyle Tapely, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, and Stephen J. Rogowski, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
P1.9 Use of Ensemble Products to Analyze the Mississippi Valley Severe Outbreak of March 2006.
Kevin B. Lowrie, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
P1.10 Integrating NJWXNET, WRF and GIS to Study NJ Mesoscale Weather Phenomena - the 1-3 August 2006 Heat Wave.
Ryan Kelly and Shing Yoh, Kean University, Union, NJ
P1.11 The Non-Blizzard Event of March 2001.
Joshua Eachus and Chad Kauffman, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
P1.12 Accuracy of a WRF Simulation of the 12 June 2001 Mesoscale Convective System.
Brandon Hoving and Martin A. Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
P1.13 A Comparison of the Radar Characteristics and Mesoscale Environments of Two Mesoscale Snowband Events in the Upper Midwest.
Emily Eisenacher, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
P1.14 Development of a Kentucky Snowfall Impact Scale.
Ronnie Leeper, John M. Walker and Greg B. Goodrich, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
P1.15 [p]   Upslope and Lake Effect Snow Climatology along the Allegheny Front Range.
Joe Wegman. State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY, James E. Lee and Sarah A. Rogowski, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
P1.16 Stability Characteristics of Thundersnow Events: The Impact of Accounting for Ageostrophic Effects in the Growth Rate Parameter.
Christopher J. Melick, Brian P. Pettegrew, Larry L. Smith, Amy E. Becker, Patrick S. Market (NWA Councilor) and Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
P1.17 A Diagnostic Analysis of Significant Cold-Season Elevated Thunderstorms.
Erin Snavely, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, Scott M. Rochette (NWA Councilor) SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, and Charles Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
P1.18 A Climatology and Statistical Classification of Midwestern Snow Bands: A Process-Oriented Approach.
Chad M. Gravelle and Charles E. Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, Scott M. Rochette (NWA Councilor), SUNY Brockport, NY
P1.19 [p]   Nowcasting Support of Research Aircraft Flights During T-REX.
Brian J. Billings and Vanda Grubisic, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
P1.20 The Role of Lower Mississippi Valley Elevated Convection in Snowfall Further North: 4-5 February 2005.
David Anderson and Martin Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD, and Joshua Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Omaha/Valley, NE
P1.21 A Study of Trends and Variability of Low Flow Characteristics of the Reference Hydrometric Basin Network.
Eghbal Ehsanzadeh and Kaz Adamowski, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P1.22 Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS): Addressing Societal Impacts and Improve Response through the Integration of Social Science into Meteorology.
Mike Seaman and Kevin Barjenbruch, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
P1.23 The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): Filling in the Gaps with Timely Volunteer Precipitation Monitoring Across the Country.
Henry Reges, Nolan Doesken, Rob Cifelli, and Julian Turner, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
0730 PM Annual Meeting scheduled activities close for the day; Broadcasters' dinner will be scheduled by the NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee.

Tuesday, 16 October 2007 - Annual Meeting General Sessions

0700 AM - 0600 PM NWA Registration and Information Desk will be open in the Pre-Function area outside of Mandalay Ballroom A

0730 AM Weather Briefing by the NWA Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee

SESSION 6: Severe Weather - Part I
Session Chair: Michael Vescio (NWA National Weather Digest Co-Editor), Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Pendleton, OR

0800 AM [p]   Improving Storm-Based Warnings.
John T. Ferree (NWA Professional Development Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS/OCWWS, Norman, OK
0815 AM [p]   The Future of Severe Weather Warnings - A Vision.
John T. Ferree (NWA Professional Development Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS/OCWWS, Norman, OK. David Andra, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK, Michael Magsig and Liz Quoetone NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK, Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Greg Stumpf, CIMMS/NOAA/NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory, Norman, OK and Travis Smith, CIMMS/ University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
0830 AM [p]   The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed's Experimental Warning Program.
David Andra and Mike Foster, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK, Jerry Brotzge, University of Oklahoma, Donald W. Burgess, Pamela L. Heinselman, Kevin Manross, Kevin Scharfenberg, and Travis M. Smith, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS/OCWWS, Kevin Kelleher, NOAA/NSSL, Liz Quoetone, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, and Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS and NOAA/NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory, Norman, OK
0845 AM [p]   The Greensburg, Kansas Tornado.
Daniel McCarthy (NWA Awards Committee Chair), Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Indianapolis, IN, and Joseph Schaefer (NWA Past-President '98), NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center Director, Norman, OK
0900 AM [p]   Severe Winds in the Absence of Deep Moist Convection Associated with the 13 May 2007 Northern High Plains Derecho.
Jeffry S. Evans, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
0915 AM [p]   An Unprecedented Late Season Severe Weather Event in Pennsylvania.
John R. Scala (NWA President-Elect), WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA, and Greg A. DeVoir and Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA
0930 AM [p]   A Review of Significant Weather Events of 2007.
Gregory Carbin (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee), NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
1000 AM Coffee Break; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

Tuesday, 16 October 2007

SESSION 7: Observation Systems and Analysis Tools
Session Chair: Erik Pytlak (NWA Broadcast Seal Evaluation Panel), NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ

1030 AM [p]   A New Paradigm in Observing the Near Surface and Pavement: Clarus and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration.
 Andrew Stern, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA, and Paul Pisano and Patrick Kennedy, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
1045 AM [p]   The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis: Progress Toward A National Mesoscale Analysis of Record.
Manuel Pondeca and Geoff DiMego, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD, Lee Anderson, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, Brad Colman, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA, John Horel and Dan Tyndall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1100 AM [p]   MesoWest: Monitoring High-Impact Weather Around the Nation.
John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1115 AM [p]   High Resolution Analysis and Nowcasting in Mountainous Terrain.
Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria
1130 AM [p]   Addressing the Sippican Mark IIA Radiosonde Dry Bias at the NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office in Flagstaff, AZ.
Dennis D. VanCleve Jr., and Brian Klimowski, NOAA/NWS, Flagstaff, AZ
1145 AM [p]   Determining Flash Flood Risk in Aggregated Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction Basins.
Robert S. Davis, NOAA/ NWS, Pittsburgh, PA
NOON Lunch on Your Own; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3

SESSION 8: JOINT SESSION - New Radar and Satellite Applications to Improve Operational Weather Support - developed by the NWA Remote Sensing, Education, Professional Development and Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committees.

0130 PM [p]   Plenary Session - Opening Remarks.
Ken Carey (NWA Remote Sensing Committee Chair), Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
0145 PM [p]   A Method for Surveying Urban Clear Islands in Radiation Fog and Low Stratus Cloud using Geostationary Satellite Imagery: Applications in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
Jeffrey Underwood and Cassandra Hansen, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

JOINT SESSION PART II
Session Chair: John Gagan (NWA Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS, Springfield, MO

0215 PM [p]   Lightning Detection and Location: An Overview of Methods.
Tim Oram (NWA IT Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
0230 PM [p]   Hydrometeorology Testbed in the American River Basin of Northern California.
David Kingsmill, CIRES - University of Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, and Timothy Schneider, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO
0245 PM [p]   Comparison of Storm Evolution Characteristics: The NWRT PAR and WSR-88D.
Pamela Heinselman, David Priegnitz, Kevin Manross, Travis Smith, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK, and David Andra, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
0300 PM Refreshment Break; Exhibits open in Mandalay 1, 2 and 3
0330 PM [p]   A Severe Weather Display System Incorporating Data from Handheld Mobile Devices.
Michael Smith, Weather Data, Inc., Wichita, KS, and Ryan Ayres and Michael A. Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
0345 PM [p]   The Use of Total Lightning Data in Forecasting in Northern Alabama.
Dr. Dennis E Buechler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, Richard Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC Huntsville, AL, Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Camp Springs, MD, and Chris Darden and Patrick Gatlin, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
0400 PM Afternoon Special Session Wrap-up: Q&A.
0415 PM - 0600 PM POSTER SESSION II

POSTERS: 

P2.1 [p]   An Analysis of the 24 February 2007 Southeast Arkansas Tornadic Episode.
Christopher C. Buonanno, John. A. Lewis III, and Amie L. Browne, NOAA/NWS, Little Rock, AR
P2.2 [p]   NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center Perspectives of the 12 March 2006 Tornado Outbreak and Significant Southern Plains Wildfires.
Jared L. Guyer and John A. Hart, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
P2.3 An Overview and Historical Perspective of the 19 May 2006 Severe Convective Windstorm in Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington.
Michael D. Vescio (NWA National Weather Digest Co-Editor) and Jon Mittelstadt, NOAA/NWS Pendleton, OR
P2.4 Forecasting Supercell and Non Supercell Thunderstorm Anvils for NASA Space Shuttle Operations.
Kurt M. VanSpeybroeck, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, TX, Matthew Bunkers (NWA Electronic Journal Assistant Editor), NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD, and Jon Zeitler (NWA Electronic Journal Editor), NOAA/NWS, Austin/San Antonio, TX
P2.5 [p]   A Comparison of Upper Level Jets During Two Severe Weather Events Across the Midsouth.
Michael Scotten and Kristin Scotten, NOAA/NWS, Memphis, TN
P2.6 [p]   The Relationship Between Human Population Patterns and the Historical Tornado Database.
Adam Thomas and Michael E. Brown (NWA Seal Testing Chair), Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
P2.7 Summer Season Convective Initiation in New Jersey Initial Analysis.
Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Melissa Rod, Mike Szczepanski, and Braden Ward, Kean University, Union, NJ
P2.8 The Recent Increase in Southern Hemisphere Blocking.
Anthony Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Joseph Clark, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Kristen Mihalka, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and Kevin Puricelli and Brittany Perrin, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
P2.9 A Tabletop First Guess Barometric-Density Displacement Storm Surge Model using EXCEL.
Robert J. Ricks, Jr., NOAA/NWS, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
P2.10 A Gulf of Mexico Tropical Cyclone Climate Study Using ENSO and QBO as Determinants.
Robert J. Ricks, Jr., and Robert Wagner, NOAA/NWS, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA, David F. Navarro, Janice M. Maldonado, and Myrna J. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR
P2.11 Baseline Instruments for the GOES-R Series,
James Gurka, Timothy Schmit, Thomas Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD
P2.12 [p]   NOAA/NWS WFO San Angelo's Support to Emergency Managers and First Responders During Non-Weather Related Hazards.
Hector Guerrero (NWA Councilor), NOAA/NWS, San Angelo, TX
P2.13 [p]   Technology & Research Integration, An Atmosphere of Learning for Students (TRIALS).
Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ
P2.14 Update to the Lightning Probability Forecast Equations at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Winnie Lambert (NWA Councilor), ENSCO/Applied Meteorology Unit, Cape Canaveral AFS, FL, and William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron USAF, Patrick AFB, FL
P2.15 Lightning Kills, Play It Safe - NOAA's Efforts to Educate the Public on the Dangers of Lightning.
John S. Jensenius, Jr., NOAA/NWS, Gray, ME
P2.16 The Tennessee Turn Around, Don't Drown (TADD) Project.
Tim Troutman, Jason Elliott and John M. Coyne, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
P2.17 [p]   Preparing for the Storm - A Hazardous Weather Guide for Texas Schools.
Gary R. Woodall, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX, Steve Vaughn, Waco/McLennan County Office of Emergency Management and Dale Caffey, Waco Independent School District, Waco, TX
P2.18 The Influence of Elevated Convection on the Warm Moist Conveyer Belt during the 3-5 January 2005 Central Plains Winter Storm.
Joshua Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Omaha/Valley, NE, Martin Baxter and Dave Anderson, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, and Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD
P2.19 A Case Study Examination of the Effect of Convection on Winter Precipitation.
Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD, Joshua Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Omaha/Valley, NE, and Martin Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
P2.20 The Role of Lower Mississippi Valley Elevated Convection in Snowfall Further North: 4-5 February 2005.
David Anderson and Martin Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD, and Joshua Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Omaha/Valley, NE
P2.21 [p]   NOAA's Role in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission.
Ralph R. Ferraro (NWA Councilor), Bob Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS University of Maryland, College Park, MD, John Janowiak, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD, and Christopher Williams, NOAA/OAR Boulder, CO
P2.22 A Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards.
Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD/Satellite Analysis Branch, Camp Springs, MD, Stanley Q. Kidder, John Forsythe and Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD/Satellite Products Branch, Camp Springs, MD
P2.23 Lessons Learned from Using the Multisensor Precipitation Estimator Processing System.
Gregory J. Story, NOAA/NWS West Gulf RFC, Fort Worth, TX
P2.24 [p]   The Truckee River Flood Threat Detection Plan: Toward a Unified Response to NWS Flood Forecasts by County, City and University Emergency Personnel.
Gary E. Barbato, NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV, Ed Evans, Washoe County Department of Water Resources, Reno, NV, Aaron Kenneston, Washoe County Division of Emergency Management, Reno, NV, Paul Urban, Truckee River Flood Project, Reno, NV, and Gary Dunn, City of Sparks Emergency Manager, Sparks, NV
P2.25 The Relationship between Flash Flood Warnings and Fatalities.
Walker Ashley and Sharon Ashley, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
P2.26 The Use of Several Unique Remote Sensing Tools and Techniques in Forecasts Made For the Central Tennessee Valley.
David Nadler, Brian Carcione and Andy Kula, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
P2.27 Recent Progress in Automating Measurements of Snowfall and Snowdepth.
Nolan J. Doesken and Wendy Ryan, Colorado Climate Center, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
P2.28 A Multi-Scale Examination of the 1 March 2007 Millers Ferry Alabama EF-4 Tornado-Producing Mesocyclone.
Jeffrey Medlin, NOAA/NWS, Mobile, AL
0600 PM NWA Annual Meeting scheduled activities close for the day and the exhibit period ends; dinner on your own.
0630 PM NWA Council and Committee Chairs dinner/business meeting (Casino Ballroom).

Wednesday, 17 October 2007 - Annual Meeting General Sessions

0700 AM - 0600 PM NWA Registration and Information Desk will be open in the Pre-Function area outside of Mandalay Ballroom A
0730 AM Weather Briefing by the NWA Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee

SESSION 8 Continued: Joint Session on New Radar and Satellite Applications to Improve Operational Weather Support - developed by the NWA Remote Sensing, Education, Professional Development and Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committees.

JOINT SESSION PART III
Session Chair: John T. Ferree (NWA Professional Development Committee Chair), NOAA/NWS/ OCWWS, Norman, OK, and Brian Motta, NOAA/NWS, IFPS/NDFD Training, Boulder, CO

0800 AM [p]   Forecasting Lee-Side Precipitation Using Radar and Satellite Signatures of the Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainband.
Rhett Milne, NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV
0815 AM [p]   Transitioning Satellite Imagery from Research to Operations.
Jordan J. Gerth (2007 NWA METSAT Applications Award Grant Winner), University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI
0830 AM [p]   Warnings of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Hazard Based on Combinations of Lightning Detection and Radar Information.
Martin J. Murphy and Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ
0845 AM [p]   Results of the Four-dimensional Stormcell Investigator NWS WFO Alpha Tests.
Greg Stumpf, CIMMS/NOAA/NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory, Norman, OK
0900 AM [p]   Personal Weather Advisor: Providing Drivers with In-Vehicle, Real-time Weather Awareness.
Dan Gallagher, Bob Dreisewerd and Bob Baron, Baron Services, Huntsville, AL

Joint Session Part IV
Session Chairs: Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA, and Faith Borden, NOAA/NWS, Las Vegas, NV, (NWA Education Committee members)

0915 AM [p]   Advanced Fire Weather Training Activities by COMET.
Elizabeth Mulvihill Page (NWA Secretary), UCAR/COMET, Greensboro, NC
0930 AM [p]   Satellite Data Capabilities and Their Application to NWS Environmental Support Challenges.
Dr. Kevin Schrab and Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD
0945 AM Morning Session Wrap-up: Q&A
1000 AM Coffee Break

JOINT SESSION PART V

1030 AM Panel Discussion Moderated by Pablo Santos, NOAA/ NWS, Miami, FL., and Thomas Lee, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA (NWA Remote Sensing Committee)

JOINT SESSION PART VI

The Future of Operational Remote Sensing

Session Chair: Ralph R. Ferraro (NWA Councilor; Remote Sensing Committee), NOAA/NESDIS, Univ. of Maryland at College Park, MD

1115 AM [p]   The Future of Operational Satellite Imagers: GOES-R and NPOESS.
Thomas F. Lee, F. Joseph Turk, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Stephen D. Miller and Arunas Kuciauskas, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA
1130 AM [p]   Integration of HMT-West SMART-R and X-Pol Data into the NOAA/NSSL Q2 System.
Steve Vasiloff, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, Carrie Langston and Jian Zhang, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, David P. Jorgenson, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, and David E. Kingsmill, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO
1145 AM Joint Session Summary Q & A
NOON NWA Annual Awards Luncheon (Mandalay Ballroom B) Alan.E. Gerard, NWA President and Daniel McCarthy, NWA Awards Committee Chair

NOTE: Concurrent Sessions between 0200 PM and 0400 PM.

SESSION 9: Air Quality (Mandalay Ballroom B)

0200 PM - 0400 PM [p]   Air Quality 101: An Introduction to Air Quality and Useful Tools and Resources.
Dianne S. Miller and Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Pentaluma, CA, and Scott Jackson and John White, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC

SESSION 10: Weather Analysis and Forecasting II - Winter Weather (Mandalay Ballroom A)
Session Chair: John R. Scala (NWA President-Elect), WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA

0200 PM [p]   Variability of the Influence of Convection on Conveyor Belts: Development of Conceptual Models and Forecast Methodologies.
Martin Baxter and David Anderson, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, Phil Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD, and Joshua Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Omaha/Valley, NE
0215 PM [p]   The 2007 Valentine's Week Sleet Storm in Eastern Pennsylvania: Forecasts and Responses.
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
0230 PM [p]   Impacts of the 12-14 January 2007 Ice Storm on the Missouri Ozarks.
John P. Gagan (NWA Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee Chair) and Megan Terry, NOAA/NWS, Springfield, MO
0245 PM [p]   Winter Season Fog: A GIS Approach to Interpretation.
Braden Ward and Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ
0300 PM [p]   Thermal Trough induced Coastal Jet Winds: A Comparative Investigation of Scatterometer, Buoy Winds and Model Wind Fields Over a Two-Year Period.
Sven Nelaimischkies and Larry Smith, NOAA/NWS, Medford, OR
0315 PM Spontaneous Gravity Wave Generation and its Operational Forecasting Implications.
Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Research, Inc., Overland Park, KS, John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, and Paul D. Williams, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK

SESSION 11: Online Applications and Tools/Professional Development

Session Chair: Christopher Smallcomb (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee) NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV

0330 PM [p]   Flood Forecasting Tools for Landfalling Hurricanes.
David Reed, NOAA/NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, LA
0345 PM [p]   The National Mosaic and QPE Project at NSSL.
Jian Zhang, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and Ken Howard, NOAA/National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK
0400 PM A COMET Interactive Skew-T, Log-P Training Module.
Gregory Byrd (NWA Councilor), Alan Bol, and Arlene Laing, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO
0415 PM [p]   An Internet Site for Professional Meteorologists.
Elliot Abrams, Kenneth Reeves, James T. Candor, and Michael A. Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
0430 PM [p]   NWA IT Committee: Projects, Progress, and Plans.
Tim Oram (NWA IT Committee Chair), Mike Coyne, Lee Davis, Brad Herold, Darone Jones, Steve Listemaa, and Dr. George Young

Wednesday, 17 October 2007

0445 PM Refreshment Break and POSTER SESSION III (Mandalay 2 & 3)

POSTERS:

P3.1 Experimental Probabilistic Warning Guidance for Severe Convective Weather Threats.
Travis M. Smith, Donald W. Burgess, Kevin L. Manross, Kiel Ortega, and Kevin Scharfenberg, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, David Andra, NOAA/NWS, James G. LaDue, Les Lemon, and Michael Magsig, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Gregory J. Stumpf, NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK, Dan J. Miller, NOAA/NWS, Duluth, MN, Steve Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA, and David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL
P3.2 Overview of the Tornado Outbreak of 1-2 March 2007 in the National Weather Service Tallahassee Forecast Area.
J. Parks Camp, Andrew I. Watson, Bryan A. Mroczka, Jeffrey A. Fournier, and Robert C. Goree, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL
P3.3 Case Study of the 4 March 2004 Quasi-Linear Convective System.
Scott Overpeck, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX
P3.4 A Detailed Single-Doppler Radar Analysis of Merging Supercells.
Jason Martinelli, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, Fred Glass, NOAA/NWS, Saint Louis, MO, and Andrew Elliott, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
P3.5 Forecasting "Dry" Thunderstorms in the West Using Tropopause Maps and Upper-Level Lapse Rates.
James Wallmann, NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV
P3.6 The Memphis Tornado Project.
Jonathan L. Howell, Scott J. McNeil, Kati R. McNeil, Todd A. Beal, and Chris C. Duke, NOAA/NWS, Memphis, TN
P3.7 The Convective Hazards Assessment Program (CHAP): Revised Ricks Index and Precipitation Calculator.
 Robert J. Ricks, Jr., NOAA/NWS, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA, and Shawn O'Neal, unaffiliated
P3.8 [p]   Training for Weather Support to Spaceflight Operations.
Tim Oram and Richard Lafosse, NOAA/NWS, Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
P3.9 A Tour of the New NWA Web Site.
NWA IT Committee Members: Michael Coyne, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL, Tim Oram, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX, Darone Jones, NOAA/NWS Birmingham, AL, and Steve Listemaa, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
P3.10 The New GIS Services from the NWS.
Keith Stellman and Paul Kirkwood, NOAA/NWS Southern Region HQ, Fort Worth, TX, and Ira Graffman, NOAA/NWS HQ, Silver Spring, MD
P3.11 SevereClear: A New Situational Awareness Display for NOAA/NWS Offices.
Michael Coyne, Jason Burks, Brian Carcione and Greg Mahala, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
P3.12 [p]   Graphical Impact Weather Communications.
Mark A. Fox, NOAA/NWS Southern Region HQ and Jessica A. Schultz, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
P3.13 [p]   Creating Interactive Graphical Overlays in the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System Using Shapefiles and DGM Files.
Joe H. Barrett III, NASA, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cape Canaveral AFS, FL, Richard Lafosse, Doris Hood, and Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
P3.14 [p]   Local WRF Modeling Efforts at NOAA/NWS Forecast Office Sterling, VA.
Steven Zubrick (NWA Treasurer), Steven A. Listemaa, and Stephen J. Rogowski, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
P3.15 How Do You Know Whether to Believe the Model Forecast? Unmasking the Black Box.
Stephen D. Jascourt, UCAR/COMET, Silver Spring, MD, William R. Bua, UCAR/COMET, Camp Springs, MD, and Gregory Byrd (NWA Councilor), UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO
P3.16 The 28 March 2007 Dryline Event: A Case Study.
Anthony Lupo, George Limpert, Ali Koleiny, Justin Glisan, and Jamie Moker, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
P3.17 A Comparative Study to Quantify the Chaotic Behavior in Numerical Models.
Anthony Lupo, Amy Schnetzler, Patrick Market (NWA Councilor), Justin Glisan, Brian Pettegrew and Athar Hussain, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
P3.18 The "Great Lakes Effect" on Major League Baseball.
Dale Dockus, FedEx Express, Memphis, TN
P3.19 [p]   Climatology of Retired Atlantic Basin Hurricane Names.
Richard W. Dixon (NWA Specialized Operational Services Committee Co-Chair), Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
P3.20 [p]   Super Typhoon Pongsona 5th Anniversary.
Timothy P. Hendricks, NOAA/NWS, Barrigada, Guam
P3.21 Kean University's Weather Hazard Education & Research for Ecosystems of Urban Relevance in NJ (Kean University's WHERE UR in New Jersey!).
Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ
P3.22 Education in Meteorology: Professional Operational Work to Experience Reality through Instruments & Technology (EM-POWER-IT!).
Paul J. Croft (NWA Past-President '04), Kean University, Union, NJ
P3.23 An Analysis of the Forcing Mechanisms Responsible for the 11-12 February 2006 NYC Snowstorm.
Scott M. Rochette (NWA Councilor) and Steven J. Earle, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, and Chad M. Gravelle, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
P3.24 Lightning Characteristics of a Recent Midwestern Heavy Snow Event.
Patrick S. Market (NWA Councilor), Brian P. Pettegrew, Patrick E. Guinan, Chris J. Melick, Amy E. Becker, Anthony R. Lupo and Neil I. Fox University Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, and Ronald L. Holle and Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tuscon, AZ
P3.25 TAF based Tactical Decision Aid.
Eric Avila, NOAA/NWS/CWSU, Houston, TX
P3.26 CrIS Radiance Simulations in Preparation for Near Real-Time Data Distribution.
Haibing Sun and Kexin Zhang, QSS Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD, Walter Walf and C. Barnet, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, Lihang Zhou, QSS Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD, M.Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD, and T. King, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD
P3.27 Inadvertent Weather Modification in Phoenix, AZ.
Paul Iñiguez, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ
P3.28 [p]   Attenuation of Ultraviolet Radiation by Atmospheric Aerosols.
David Hamrick, NOAA/NWS, Jackson, MS
P3.29 "The Weather Made Me Do It:" The Evolution of Weather Data as Evidence and Alibi.
Marsha L. Baum, University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM
P3.30 Emergency Coordination in a Rural Mountainous Setting: A Record Tornado Outbreak.
Dan Valle and Rick Dittman, NOAA/NWS, Pocatello, ID
0630 PM Annual Meeting scheduled activities end; Dinner on your own
0630 PM NWA Council dinner and business meeting

Thursday, 18 October 2007 - Annual Meeting General Sessions

(All Thursday Sessions will be in The Casino Ballroom)
0730 AM - 0500 PM NWA Registration and Information Desk will be open in the Casino Ballroom
0745 AM Weather Briefing by the NWA Weather Analysis & Forecasting Committee

SESSION 12: Numerical Weather Prediction
Session Chair: Martin Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

0815 AM [p]   Model Simulations of Extreme Orographic Precipitation in the Sierra Nevada during the New Year's Eve Flood of 2005.
James Wallman and Rhett Milne, NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV, Phillip Marzette, Michael Kaplan and Chris Adaniya, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
0830 AM [p]   Use of High Resolution WRF-ARW Output at a National Weather Service Forecast Office: The 21 July 2002 & 9 August 2005 Upper Michigan Bow Echo Events.
Tom Hultquist (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee), NOAA/NWS, Marquette, MI
0845 AM [p]   How Do You Know Whether to Believe the Model Forecast? Unmasking the Black Box.
Stephen D. Jascourt, UCAR/COMET, Silver Spring, MD, William R. Bua, UCAR/COMET, Camp Springs, MD, and Gregory Byrd (NWA Councilor), UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO
0900 AM [p]   Impact of MODIS High-Resolution Sea-Surface Temperatures on WRF Forecasts at NOAA/NWS Miami, FL.
 Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO Inc./SPoRT, Hunstville, AL, Katherine M. LaCasse, Univ. of Alabama at Huntsville, Scott R. Dembek, USRA, Huntsville, AL, Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL, and William M. Lapenta, NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL
0915 AM [p]   Using Short Range Ensemble Forecasts with Deterministic Model Guidance to Identify Severe Weather Threats.
 Josh Korotky, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA
0930 AM [p]   Integrating NJWXNET, WRF and GIS to Study NJ Mesoscale Weather Phenomena.
Ryan Kelly and Shing Yoh, Kean University, Union, NJ
0945 AM [p]   NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment 2007: Exploration of a Storm Scale Ensemble Forecast System for the Prediction of Severe Convective Weather.
Steven J. Weiss (NWA Past-President '05), NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK., John S. Kain, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, David R. Bright, Jason J. Levit, and Gregory W. Carbin (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee) NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Kevin W. Thomas, and Daniel Weber, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Jun Du, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, Washington, DC, Morris L. Weisman, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
1000 AM Coffee Break

SESSION 13: Safety, Climatology and Verification Concepts
Session Chair: Dr. Richard W. Dixon (NWA Specialized Operational Services Committee Co-chair), Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

1030 AM [p]   A Constitution for Personal Flood Safety.
Jon Zeitler (NWA Electronic Journal Editor), NOAA/NWS, Austin/San Antonio, TX
1045 AM [p]   A Synoptic Climatology of Tornado Events in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania using the Miller's Guide [TR-200] Classification Scheme.
Jonathan A. Jennings, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
1100 AM [p]   Object Oriented and Traditional Precipitation Verification of the 2004-2005 SPC/NSSL Spring Programs.
Adam Pasch and Charles E. Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
1115 AM [p]   Current and Future Tools to Improve the Verification of Severe Weather Events.
Travis Smith and Angelyn Kolodziej, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, James G. LaDue, Michael A. Magsig and Ed Mahoney, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Kevin Manross, Kiel Ortega, and Kevin Scharfenberg, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, and Albert Pietrycha, NOAA/NWS, Goodland, KS
1130 AM [p]   Using Analysis Uncertainty Estimates from the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis in the Verification of Grid-Based Forecasts.
David Myrick, NOAA/NWS Western Region, Scientific Services Division, Salt Lake City, UT
1145 AM Lunch on Your Own


SESSION 14: Radar
Session Chair: Josh Korotky, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

0115 PM [p]   Greensburg, Kansas: Did the WSR-88D Resolve a Very Large Tornado?
 Leslie R. Lemon (NWA Past-President '01), University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK, James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK, and Larry Ruthi and Mike Umscheid, NOAA/NWS, Dodge City, KS
0130 PM [p]   Developing Site-Specific Scanning Strategies for WSR-88Ds: Important Considerations.
Rodger A. Brown (NWA Publications Committee Chair), NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK and Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/NWS NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
0145 PM [p]   Performance of Four Terminal Doppler Weather Radars During a Severe Weather Episode on 28 September 2006 across Central Maryland.
Brandon P. Peloquin and Stephen J. Rogowski, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
0200 PM [p]   Identifying Large Midlevel Updrafts with Spectrum Width.
Matthew J. Bunkers (NWA Electronic Journal Assistant Editor), NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD, and Leslie R. Lemon (NWA Past-President '01), University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK
0215 PM [p]   Hail Size Forecast Verification across the Intermountain West Using a Combination of Radar Reflectivity Heights and Derived Products.
Michael Seaman and Monica Traphagan, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
0230 PM Refreshment Break

SESSION 15: Severe Weather II
Session Chair: Gregory Carbin (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee), NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK

0245 PM [p]   Updated Tornado Safety Preparedness for Schools.
Timothy Troutman, Holly Allen, John M. Coyne and David Nadler, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
0300 PM [p]   A Rare Early Fall Case of Non-Tropical Tornadic Supercells in North Alabama.
David Nadler, Brian Carcione, and Andy Kula, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL

0315 PM [p]   1 August 2006: An Investigation of a Severe Bow Echo along the Wasatch Front in Northern Utah.
Randy Graham (NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair), and Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
0330 PM [p]   Flash Flood Patterns in Western Nevada and Eastern California.
Brian Brong, NOAA/NWS, Reno, NV
0345 PM [p]   Warm-Season Lake-/Sea-Breeze Severe Weather in the Northeast.
Patrick Wilson, Lance F. Bosart, and Daniel Keyser, University at Albany/SUNY, and Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY
0400 PM [p]   The Collin/Grayson County, Texas Tornadic Supercell of 9 May 2006.
Gary R. Woodall, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX, and Ted Best, Collin County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
0415 PM [p]   A Case Study of Nonmesocyclonic Tornadogenesis along Convergence Boundaries: West Texas 23 March 2007.
Mark Conder and Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWS, Lubbock, TX, James Caruso NOAA/NWS, Wichita, KS, Jon Davies, Private Meteorologist, Wichita, KS, and Wesley Burgett, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
0430 PM [p]   Georgia Tornadoes of 1 March 2007: Warning and Response.
Lans Rothfusz (NWA Vice President), Steve Nelson, Trisha Palmer, and Kent Frantz NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA, and Robby Westbrook, Office of Emergency Management, Cherokee County, GA
0445 PM Closing remarks.
NWA President, Alan E. Gerard, Meteorologist in Charge, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS, and John R. Scala, NWA President-Elect, WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA
0500 PM NWA 32nd Annual Meeting Adjourns.