10th Annual High Plains AMS/NWA Conference October 4-6, 2006

Dodge City, Kansas

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	AWIPS / IFPS Workshop, WFO Dodge City Conference Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Conference Registration at the Dodge House
Thursday, October 5, 2006
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks, David Floyd, High Plains Chapter President
Session I	John Stoppkotte, Session Chair
All Day	Poster sessions: P.1  Exploiting Basin Customized Small Basin Shapefiles – Enhancing Operational Use by Creating Basin Specific Background Maps Mary-Beth Schreck, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS Kenneth R. Cook, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS P.2  Climatology of Drizzle over the United States and Canada Dr. David Schultz, CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL P.3  Examination of Possible Biases in the Kansas Tornado Record: Daytime Versus Nighttime Observations Samuel T. Lane, Fort Hays State University Department of Geosciences Dr. John Heinrichs, Hays State University Department of Geosciences
8:15 am - 9:15 am	Keynote Address: Dr. David Schultz , “Cold Fronts:  The Unknown Knowns" (PDF)
915 am - 935 am	1.1  Red Flag Warning Climatology across Nebraska and Kansas Todd Shoemake, National Weather Service, Goodland, KS Scott Mentzer, National Weather Service, Goodland, KS
935 am - 955 am	1.2  A Climate Study of Above and Below Normal Temperatures Along with Longevity (Is There a Pattern) Matthew Masek, National Weather Service, North Platte, NE
955 am - 1010 am	Break
1010 am - 1030 am	1.3  The Utilization of the Graphic Forecast Generator (GFE) to Locally Apply CPC’s Week Two Forecast Ray Burgert, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS
1030 am - 1050 am	1.4  A Synoptic-Dynamic Model of Subseasonal Atmospheric Variability Part 2 Edward Berry, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS Klaus Weickmann, Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO
1050 am - 1110 am	1.5  Applying Fog Forecasting Techniques using AWIPS and the Internet Rob Cox, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS
1110 am - 1130 am	1.6  Verification of the WSR-88D Hail Detection Algorithm in the WFO Cheyenne County Warning Area Mike Weiland, National Weather Service, Cheyenne, WY
1130 am - 1150 am	1.7  Flooding and Wind Damage after Hurricane Katrina Dr. William Monfredo, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1150 am - 100 pm	Lunch at the Dodge House High Plains Chapter Meeting
Session II	Dan Nietfeld, Session Chair
100 pm - 200 pm	Keynote Address: Dr. Erik Rasmussen, “Arches and Blobs; Observational Radar Investigations and Their Possible Significance.”
200 pm - 220 pm	2.1  A Case Study of Two Left-Moving Mesoanticyclonic Supercells on 24 April 2006 Christopher Bowman, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS Kenneth Cook, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS
220 pm - 240 pm	2.2  Convective Initiation and Advection of Severe Storms Across the Central High Plains Scott F. Blair, NWS Goodland, KS
240 pm - 300 pm	2.3  The Impact of Gravity Wave/Undular Bore Dissipation on the June 22, 2003 Deshler and Aurora Nebraska Tornadic Supercells Aaron W. Johnson, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE Kurt M. Buffalo, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE
300 pm - 315 pm	Break
315 pm - 335 pm	2.4  Investigation of Small Scale Aspects of Bow Echoes Rebecca Adams, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (student competition)
335 pm - 405 pm	2.5  Isentropic Analysis of a Dry Line Bulge and the “Real Weather” Implications Mark L. Bogner, KSNW-TV, Wichita, KS
405 pm - 425 pm	2.6  The Role of the High Level Jet in Warm Season Western Kansas Hailstorms Jonathon Finch, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS
425 pm - 445 pm	2.7  An Investigation of the 26 July 2006 downburst near Spearville, Kansas Jennifer Ritterling, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS
450 pm - 510 pm	2.8  The Spotter Network (MS Word) Al Pietrycha, National Weather Service, Goodland, KS
After Hours
600 pm - 630 pm	Cash Bar, The Dodge House
630 pm - 830 pm	Banquet Dinner at The Dodge House Featured Speaker: Jim Johnson, "Reflections on 40 years of Weather Forecasting"
	Congratulations to Jim on his great career and valuable service to the High Plains Chapter!
Friday, October 5, 2006
Session III	Rick Ewald, Session Chair
8:15 am - 9:15 am	Keynote Address: Dr. Paul Markowski, “The Initiation of Deep, Moist Convection (CI): A Review of the Obvious and Consideration of the Not-So-Obvious Aspects of CI."
915 am - 935 am	3.1  An Assessment of Using the Mean Field Bias Correction to Improve Precipitation Estimates Radar Loop (AVI) Kenneth R. Cook, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS Maggie Schoonover, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS
935 am - 955 am	3.2 Skywarn and Amateur Radio:  Old Methods Used in a Modern World Seth Price, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (student competition)
955 am - 1010 am	Break
1010 am - 1030 am	3.3  Uses of FX Collaborate Sarah Johnson, National Weather Service, Goodland, KS
1030 am - 1050 am	3.4  The Utility of Three-Dimensional RADAR Displays in Severe Weather Warning Operations Daniel Nietfeld, National Weather Service, Omaha-Valley, NE
1050 am - 1110 am	3.5  Improving Weather Forecast Office Performance in the Polygon Warning Era Kenneth R. Cook, National Weather Service, Wichita, KS
1115 am	Closing Remarks and Student Competition Awards, David Floyd, High Plains Chapter President

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10th High Plains AMS/NWA Conference
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