| 11th Annual High Plains AMS/NWA Conference |
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| Hastings, NE |
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| Thursday |
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| August 16, 2007 |
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| 8:00 am - 8:15 am |
Welcome and Opening
Remarks: |
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| Rick
Ewald, High Plains Chapter President |
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| Session I |
Aaron Johnson, Session Chair |
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| 8:15 am - 9:15 am |
Keynote
Address: Ron Przybylinski |
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| "The
July 19, 2006 Derecho: A Meteorological |
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| Perspective
and Lessons Learned from this Event." |
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| 9:15 am - 9:35 am |
1.1
Severe Weather Case Studies |
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| Jonathan
Finch, NWS Dodge City, KS |
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| 9:35 am - 9:55 am |
1.2
Findings of the Four-Dimensional Storm Cell Investigator |
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| Alpha
Test at WFO Omaha-Valley During the Convective Season |
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| Daniel
Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS Omaha/Valley, NE |
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| 9:55 am - 10:10 am |
Break |
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| 10:10 am - 10:30 am |
1.3
2006-2007 Winter Wonder?Land for North Platte |
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| Matt
Masek, NWS North Platte |
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| 10:30 am - 10:50 am |
1.4
The Global Wind Oscillation During April-May 2007 |
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| Edward
Berry, NOAA/NWS, Dodge City, KS |
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| Klaus
Weickmann, PSD, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO |
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| 10:50 am - 11:10 am |
1.5
The Holly, Colorado Tornado of 28 March 2007 |
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| Bill
Eckrich, DayWeather, Inc., Cheyenne, WY |
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| 11:10 am - 11:30 am |
1.6
Preliminary Results from In Situ Observations of the |
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April 2007 Tulia, Texas Tornado |
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| Scott
Blair, NWS Topeka, KS |
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| Derek
Deroche, NWS Pleasant Hill, MO |
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| Albert
Pietrycha, NWS Goodland, KS |
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| 11:30 am - 11:50 am |
1.7
A Review of the March 28, 2007 Tornado Event |
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| Teresa
Keck, NWS North Platte, NE |
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| Lunch |
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| 11:50 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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| Session II |
John Stoppkotte, Session Chair |
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| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Keynote
Address: Jon Davies |
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| "A
Look at Environments Associated with |
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| Nighttime
Supercell Tornadoes in the Central Plains." |
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| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm |
2.1
Preliminary WSR-88D Investigation of Historic |
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| Greensburg
Supercell |
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| Mike
Umscheid, NWS Dodge City, KS |
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| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm |
2.2
Numerical Model Performance for the March 28, 2007 and |
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23, 2007 Tornado Outbreaks |
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| Jonathan
Finch, NWS Dodge City, KS |
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| Jamie
Casto Bielinski, NWS Dodge City, KS |
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| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm |
2.3
A Preliminary Study on Forecasting Tornado Path Length |
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| Jonathan
Garner, NWS Paducah, KY |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm |
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| Break |
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| Graduate Student Competition |
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| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm |
2.4
A New Daily Temperature Record for Kansas, 1 July 1828 |
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28 February 2007 |
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| Dorian
Burnette, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
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| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm |
2.5
Behavior of Climate Prediction Center Forecasts in Nebraska |
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| James
McCormick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE |
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| Session II Con't. |
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| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm |
2.6
Fire Weather Forecasting in the Land "Down Under" |
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| Mary-Beth
Schreck, NWS Wichita, KS |
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| 4:20 pm - 4:40
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2.7
Australia's Grassland Fire Danger Index |
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| Mary-Beth
Schreck, NWS Wichita, KS |
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| After Hours |
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| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Cash Bar, Quality Inn |
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| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Banquet Dinner , Quality
Inn |
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| Featured Speaker:
John Ogren |
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| Deputy
Director NWS Central Region Headquarters |
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| Friday |
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| August 17, 2007 |
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| Session III |
Steve Kisner, Session Chair |
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| 8:00 am - 8:20 am |
3.1
Customizing GR2Analyst Software |
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| Van
DeWald, NWS Omaha/Valley, NE |
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| 8:20 am - 8:40 am |
3.2
A Probabilistic Lightning Forecast Algorithm for |
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| Determining
Model Data |
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| Evan
Kuchera, Air Force Weather Agency |
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| Scott
Rentschler, Air Force Weather Agency |
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| 8:40 am - 9:00 am |
3.3
An Experiment to Evaluate the Use of Quantitative |
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| Precipitation
Forecasts from Numerical Guidance by |
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| Operational
Forecasters |
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| Joshua
Boustead, NOAA/NWS Omaha/Valley, NE |
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| Daniel
Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS Omaha/Valley, NE |
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| Ray
Wolf, NOAA/NWS Quad Cities, IA/IL |
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| Undergraduate Student Competition |
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| 9:00 am - 9:20 am |
3.4
Tomorrow's Weather Service |
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| Tyler
Brooks, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE |
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| 9:20
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3.5
Aspects of 6 June 2007: A Null "Moderate Risk" of Severe |
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| Weather
During a Unique High Wind Event |
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| Jonathan
Kurtz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE |
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| 9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
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| Session III Con't. |
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am |
3.6
Electronic Journals of Meteorology |
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| -Publishing
Research Online |
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| Jim
Johnson, NWS Dodge City, KS (Retired) |
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| 10:20 am - 10:40 am |
3.7
Highlights of the 2nd Workshop on NWS Severe Weather |
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| Technology:
A Look Into the Future |
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| Daniel
Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS Omaha/Valley, NE |
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| 10:45 am - 11:45 am |
Keynote Address:
Dr. Peter Lamb |
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| "Do
You Believe in Global Warming?" |
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| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Closing Remarks &
Student Competition Awards: |
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| Rick
Ewald, High Plains Chapter President |
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| Pictures from the 11th Annual High Plains Conference |
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| Return
to the High Plains AMS/NWA main page |
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