Wednesday October 9, 2002

3:00 pm CDT - Registration begins at WFO Dodge City

Evening Social Mixer, Cash Bar 7pm - 9pm, Location To Be Announced.
 

Thursday October 10, 2002

8:00 AM - Welcome and opening remarks.  High Plains Chapter President John Stoppkotte, SOO, National Weather Service, North Platte, NE.

8:15 AM - Keynote Address: Dr. Charles A. Doswell, III, Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies  (CIMMS). Diagnosis, Models, and Forecasting High Plains Severe Storms: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

Session I - General Session, High Plains Severe Storms
Session Chair, C. Bruce Enstwistle, SOO, National Weather Service, Goodland, KS.

9:15 AM - A preliminary Investigation of Supercell Longevity , Matthew J. Bunkers, Jeffery S. Johnson, Jason M. Grzywacz, Lee J. Czepyha, and Brian A. Kilmowski, National Weather Service, Rapid City, SD.

9:35 AM - An Update on Low-Level Thermodynamic Parameters Associated with Supercell Tornadoes, Jon Davies, Private Meteorologist, Wichita, KS.

9:55 AM - Break

10:10 AM - Montana Severe Thunderstorm Climatology, Jonathan Slemmer, National Weather Service, Salt Lake City, UT.

10:30 AM - Warning Decision Support System - Integrated Information (WDSS-II): Multiple-sensor severe weather applications development at NSSL during 2002, Gregory J. Stumpf, Travis M. Smith, and Kevin L. Manros, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), and NOAA, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, and Claire Thomas, Ecole National Superieure de Physique de Strasbourg, France.

11:00 AM - A Collaborative Modeling Project Between the National Weather Service and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Daniel Nietfeld, SOO, National Weather Service, Omaha, NE.

Student Competition Entries
Competition Chair: Edward K. Berry, SOO, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS.

11:20 AM - A Comparison Study of Radiative Transfer Schemes in MM5 Simulations of Nighttime Convection in Nebraska, Dave Radell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Student Competition Entrant)

11:40 AM - Severe Weather Prediction Using Parameters Generated by the Air Force Weather Agency’s MM5, Evan Kuchera and Jeremy Wesely, Air Force Weather Agency, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Student Competition Entrant)

12:00 PM - Lunch (on premises)

Session II - Case Studies, High Plains Severe Storms
Session Chair, Rick Ewald, SOO, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE.

1:00 PM - Special Presentation - Fine-Scale Surface Observations of the Dryline: A Mobile Mesonet Prospective, Albert E. Pietrycha, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE.

1:45 PM - An Overview of the May 7, 2002 Ford-Kiowa-Pratt County Supercell and Tornadoes in Kansas, Jon Davies, Private Meteorologist, Wichita, KS.

2:05 PM - Elevated Anticyclonic Rotating Storms, Mike Seaman, National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, MO.

2:25 PM - October 29, 2000: A Mini Supercell Case Study, Joshua Boustead, National Weather Service, Sioux Falls, SD.

2:45 PM - Break

3:00 PM - The Climatology of Blizzards in Western Nebraska, Clifford Cole, National Weather Service, North Platte, NE.

3:20 PM - An Examination of the Eastern Nebraska/Western Iowa Flash Flood Event of August 6-7, 1999, Catherine M. Zapotocny and Stephen F. Byrd, National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley, NE.

3:40 PM - Observations of a Tornadic Mini-Supercell Interacting with a Frontal Boundary in a Low CAPE, Negative Storm Relative Helicity Environment, Albert E. Pietrycha, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE, and Patrick C. Burke, National Weather Service, Williston, ND.

4:00 PM - The Synoptic Environment of the 10-11 April, 2001 Plains Tornado Outbreak Viewed in Three Dimensions, Daniel Nietfeld, National Weather Service, Omaha, NE.

4:20 PM - Relationships of Various Sounding Parameters During Hail Events in the Chicago County Warning Area, Gino Izzi, National Weather Service, North Platte, NE.

4:40 PM - First Day Closing Remarks, 6th High Plains Conference Chair.

6:00 PM - Cash Bar, Mixer, Cowtown.

6:30 PM - Banquet dinner, Cowtown.
 

Friday October 11, 2002

8:00 AM - Opening Remarks, High Plains Chapter President, John Stoppkotte, SOO, National Weather Service, North Platte, NE.

8:15 AM - Keynote Address: Dr. Eve Gruntfest, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Session III - High Plains Severe Storms: Spotting, Chasing, and Mitigating the Danger to Life and Property.
Session Chair, Dr. Mark Anderson, Professor of Meteorology, University of Nebraska- Lincoln.

9:15 AM Special Presentation - Emerging Issues in the Human Ecology of Tornadoes and Warning Systems, and Evolving Technologies and Issues for Future Warning Products and Delivery Modes, Matthew Biddle, Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Jared Guyer, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE .

10:00 AM - Break

10:15 AM - Brown County, South Dakota Supercell, June 23, 2002 - A Chasers Perspective, Roger Hill, Storm Chaser.

10:45 AM - The Ideal Lead Time For Tornado Warnings - A Look From The Customer’s Perspective, Rick Ewald and Jared Guyer, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE.

11:05 AM - A Preliminary Assessment of the Variability in Assignment of F-Scale Damage, Jared L. Guyer, National Weather Service, Hastings, NE, Todd J. Shea, National Weather Service, La Crosse,

Student Competition Entries
Competition Chair: Edward K. Berry, SOO, National Weather Service, Dodge City, KS.

11:25 AM - July 24th, 2002: A Case Study Supporting A Severe Weather Forecasting Process, James R. McCormick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Student Competition Entrant)

11:45 AM - A Synoptic Climatology of Significant Tornadoes in Nebraska, Jonathan Garner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Student Competition Entrant)

12:05 PM - An Investigation of the Addition of Regional Surface Observations in an MM5 Simulation of a Mesoscale Convective System, James Kaiser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Student Competition Entrant)

12:25 PM - Lunch (on premises)

1:25 PM - Session IV - Special Aviation Forecasting Panel Discussion

Panel Members:
Mr. Thomas Meyer, National Weather Service Center Weather Support Unit, Denver, CO. Mr. Robert Prentice, Lead Meteorology Instructor, Federal Aviation Administration Training Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Mr. Luke Gerard, Airport Manager and Charter Pilot, Johnson City, KS.

Panel Moderator:
The moderator will present the panel with a series of questions concerning the quality and utility of aviation terminal and enroute forecasts as provided by both public sector and private sector meteorologists. If time remains, questions will be taken from the floor.

2:40 PM - Closing  remarks and student competition awards, John Stoppkotte, High Plains Chapter President, SOO National Weather Service, North Platte, NE.

2:45 PM - Conference Adjournment - Brief High Plains Chapter Meeting.