All times in MDT. 
All activities will take place at the Murray Center of the Northwest Kansas Technical College unless otherwise noted.
Student competition entries are in brown.

Wednesday, October 13
8:00 am - Noon	Registration at the Murray Center.  You are welcome to visit the Goodland WFO.
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Opening remarks.
Session I
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Keynote address Ron Holle, Vaisala Inc., on lightning hazards, detections, and issues
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	Break
1:45 pm - 2:05 pm	1.1:  Boundary layer observations from the 12 June 2002 IHOP deployment Christina Hannon, National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska (presenter) Paul Markowski, Department. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University Eric Rasmussen, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, Oklahoma
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm	1.2:  Forecasting cold air outbreaks on the High Plains: Event analysis and performance of numerical weather prediction of January 24-31, 2004 Cold Event Mike Umscheid, National Weather Service, Dodge City, Kansas
2:25 pm - 2:45 pm	1.3:  Utility of base reflectivity for mapping precipitation in the central High Plains Rob Aiken, Northwest Kansas Research Experiment Center, Kansas State University, Colby, Kansas
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm	1.4:  The Nebraska Sand Hills Biocomplexity Project: Land-atmosphere interactions as part of an interdisciplinary research study David B. Radell and Clinton M. Rowe,Meteorology/Climatology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm	1.5:  The June 3, 1980 Grand Island tornadoes revisited Daniel Nietfeld, National Weather Service, Valley, Nebraska (presenter) Jared Guyer, National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Oklahoma (presenter) Adam Mohr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Brian Barjenbruch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm	1.6:  Recreating the synoptic and mesoscale environment of the June 3, 1980 Grand Island tornadoes using the Workstation Eta Daniel Nietfeld, National Weather Service, Valley, Nebraska (presenter) Jared Guyer, National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Oklahoma (presenter) Andrew Molthan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Adam Mohr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Brian Barjenbruch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:15 pm	High Plains Chapter Meeting
After Hours
6:00 pm	Social Hour at the Howard Johnson Hotel
7:00 pm	High Plains Conference Dinner at the Howard Johnson Hotel
Thursday, October 14
Session II
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Keynote address Doug Kluck, Central Region Headquarters, on the past, present, and future of climate services
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Break
9:15 am - 9:35 am	2.1:  The Madden-Julian Oscillation and subseasonal predictions: A role for monitoring and global synoptic weather prediction Klaus Weickman, National Oceanic and Atmosperic Adminstration and Cooperative Institue for Research in Environmental Science, Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado Ed Berry, National Weather Service, Dodge City, Kansas (presenter)
9:35 am - 9:55 am	2.2:  Investigation of a Non-Convective Wind Gust Algorithm Jeramie Lippman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
9:55 am - 10:15 am	2.3:  Measurements and modeling of sub-grid scale boundary layer turbulence J. Cory Demko,University of Wyominy, Laramie, Wyoming and National Weather Service, Cheyenne, Wyoming
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am	2.4:  An examination of the 22 May 2004 Hallam, Nebraska tornado Rebecca Adams, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska and National Weather Service, Valley, Nebraska
10:50 am - 11:10 am	2.5:  Investigation of the 31 May 2003 MCS with leading stratiform precipitation from BAMEX Brandon A. Storm, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
11:10 am - 11:30 am	2.6:  Additional applications of linear theory used In discriminating between thunderstorm type Jonathan Garner, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Lunch at the Northwest Kansas Technical College Student Union
Session III
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Keynote address Nolan Doesken, Assistant Colorado State Climatologist, on the Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study (CoCoRAHS)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	Break
1:45 pm - 2:05 pm	3.1:  Heat waves in the central High Plains John Harrington, Jr and Erik Bowles, Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm	3.2:  An investigation of the persistence of precipitation Ken Pomeroy, National Weather Service, Cheyenne, Wyoming
2:25 pm - 2:45 pm	3.3:  Verification of GFS Ensemble MOS Patrick C. Burke, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm	3.4:  An overview of the August 26, 2004 tornadoes in southwest Iowa Catherine M. Zapotocny, National Weather Service, Valley,Nebraska
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm	3.5:  Terrain influences on severe convective storms along the Pine Ridge from east central Wyoming to northwest Nebraska Mike Weiland, National Weather Service, Cheyenne, Wyoming
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm	3.6:  Application of convective wind forecasting parameters to the 29 May 2004 dust storm in northwest Kansas David Thede, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas
After Hours
5:30 pm	Dinner at the Northwest Kansas Technical College
6:30 pm	High Plains Conference Evening Talk Nolan Doesken This presentation will be open to the public and held in a large room at the Northwest Kansas Technical College.
Friday, October 15
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Student Competition winners announced
Session IV
8:15 am - 9:15 am	Keynote address Greg Stumpf, MDL Warning Decision Branch and NSSL, on the new NSSL - MDL partnership:  Current and future activities to improve NWS warning decision making
9:15 am - 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am - 9:50 am	4.1:  Recent research at the Storm Prediction Center Jared L. Guyer, National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Oklahoma
9:50 am - 10:10 am	4.2:  A preliminary climatology of tornado events with closed cold core 500 mb lows in the central and eastern United States Jonathan M. Davies, Private Meteorologist, Wichita, Kansas Jared L. Guyer, National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Oklahoma
10:10 am - 10:30 am	4.3:  A four-year climatology of cold-season bow echoes over the continental United States Patrick C. Burke, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas (presenter) David M. Schultz, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman Oklahoma
10:30 am - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am	4.4:  Using RUC-2 analysis parameters to identify severe convective wind environments Evan Kuchera, Air Force Weather Agency, Omaha, Nebraska
11:05 am - 11:25 am	4.5:  An evaluation of wintertime temperature, precipitation, and snowfall trends from 1949-2003: Correlations to the relative strength of El Niño and La Niña events for North Platte and Valentine, Nebraska Chris Buttler, National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska Jim Connolly, National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska (presenter)
11:25 am - 11:45 am	4.6:  A modified winter storm severity index Logan Johnson, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas
11:45 am	Conference Closing

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