9^th Annual High Plains AMS/NWA Conference

October 5-7^th, 2005

North Platte, NE

Conference Agenda

All times in CDT

All activities will take place in Room 201 at the North Platte Community College unless otherwise noted.

Cover photo by Elke Edwards, Norman, Oklahoma

Wednesday, October 5, 2005
11:00 am -12:45 pm	Conference Registration
1:00 - 1:15 pm	Welcoming Address from North Platte Mayor- G. Keith Richardson
Session I	Tom Wachs, Session Chair
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Keynote Address: (Matthew J. Bunkers, A Study of Supercell Longevity across the U.S. High Plains)
2:15 - 2:35 pm	1.1: Using maximum storm-top divergence and the vertical freezing level to forecast hail size. Joshua M. Boustead, National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley, Nebraska
2:35 - 2:50 pm	Break
2:50 - 3:10 pm	1.2: Surface Analysis and Expectations for Tornadoes on the High Plains, 11 May 2005. Patrick Burke, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas
3:10 - 3:30 pm	1.3: A Process for Prediction of Thunderstorm Outflow Gust Speed. Eric C. Kurth, National Weather Service, Rapid City, South Dakota
3:30 - 3:50 pm	1.4: Identifying Severe Weather Environments with RUC Sounding Parameters. Evan Kuchera, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
3:50 - 4:10 pm	1.5: What’s in a NAMe? Daniel Nietfeld, National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley, Nebraska
4:10 - 4:15 pm	Day 1 Closing Remarks
4:15 pm	High Plains Chapter Meeting
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Session II	Rick Ewald, Session Chair
8:30 - 9:30 am	Keynote Address: (Dr. Ken Dewey, The May 22, 2004 Nebraska Tornado Outbreak - From Storm Chasing to Emergency Management, Lessons Learned)
9:35 – 9:55 am	2.1: Lightning, Hail and Severe Storms. Andy Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota
10:00 - 10:20 am	Break
10:20 - 10:40 am	2.2: A Wintertime Frontal Climatology of the Great Lakes. David A. Cousins (presenter), Mark R. Hjelmfelt, and William J. Capehart, Institute of Atmospheric Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City South Dakota. David A. R. Kristovich, Atmospheric Environment Section, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
10:40 - 11:00 am	2.3: Climate Variability and Cold-Season Energy Budgeting. Brian Smoliak, SCEP, National Weather Service, Chanhassen, Minnesota and Omaha/Valley, Nebraska
11:00 - 11:20 am	2.4: The 10 May 2003 Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak. Jonathan Garner, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
11:20 - 11:40 am	2.5: The 5 September 2004 Central Iowa Mini-Supercell Tornadoes. Marc. D. Russell, National Weather Service, Johnston, Iowa
11:45 - 12:45 pm	Lunch at the La Quinta
Session III	Patrick Burke, Session Chair
12:45 - 1:45 pm	Keynote Address: (Erik Rasmussen, Supercell Tornadogenesis)
1:45 - 2:05 pm	3.1: Low-level Thermodynamic Environments Associated with Non-Mesocyclone and High LCL Tornado Environments. Jon Davies, Private Meteorologist, Wichita, Kansas
2:05 - 2:25 pm	Break
2:25 - 2:45 pm	3.2: June 9^th, 2005 Gove County Landspouts. Jeremy Martin, National Weather Service, Goodland, Kansas
2:45 - 3:05 pm	3.3: Using the Short Fuse Composite to Forecast Severe Convection: Part I- An historical perspective. Jim Johnson, National Weather Service, Dodge City, Kansas
3:05 - 3:25 pm	3.4: Using the Short Fuse Composite to Forecast Severe Convection: Part II- Updating the technique. Mike Umscheid, National Weather Service, Dodge City, Kansas
3:25 - 3:45 pm	3.5: Using the K Index to forecast Heavy Snow Events. Jim Connolly, National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska
3:45 – 3:55 pm	Day 2 Closing Remarks
After Hours
5:00 - 6:30 pm	Conference Banquet, NPCC Student Lounge
7:00 - 8:30 pm	Evening Talk at NPCC South Campus Theater
Friday, October 7, 2005
Session IV	Jon Davies, Session Chair
8:30 - 9:30 am	Keynote Address: (Jerry Brotzge, An Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA))
9:35 – 9:55 am	Presentations of Student Scholarships
10:00 - 10:20 am	Break
10:20 - 10:40 am	4.1: Meteorological Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Becky Griffis, National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley, Nebraska
10:40 - 11:00 am	4.2: Comparison of Heat Waves Past and Present. Matthew Masek (presenter) and Cliff Cole, National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska
11:00 - 11:20 am	4.3: Case Selection Processing for February Climatological Extremes. Dan Redmond, Dodge City, Kansas
11:20 - 11:40 am	4.4: Forecasting High Impact Severe Thunderstorm Events. Brian Hirsch National Weather Service, North Platte, Nebraska and Corey Chaskelson National Weather Service, Gaylord, Michigan
	Closing Remarks