Thirteenth Annual Workshop Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West

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Thirteenth Annual WorkshopWeather Prediction in
the Intermountain West

• November 16, 2006
• Heritage Center
• Department of Meteorology
• University of Utah

Photo D. Judd
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Change

• Our professions response to changes in
• Societal Needs
• Resources
• Technologies

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Department of Meteorology

• 13 Academic and Research Faculty
• 14 Emeritus, Adjunct, and Auxiliary Faculty
• 10 Staff
• 30 Graduate Students
• 100 Undergraduate Students

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Mountain Meteorology Group
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MesoWest

• Since 1995, goal remains the same
• Collect, archive, disseminate surface
  environmental observations for public safety,
  education, and research
• Facilitate use of observations in addition to
  needs of agencies, firms, and public responsible
  for deploying equipment
• Approaches and resources are evolving

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Then
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Now
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Temperature
Wind Gust
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Workshop

• lessons learned from field programs and
  operational deployments of surface meteorological
  equipment
• practical constraints imposed by deploying
  surface instrumentation
• applications of observing systems to understand
  and improve prediction of weather systems

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Schedule

• Session I Analysis and Forecast Applications
• Session Chair Larry Dunn. Salt Lake City
• Presentation L. Snellman Award for Outstanding
  Service to the Atmospheric Science Community
• Poster Session
• Session II Equipment and Networks
• Session Chair Jan Paegle. University of Utah
• Lunch
• Session III Observing Network Issues
• Session Chair Brad Snyder. Meteorological
  Service of Canada
• Session IV Research and Training Applications
• Session Chair Ken Pomeroy. NWS Western Region

PRESENTERS RESPECT TIME LIMITS!
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Meeting Logistics

• Restrooms
• Central area between two meeting room doors
• Snacks
• Light munchies during breaks
• Convenience store to the right
• Lunch
• (1) Box lunches courtesy of Campbell Scientific,
  Inc. for preregistered attendees
• (2) Cafeteria upstairs. 7 lunch buffet
• (3) Convenience store
• Presentations and complete attendee list will be
  available after the Workshop on the web

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Len Snellman AwardFor Outstanding Service to the
Atmospheric Science Community in the
Intermountain West

• Award given in memory of Len Snellman (1920-1999)
  who had a profound effect on the meteorological
  community in the Intermountain West and
  throughout the country
• Prior Recipients
• 2002 Tom Potter
• 2004 Jan Paegle Julia N. Paegle

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2006 Len Snellman Award

• Mark Eubank
• KSL-TV
• Weatherbank
• Olympic Weather