Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition Center

Meetings

NWS SRH SOO-NASA/SPoRT Joint Workshop

July 11-13, 2006
National Space Science and Technology Center
Huntsville, Alabama

		Welcome	John Horack (NASA/MSFC S&MS Director)
		Welcome from NASA HQ	Tsengdar Lee (NASA HQ)
		Welcome from NWS Southern Region	Bill Proenza (NWS/SRH Director)

	Session 1 – Workshop Expectations
4.9 MB ppt		“The Role of the WFOs and the SOOs in an Evolving NWS”	Rusty Billingsley (NWS/SRH Scientific Services)
10 MB ppt		“NASA’s Weather Research Program”	Tsengdar Lee (NASA HQ)
32 MB ppt 2.2 MB avi 0.6 MB avi		“NASA’s Aviation Weather Program” animations 2359.avi Aviation-volcano-Etna-animation.avi	John Haynes (NASA/HQ)
0.4 MB ppt		“Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center: Overview and Accomplishments” summary	Gary Jedlovec (NASA/SPoRT)
2.0 MP ppt		“The NASA-NOAA Research and Operations Joint Working Group—What it is and how it impacts WFO’s”	Bill Lapenta (NASA/SPoRT)

	Session 2 – Agency Modeling Initiatives
1.3 MB ppt		“The Hazardous Weather Test Bed” summary	David Andra (NWS/WFO Norman)
5.7 MB ppt		“Overview of the 2006 NASA Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Project ”	Bill Lapenta (NASA/SPoRT)

	Session 3 – Analysis and Verification in the WFO Environment
1.5 MB ppt		“The Real Time Mesoscale Analysis”	Jeffrey Medlin (NWS/WFO Mobile)
1.2 MB ppt		The NWS Performance Evaluation Committee” summary	Steve Amburn (NWS/WFO Tulsa)
		“GIS Tools for Verification”	Jack Settelmaier (NWS/SRH Scientific Services

	Session 4 – Breakout Session I
27 KB doc 32 KB doc 25 KB doc 26 KB doc 24 KB doc		• How To Demonstrate WFO Value in an Evolving NWS • Aviation Meteorology in an Evolving NWS • Marine Forecasting in an Evolving NWS o What are our strengths and weaknesses? o How do we improve our service? • Use of NWP in an Evolving NWS o Effective use of ensemble guidance o Role of local modeling • Effectively Conveying the Threat to Our Customers

	Session 5 – Local Modeling Research
0.5 MB ppt		“WRF and the coastal marine environment” summary	Kate La Casse (UAH)
2.0 MB ppt		“Regional Data Assimilation within WRF” summary	Brad Zavodsky (UAH)

	Session 6 – High Impact Weather
0.5 MB ppt		“Verification of High Impact Events” summary	Mark Fox (NWS/ SRH Scientific Services)
1.2 MB ppt		“Tornados in Hurricane Rainbands”	Eugene McCall (UAH)
3.7 MB ppt		"Anticipating CG Lightning Utilizing WSR-88D Reflectivity Data" summary	Pete Wolf (NWS/WFO Jacksonville)
8.5 MB ppt 14 MB avi		“Advancements in Lightning-Severe Storm Forecasts and Warnings: Results from the Southern Thunder Alliance” summary animation stroud_combined2.avi	Steve Goodman (NASA/MSFC)
10.7 MB ppt		“Convective Nowcast Product”	John Mecikalski (UAH)
1.5 MB ppt		“ Mini-Supercells”	Jeffrey Medlin (NWS/WFO Mobile)
11.6 MB ppt		“Evolving to Polygon Warnings” summary	Pete Wolf (NWS/WFO Jacksonville)

	Session 7– Collaborative Opportunities and Emerging Technologies
1.7 MB ppt		“The Gulf Coast Initiative” summary	Gary Jedlovec (NASA/SPoRT)
4.8 MB ppt		“NPOESS Data Exploitation” summary	Jim Silva (NESDIS)
		“The Role of GIS in an Evolving NWS” summary	Keith Stellman (NWS/SRH Technology Services)
7.4 MB ppt		Enhanced Wording within the ZFP and CWF Products as Generated by the GFE Text Formatter	Pablo Santos (WFO Miami) & David Sharp (WFO Melbourne)
		Group Discussion: “NASA and WFO Interactions”

	Session 8 – Breakout Session II
		• How To Demonstrate WFO Value in an Evolving NWS • Aviation Meteorology in an Evolving NWS • Marine Forecasting in an Evolving NWS o What are our strengths and weaknesses? o How do we improve our service? • Use of NWP in an Evolving NWS o Effective use of ensemble guidance o Role of local modeling • Effectively Conveying the Threat to Our Customers

	Session 9 – Training and Professional Development
3.1 MB ppt		“Effective Use of the Weather Event Simulator”	Bernard Meisner (NWS/SRH Scientific Services)
		“Expectations: What SSD Expects of the SOOs. What the SOOs expect of SSD.”	Rusty Billingsly (NWS/ SRH Scientific Services)

	Session 10 – Future SPoRT/NWS WFO Interactions
		Group Discussion

Technical Contact: Dr. William M. Lapenta (bill.lapenta@nasa.gov)

Responsible Official: Dr. James L. Smoot (James.L.Smoot@nasa.gov)

Page Curator: Paul J. Meyer (paul.meyer@nasa.gov)

Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center

Meetings

Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition Center