Announcement for the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop - 2008

THEME:  Weather of the Pacific Northwest

DATES:  29 February and 1 March 2008 (Friday and Saturday)

LOCATION:  NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 9 Auditorium

TIMES:  1 PM Friday through 4 PM Saturday (tentative times)

The Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, 29 February and 1 March 2008, at the NOAA Western Regional Center campus at Sand Point in Seattle, Washington. This annual conference, sponsored by NOAA's National Weather Service, the University of Washington, and the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, covers recent developments in weather forecasting and observational technologies, major weather events of the past year, and topics dealing with western U.S. meteorology.

The workshop will start Friday, 29 February, at 1:00 PM and will continue through the day on Saturday. These are tentative times and will be updated and finalized dependent upon the final number of submissions. Registration will be $30 for regular attendees ($15 for students) and will include lunches, afternoon and morning refreshments, and a pre-print volume. We will also have a Friday evening banquet ($30) and a special presentation by a speaker on a Northwest weather topic, with details to be announced at a later date.

Workshop Banquet (Buffet) at the Talaris Conference Center. 3920 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105 [former location of the Battelle Seattle Research Center]. 6- 7 PM Icebreaker, 7-7:45 PM Dinner, 7:45-8:30 PM Special presentation on NW weather (TBD). This year's banquet will be a buffet, and will feature pasta salad, chicken, sausage, vegetables, dessert and beverage.

Pre-registration is requested for all attendees. Please submit abstracts for oral presentations and posters in text, Word or WordPerfect format - no PDF please. ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 30 JANUARY 2008. Please include the title, author's name and author contact information. Poster presentations are welcome and will be displayed throughout the meeting and during a special poster session. Poster presenters will be encouraged to be available during breaks and before/after sessions to answer questions. Please send abstracts to Cliff Mass, at the email address shown below.

For more information contact: Brad Colman/Kirby Cook, NWS Forecast Office, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (206.526.6095 x222/224,brad.colman@noaa.gov , Kirby.Cook@noaa.gov), or Clifford Mass, Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 (206.685.0190, cliff@atmos.washington.edu).