Friday, March 20 -- Saturday, March 21, 2009
NOAA Western Regional Center, Seattle WA
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Announcement for the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop - 2009


THEME: Weather of the Pacific Northwest

DATES: March 20 and March 21, 2009 (Friday and Saturday)

LOCATION: NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 9 Auditorium

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

The Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, March 20 and March 21, 2009, at the NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 9 Auditorium, 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 2009 meeting will be open to all topics dealing with Northwest weather and climate. It will start Friday, March 20, at 1pm 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 (for an additional charge of $35) and a special presentation, with details below.

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 Mr. Larry Schick, Meteorologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presents "A Flood of Problems: An Insider View of the Flooding at Pacific in January 2009" . 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 February 16, 2009. 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.

Arrangements have been made to hold a block of 20 rooms at the Silver Cloud Inn, minutes from both the NOAA campus and the Talaris Conference Center. If you or your party require accommodations during the event, please contact the Silver Cloud Inn directly at (800) 205-6940 or (206) 526-5200

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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).