Announcement for the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop - 2012
The Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop, the annual gathering for those interested in Northwest weather and climate. will be held on March 2-3, 2012. As usual it will be held at the NOAA Sand Point facility in Seattle. For more information and to register please check the meeting web site: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/pnww/
Abstracts for talks are encouraged now and are due by 15 February 2012--see the web page for more information. Some information on the meeting is also found below. The meeting banquet will again be held at the Talaris Center, close to the UW.
THEME: Advances in Weather Radar
DATES: March 2 and March 3, 2012 (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 2-3, 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.
We have selected the theme as "Advances in Weather Radar" for this year's meeting. In 2011 a new National Weather Service radar was installed on the Washington Coast and all the regional radars have been upgraded to dual polarization. What insights have these technological advances produced and how have they improved local weather forecasting? How can regional users best take advantage of the new capabilities?
Although a portion of the meeting will be dedicated to talks dealing with the theme, we also welcome all topics dealing with Northwest weather and climate. The meeting will start Friday, March 2, 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 Saturday lunch, afternoon and morning refreshments, and a pre-print volume. We will also have a Friday evening banquet (for an additional charge of $45).
This year the banquet talk will be given by Andy Wappler, well-known KIRO-TV meteorologist for several years, and now the spokesman for Puget Sound Energy. Andy will talk about the impact of winter weather on the energy industry, with particular emphasis on the damage associated with this year's snow and ice storms.
Pre-registration is requested for all attendees. You can check for the latest information and register on-line via our website at: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/pnww/index.php?page=registration. Please submit abstracts for oral presentations and posters in text, Word or WordPerfect format - no PDF please. ABSTRACTS SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY February 15, 2012. 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. 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).
