1-2 March 2002

The Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop will be held at the NOAA Western Regional Center campus at Sand Point in Seattle, Washington, on 1 and 2 March 2002.  This annual conference, sponsored by the 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 the meteorology of the Western U.S.

The first day of the 2002 workshop will focus on aviation meteorology. Special sessions on observations and new technologies impacting aircraft operations, numerical weather prediction applications to aviation meteorology, and general aviation forecasting (including dissemination and user requirements) will be held on Friday.  Invited presentations will provide both a general overview and update. Submitted presentations (both oral and poster) will be used to complete Friday's agenda.

The second day of the workshop will be open to all topics relevant to Western U.S. meteorology.  Likely session include: case studies of major western U.S. weather events, updates on the local MM5 mesoscale modeling efforts, and early results from the PNW-2001 ozone study and the IMPROVE I/II microphysical field experiment.  Also on Saturday there will be a poster session dealing with all western U.S. topics.  Since posters allow substantial time for interaction and discussion, we encourage authors to consider the poster format.

Pre-registration is required for all attendees.  Visit our web site at:  www.atmos.washington.edu/~cliff/PNW2002.html for the latest information and on-line registration.  Abstracts for oral presentations and posters (in Word or WordPerfect format including title, author(s), and a short description of the presentation) should be sent to the abstract coordinator Maggie Querciagrossa at Maggie.Querciagrossa@noaa.gov by 1 January 2002 (cc's should be sent to the organizers listed below as well).  Please specify if you prefer poster or oral format.  We will try to meet all requests for oral presentations, but may need to shift some to the poster sessions.

For further information on registration or presentations, contact Clifford Mass, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (206-685-0190, cliff@atmos.washington.edu) or Brad Colman/Chris Hill, NWS Forecast Office, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (206-526-6095, x224/222, chris.hill@noaa.gov).