Joint Session 2 |
| | Nowcasting (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology) |
| | Cochairs: Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence, MO; Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA
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| 10:30 AM | J2.1 | Thunderstorm Nowcasting: Past, Present and Future  
James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 11:30 AM | J2.2 | The “Digital” NWS and Broadcast Meteorologists. . . Challenges and Opportunities
Robert T. Ryan, WRC-TV, Washington, DC |
| 11:45 AM | J2.3 | A forecaster-computer interactive capability of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System for improved storm initiation nowcasts
Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Saxen, C. Mueller, and D. Albo |
| 12:00 PM | J2.4 | Use of C-Band Radar and a School Based Weather Sensor Network by the media
John B. McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA |
| 12:15 PM | J2.5 | Predictability of storm characteristics based on RUC environmental fields
Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Megenhardt and N. Oien |