Session 5 | 
|   | Transferring research results to operations | 
|   | Chair: Russ S. Schumacher, NCAR, Boulder, CO 
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 | 5:00 PM | 5.1 | Evaluation of WRF model forecasts of environmental parameters for severe-weather forecasting from the NOAA HWT Spring Experiments     Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore, J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, M. Xue, and M. L. Weisman | 
 | 5:15 PM | 5.2 | A Prototype future hurricane prediction system: Realtime cloud-resolving ensemble data assimilation and forecasting during the 2008 Atlantic season    Yonghui Weng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, J. Gamache, and F. D. Marks | 
 | 5:30 PM | 5.3 | Assessing the total mountain drag in the Met Office weather forecast model: how sensitive is it to horizontal resolution?    Stuart Webster, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, A. Brown, and S. Smith | 
 | 5:45 PM | 5.4 | Utilizing high-resolution WRF model output to improve NWS forecasts in complex terrain    Brett E. McDonald, NOAA/NWSFO, Riverton, WY |