Session 1 Extreme Weather at Sea: Bringing Twenty-First Century Weather Services to Mariners

Monday, 13 January 2020: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
254A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Eighth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs:
J. M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/Ocean Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; Kathryn Gilbert, Ocean Prediction Center and Weather Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD; Darin Figurskey, NOAA, National Weather Service Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD and Alison M. Agather, Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Supporting Weather Program Office, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD

Panelists will outline challenges and opportunities associated with forecasting extreme weather at sea, from the Arctic to the tropics, and providing that information to the maritime community.

Papers:
2:00 PM
1.1
Extreme Maritime Weather—Operational Forecasting Challenges
J. M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD

2:30 PM
1.3
An Investigation of the Weather Impacts to Ships Transiting the Gulf Stream in Winter and Early Spring
Olivia R. Keefe, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD; and F. Achorn, H. Fort, J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. Krekeler, and R. Daniels
3:00 PM
1.5
Forecasting Marine Hazards with Limited Observations and Verification
Michael J. Folmer, NWS, College Park, MD; and J. D. Clark and J. M. Sienkiewicz
3:15 PM
1.6
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