Session: Extreme Weather at Sea: Bringing 21st Century Weather Services to Mariners (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

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 Agather, NOAA/NWS/Ocean Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, 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

2:15 PM

1.2

Collection of Weather Observations via Shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Brian Tetreault, US Army, Baltimore, MD

2:30 PM

1.3

An Investigation of the Weather Impacts to Ships Transiting the Gulf Stream in Winter and Early Spring