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)

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

Description:

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