2023 Summer Community Meeting

Tuesday, 29 August

Breakfast
8:00 AM-8:30 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction
Introductions
8:30 AM-8:40 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Renewal of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act
8:40 AM-9:00 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
The NOAA Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge: Strategy and Ongoing Efforts
9:00 AM-9:30 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
A Fresh Look at the Weather Enterprise Two Decades after the FAIR Weather Report
9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Coffee Break
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction
Town Hall: Collection of Socio-Economic DATA for Hazard Assessment
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Lunch Break
11:45 AM-1:15 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar B

Designing a National Strategy for Filling the PBL Gap
1:15 PM-2:25 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Coffee Break
2:25 PM-2:55 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction
Panel Discussion: Operational Needs and Local Solutions to Filling the PBL Gap
2:55 PM-4:30 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A

Breakfast
8:00 AM-8:30 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction
Morning Announcements
8:30 AM-8:35 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
A Conversation with Steve Thur, NOAA Assist. Admin., NOAA Research
8:35 AM-9:15 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Radio Frequency Interference Issues for Weather Radar
9:15 AM-10:00 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Coffee Break
10:00 AM-10:20 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction
NWS Partners Part I: Current Status and Future of NEXRAD
10:20 AM-10:40 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
NWS Partners, Part 1: Current Status and Future of NEXRAD, Panel Discussion
10:40 AM-11:10 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
NWS Partners Part II: Planning for the Next Generation of Weather Radar
11:10 AM-11:30 AM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Panel Discussion: Next-Generation Radar
11:30 AM-12:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A

Lunch Break
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar B
Ideas from Industry: Commercial Radar Services
1:30 PM-1:45 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Panel Discussion: Considerations for NOAA’S Next Operational Weather Radar Network
1:45 PM-2:55 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Coffee Break
2:55 PM-3:15 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Prefunction

A Conversation with Dana Carlis, DIR., National Severe Storms Laboratory
3:15 PM-3:55 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Panel Discussion: Weather Radar Research
3:55 PM-4:55 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Closing Remarks
4:55 PM-5:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A
Tour of the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Weather Operations (Sign Up Required)
6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis: Northstar A