| Thursday, 7 August 2003 |
| 12:00 AM, Thursday 2003
THUR 7 AUG |
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| 7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2003
Short Course Registration and Conference Registration |
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| Friday, 8 August 2003 |
| 12:00 AM, Friday 2003
FRI 8 AUG |
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| 7:30 AM, Friday 2003
Short Course Registration & Conference Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-9:15 AM, Friday 2003
Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:00 AM | | Welcoming Remarks
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| 9:05 AM | | Welcome
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| 9:05 AM | | Weather Briefing
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| 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Friday 2003
Session 1 Welcome to the Pacific Northwest |
Chair: Mike Davis, WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH
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| 10:15 AM-10:30 AM, Friday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Friday 2003
Joint Session 2 Nowcasting (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology) |
Cochairs: Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence, MO; Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA
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| 10:30 AM | J2.1 | Thunderstorm Nowcasting: Past, Present and Future  
James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 11:30 AM | J2.2 | The “Digital” NWS and Broadcast Meteorologists. . . Challenges and Opportunities
Robert T. Ryan, WRC-TV, Washington, DC |
| 11:45 AM | J2.3 | A forecaster-computer interactive capability of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System for improved storm initiation nowcasts
Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Saxen, C. Mueller, and D. Albo |
| 12:00 PM | J2.4 | Use of C-Band Radar and a School Based Weather Sensor Network by the media
John B. McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA |
| 12:15 PM | J2.5 | Predictability of storm characteristics based on RUC environmental fields
Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Megenhardt and N. Oien |
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| 12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Friday 2003
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Friday 2003
Session 2 The AMS and Congress: How to establish effective communication |
Chair: Jay Trobec, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD
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| 1:30 PM | 2.1 | Know your environment and your congressional leaders
Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC |
| 1:45 PM | 2.2 | Working With Your Members of Congress
Travis Sines, Seattle-area District Office of Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Seattle, WA |
| 2:00 PM | 2.3 | Contacting Congress: What, When, How
Doug Stone, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC |
| 2:15 PM | 2.4 | AMS & NOAA Budget Campaign
Erik L. Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX |
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| 2:30 PM-2:45 PM, Friday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 2:45 PM-3:30 PM, Friday 2003
Session 3 A new look for the AMS Seal, testing and recertification. Changes on the horizon. |
Chair: Lisa Spencer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN
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| 2:45 PM | 3.1 | First International Conference of Broadcast Meteorologists
Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and P. H. Gross |
| 2:50 PM | 3.2 | AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Implementation
Jim Jaggers, WHBQ-TV, Memphis, TN |
| 3:10 PM | 3.3 | AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Test Committee Report
Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC |
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| 3:30 PM, Friday 2003
Panel Discussion 1 Meet Your AMS Broadcast Board |
Panelists: Mike Davis, Chief Meteorologist WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH; Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC; Erik L. Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX; Gary Ley, WJAR-TV, Providence, RI; Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB Canada; Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA; Kathy Orr, KYW-TV, Berwyn, PA; Lisa Spencer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN; David Tillman, KTRK-TV, Houston, TX; Jay Trobec, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD; Jillene Wahl, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
Moderator: John B. McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA
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| 5:00 PM, Friday 2003
Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday 2003
Exhibits Open with Ice Breaker Reception |
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| Saturday, 9 August 2003 |
| 7:30 AM, Saturday 2003
Short Course Registration & Conference Registration |
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| 8:00 AM-5:15 PM, Saturday 2003
Short Course on Meteorological Radar Systems: Principles and Applications (Seperate Registation) |
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| 12:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday 2003
Exhibit Hours |
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| Sunday, 10 August 2003 |
| 7:30 AM, Sunday 2003
Conference Registration Continues Through Tuesday, 12 August |
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| 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Sunday 2003
Joint Session 3 Severe weather (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology) |
Cochairs: Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Mike Davis, Chief Meteorologist WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH
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| 8:00 AM | J3.1 | Radar, Tornadoes, and the Broadcast Meteorologist
Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA |
| 8:30 AM | J3.2 | Advanced Severe Convective Storm Detection and Prediction using Live Operational S- and C-Band Radar
Greg Wilson, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL |
| 8:45 AM | J3.3 | Some inferences on the visual cloud and the supercell radar echo relationship
Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence,, MO; and E. M. Quoetone |
| 9:00 AM | J3.4 | The Role of Expert Warning Forecasters: Results of a Cognitive Task Analysis of the Warning Forecaster Task
Elizabeth M. Quoetone, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and J. T. Ferree, B. B. Hahn, E. Rall, and D. W. Kolinger |
| 9:15 AM | J3.5 | The Kellerville tornado during VORTEX: Damage survey and Doppler radar analyses
Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, D. C. Dowell, and H. B. Bluestein |
| 9:30 AM | J3.6 | On the use of Doppler radar in tornado warnings
Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
| 9:45 AM | J3.7 | The National Weather Service (NWS) Performance During the November 10, 2002 Tornado Outbreak
Lawrence Dunn, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 10:00 AM-10:15 AM, Sunday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 10:15 AM-11:15 AM, Sunday 2003
Session 4 Over the Pond and into Space: Our Science Around the World and Beyond |
Chair: Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB Canada
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| 10:15 AM | 4.1 | The history of television weather presentations
Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg |
| 10:30 AM | 4.2 | The many faces of BBC Weather.
Liz Brown, BBC Weather Centre, London, United Kingdom |
| 10:45 AM | 4.3 | BBC Broadcasting—here's to the next 50 years.
Mike Fish, BBC Weather Centre, London, United Kingdom |
| 11:00 AM | 4.4 | Mars in the Spotlight: The 2003 Apparition
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope magazine, Cambridge, MA |
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| 11:15 AM-12:15 PM, Sunday 2003
Session 5 Storm Prediction Center Mini Workshop: Some Great Products And How To Use Them |
Chair: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
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| 11:15 AM | 5.1 | Mini-Workshop on SPC's Probability Outlooks
Daniel W. McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer |
| 11:45 AM | 5.2 | Improved Tools for Broadcast Meteorologists Using the SPC Web Page
Daniel W. McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. A. Hart, R. L. Thompson, R. J. Naden, G. W. Carbin, and P. D. Bothwell |
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| 12:15 PM-12:30 PM, Sunday 2003
AMS Award Presentation for "Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist". Presented to Fred Gadomski and Paul G. Knight of WPSX-TV, University Park, Pennsylvania |
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| 12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Sunday 2003
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Sunday 2003
Session 6 General Interest to the Broadcast Community |
Chair: John B. McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA
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| 1:30 PM | 6.1 | Synoptic setting for single day heat events
Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV, Laredo, TX |
| 1:45 PM | 6.2 | Newspaper weather pages
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA; and S. Homan and M. A. Steinberg |
| 2:00 PM | 6.3 | The 50th Anniversary of One of America's Top Ten Tornadoes
Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI |
| 2:15 PM | 6.4 | The significant partly sunny day that produced amazing heat indicies
Paul S. Joseph, WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2:30 PM | 6.5 | The Decline of the American Emergency Communications System
Bryan Norcross, WFOR/CBS-TV, Miami, FL |
| 2:45 PM | 6.6 | Fact or Fiction: 25 Year Intense Competitiors Join Forces
Harvey Leonard, WCVB-TV, Needham, MA; and D. Albert |
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| 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2003
Exhibit Hours |
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| 3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Sunday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 3:00 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday 2003
Session 7 Vendor Sessions: New Ideas, New Technology, New Ways to Spend Money! |
Chair: Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA
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| 3:00 PM | 7.1 | The next thing in television weather graphics systems
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg and J. Long |
| 3:15 PM | 7.2 | :LIVE Real-time Weather Broadcasts
Ben T. Zimmerman, Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI |
| 3:30 PM | 7.3 | Forecasting with Confidence
Maria A. Pirone, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and S. M. Leidner |
| 3:45 PM | 7.4 | A comprehensive source of numerical model data
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA; and J. T. Candor and M. A. Steinberg |
| 4:00 PM | 7.5 | DopplerCastTM: A New Era in Storm Prediction for Broadcast Meteorology
J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts, D. Chenevert, and J. Block |
| 4:15 PM | 7.6 | An Internet site for professional meteorologists
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg and J. T. Candor |
| 4:30 PM | 7.7 | Personal MicroCast: Reaching your viewers when you’re not on air.
Jason H. Cali, MyWeather/Weather Central, Madison, WI |
| 4:45 PM | 7.8 | 3D street-level weather animations
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg and J. Long |
| 5:00 PM | 7.9 | A.D.O.N.I.S. MicroCast™: A Private Sector Mesocale Model
Michal K. Thomas, Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI |
| 5:15 PM | 7.10 | TrueView/Vortex: Supercharged for Severe Weather
William Callahan, WSI Corp., Billerica, MA |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Sunday 2003
Exhibit Hours |
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| 5:30 PM, Sunday 2003
Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:00 PM, Sunday 2003
Joint Radar/Broadcast Museum of Flight Event/Buffet |
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| Monday, 11 August 2003 |
| 8:45 AM, Monday 2003
Session 8 Special Workshop: Health Issues in a Changing Weather and Climate Environment—A Perspective from Watersheds to Airsheds |
Organizer: H. Michael Mogil, StormCenter Communications, Ellicott City, MD
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| 9:40 AM-9:55 AM, Monday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 9:55 AM, Monday 2003
Session 8 Special Workshop: Health Issues in a Changing Weather and Climate Environment—A Perspective from Watersheds to Airsheds (Continued) |
Facilitator: H. Michael Mogil, StormCenter Communications, Ellicott City, MD
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| 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Monday 2003
Exhibit Hours |
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| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Monday 2003
Lunch Break |
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| 1:00 PM-1:44 PM, Monday 2003
Session 9 Becoming the station scientist. What resources are available? |
Chair: David Tillman, KTRK-TV, Houston, TX
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|  | 9.1 | A Southern New Hampshire Survey on Watersheds
Alan S. Kaprielian, WNDS-TV, Derry, NH |
| 1:00 PM | 9.1A | Lightning Safety Public Education—A Mandate For Broadcast Meteorologists (Formerly Paper 9.4)
William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. C. Skilling, B. B. Sussman, J. D. Jones, M. A. Lozano, and G. S. Forbes |
| 1:14 PM | 9.2 | The WeatherWatcher Program at Rutgers: Creating the Next Generation of “Station Scientists”
James F. Nichols, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
| 1:29 PM | 9.3 | Major Skywatching Events in 2003-2004
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope magazine, Cambridge, MA |
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| 2:00 PM-2:45 PM, Monday 2003
Session 10 Educating Ourselves and the Public |
Chair: Gary Ley, WJAR-TV, Providence, RI
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| 2:45 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Monday 2003
Session 11 Climate Prediction Center: A Mini-Workshop |
Chair: Kathy Orr, KYW-TV, Berwyn, PA
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| 3:00 PM | 11.1 | The need for a climate products terminology workshop
Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS Climate Services Division, Silver Spring, MD; and B. E. Mayes |
| 3:05 PM | 11.2 | CPC outlook terminology
Edward O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC, Camp Springs, MD |
| 3:40 PM | 11.3 | Helping broadcast meteorologists understand and communicate probabilistic forecasts
Holly C. Hartmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 4:40 PM | 11.4 | Your turn! Feedback and requirements for CPC outlook presentation from the media community
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Leffler |
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| 5:00 PM, Monday 2003
Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:00 PM, Monday 2003
Seattle Mariners Baseball Game |
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| Tuesday, 12 August 2003 |
| 8:45 AM-9:00 AM, Tuesday 2003
Welcoming Remarks |
| 8:45 AM | | Welcoming Remarks
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| 8:50 AM | | Weather Briefing
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| 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday 2003
Session 12 Career Development Workshop: It's What We Do... Now How Do We Keep Doing It? |
Chair: Erik L. Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX
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| 9:00 AM | 12.1 | Contract Negotiating
Curtis Wilson, Herzog, Crebs & McGhee, St. Louis, MO |
| 9:20 AM | 12.2 | To Compete or Non-Compete
Ed and Anne Phillips, KTAR Radio/ Law Office of Anne Phillips, Phoenix, AZ; and A. Phillips |
| 9:40 AM | 12.3 | Life After Television—What do I do now?
Bill Boss, Weather Central, Inc., Madision, WI |
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| 10:15 AM-10:25 AM, Tuesday 2003
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM, Tuesday 2003
Panel Discussion 2 Panel Discussion: Agents, News Directors and Consultants |
Panelists: Stephanie Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX; Larry Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX; Keith Westerlage, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; Curtis Wilson, Herzog, Crebs & McGhee, St. Louis, MO; Steve Swienckowski, The David Crane Agency, Inc., Raleigh, NC
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| 11:45 AM, Tuesday 2003
Closing Remarks |
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| 12:00 PM, Tuesday 2003
Conference Ends |
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