|  | 6M.0 | Use of simulated precipitation structure to predict the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
| 10:45 AM | 6M.1 | Applications of the contraction-rate diagnostics for mesoscale processes David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Cohen |
| 11:00 AM | 6M.2 | Balanced dynamics and inertia-gravity wave generation in upper-tropospheric jets Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and T. A. Smith and P. D. Hayes |
| 11:15 AM | 6M.3 | The Vertical Shear Induced Secondary Circulation of Tropical Cyclones  Da-Lin Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. Kieu |
| 11:30 AM | 6M.4 | Non-modal growths of symmetric perturbations produced by paired normal modes  Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
|  | 6M.5 | A mechanism for convective initiation in advance of squall lines Seung-hee Kim, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell and G. L. Mullendore |
| 11:45 AM | 6M.6 | Sensitivity of Mesoscale Gravity Waves to the Baroclinicity of Jet-Front Systems Shuguang Wang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang |
| 12:00 PM | 6M.7 | Gravity-wave emission and propagation in a vortex dipole C. Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Plougonven and D. J. Muraki |