Joint Session 2 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology

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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2011


Registration Desk is Open
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

9:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011


Registration Opens
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

1:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011

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Session 1
Welcome to Oklahoma City
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
1:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks

1:15 PM
1.1
A Welcome to Oklahoma City
Gary England, News 9, Oklahoma City, OK
1:45 PM
1.3
Maureen McCann "Meet the Board"

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011

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Session 2
TV Weather
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
1:45 PM
2.1A
New Temperature and Precipitation Climate Normals
Derek S. Arndt, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Arguez, S. Applequist, I. Durre, M. Squires, R. Vose, and W. Yin
2:00 PM
2.1
Knowledge is Power
Sterling S. Poulson, KUTV 2News, Salt Lake City, UT
2:30 PM
2.3
2:45 PM
2.4
The Evolution of an Expanding Weather Brand
Gregory W. Majewski, WDRB, Louisville, KY

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011

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Session 3
Earth Sciences
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
3:30 PM
3.1
The Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climatology, and You: Going Beyond Normals and Records
Daniel A. Zarrow, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano
3:45 PM
3.2
Summer Weather Camps - Opening Doors To CAREERs in Meteorology
H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and D. V. Morris
4:00 PM
3.3
The American Weather and Climate Exposition
Miles S. Muzio, American Weather Museum LLC, Bakersfield, CA
4:15 PM
Paper 3.4 has been moved. New paper number 5.3

4:45 PM
3.5
Young Meteorologist Program
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
5:00 PM
3.6
Broadcast Meteorology and Tornado Casualties
Daniel Sutter, Univ. of Texas/Pan American, Edinburg, TX; and K. M. Simmons

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2011


Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Ballroom C (Cox Convention Center)

Thursday, 23 June 2011

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011


Registration Continues through 24 June
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Session 4
Climate Change
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
9:00 AM
4.1
Visualizations and animations available for climate science explainers
Joe Witte, NASA / George Mason University, Arlington, 22209

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Session 5
Radar Meteorology I
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
9:30 AM
5.1

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2011


Joint Poster Session 1
Weather Warnings and Communication
Location: Ballroom C (Cox Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication; and the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
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Examining potential improvements to severe weather warnings from a geospatial verification perspective
Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK; and S. Stough and T. M. Smith

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The WFO Pittsburgh, PA External Users Team
Charlie Woodrum, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA; and A. Smith
Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Handout (1.6 MB)


Coffee Break
Location: Ballroom C (Cox Convention Center)

10:15 AM-11:15 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Session 6
Radar Meteorology II
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
10:45 AM
6.1
Real-time Average Recurrence Interval Rainfall Maps for the U.S
Tye W. Parzybok, METSTAT Inc, Windsor, CO; and B. Clarke and D. M. Hultstrand
11:00 AM
6.2
Informing broadcasters and the viewing public about wind fams in weather radar products
Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; and R. J. Vogt, W. H. Greenwood, E. Ciardi, and R. Guenther

11:15 AM-12:05 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Session 7
Vendor Sessions
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
11:15 AM
7.1
Baron Services
Robert Baron, President and CEO, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL

11:25 AM
7.2
11:35 AM
7.3
Weather Central
Bob Hoschka, Weather Central, Madison, WI

11:45 AM
7.4
Midland Radio Corporation
Bruce Thomas, Chief Meteorologist, Midland Radio Corp, Kansas City, MO

11:55 AM
7.5
Weather Metrics
Peter Levy, Weather Metrics, Inc., Lenexa, KS

11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry Available in the Exhibit Hall)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Joint Panel Discussion
Tornado Safe Rooms—Facts, Fiction and Everything You Need to Know about these Life-saving Structures
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; and the The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication )
Panelists: Ernst Kiesling, Texas Tech Wind Science and Engineering/National Storm Shelter Association; Bob Franke, FEMA
12:15 PM
Ernst W. Kiesling: Safe Room Reliability
12:30 PM
Bob Franke: Tornado Safe Rooms
12:45 PM
Panel Discussion

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Joint Panel Discussion 1
Communicating Disaster: Insights, Lessons, and Lingering Questions From the Deadliest Tornado Year In Decades
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication; and the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Moderator: Nate Johnson, NBC Owned Television Stations Group
Panelists: Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL; Jay Prater, KAKE-TV; Catherine Smith, East Carolina University; Dan Threlkeld, KJRH-TV; Doug Heady, KOAM-TV
1:30 PM
Panel Discussion

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Ballroom C (Cox Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2011

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Session 8
Expanding Role of Broadcast Meteorologists
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
3:30 PM
8.1
Station Siting, Microclimates, and Their Impacts on the Urban Forecast Challenge
Jeffrey B. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. J. Schroeder, A. M. Gleason, B. G. Illston, and D. L. Andra Jr.
3:45 PM
8.2
Alex's Houston impact
Gene Norman Jr., KHOU-TV, Houston, TX
4:00 PM
8.3
Submitted for your consideration: the AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist program
Bernard N. Meisner, NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX
4:30 PM
8.5
Should I do this? Am I supposed to do this?
Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA
4:45 PM
8.6

Friday, 24 June 2011

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Session 9
Station Scientist
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV
8:00 AM
9.1
Heavenly Highlights 2011
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, MA
8:40 AM
9.3
9:00 AM
9.4
The Latest Facts About Our Changing Climate
Tony Broccoli, Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ
9:30 AM
9.5
Destination: Greenland
Dan Satterfield, WBOC, Salisbury, MD

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 24 June 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Ballroom C (Cox Convention Center)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Session 10
More Station Scientist
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV
10:30 AM
10.1
Online training available from the National Weather Service's Warning Decision Training Branch
James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Branch, Norman, OK; and E. Mahoney and A. C. Wood
10:45 AM
10.2
Pre-packaged Science Side-bar Stories.... Quick and Easy, YOU voice it over
Joe Witte, NASA / George Mason University, Arlington, VA

11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Session 11
Severe Weather
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Host: 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chairs: Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV; Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
11:00 AM
11.1
The Tornadic Vortex Signature (TVS)
Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood
11:15 AM
11.2
An overview of SPC severe outlook and watch verification
Andrew R. Dean, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin and R. S. Schneider
11:30 AM
11.4
Using the Bufkit visualization tool to assess forecast and warning uncertainty
Edward Mahoney, NWS/OLCO/WDTD, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, M. A. Magsig, A. Anderson, and B. C. Baranowski

11:45 AM-1:45 PM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Luncheon with Featured Speaker Greg Carbin and Keynote Speaker Paul Kocin
Location: Meeting Rooms 1-3 (Cox Convention Center)
Speakers: Paul J. Kocin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Greg W. Carbin, NOAA/NWS/SPC
12:15 PM
L1.2
Forecasting Winter Storms: It's evolution What it means for Broadcast Meteorologist

1:45 PM-3:15 PM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Joint Session 1
The Warning Partnership: The Evolving Roles of the National Weather Service, Emergency Management, and Broadcast Meteorologists.
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication; and the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: Rachel E. Riley, University of Oklahoma; Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV
1:45 PM
J1.1
TBD
Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA, Washington, DC
2:15 PM
J1.3
Role-playing scenario of a landfalling tropical system
Kodi L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Morris, D. LaDue, C. Spannagle, V. Holtz, H. Moser, E. M. Quoetone, P. T. Schlatter, J. G. LaDue, B. Rooks, S. Van Cooten, J. Kelley, R. Fowler, M. Stallings, and J. A. Smith
3:00 PM
J1.6
Improving the clarity and understandability of NWS hazard products
Eli Jacks, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD

3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Friday, 24 June 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

3:30 PM-3:35 PM: Friday, 24 June 2011


Registration Closes
Location: Pre-function Space (Cox Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Friday, 24 June 2011

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Joint Session 2
Next Steps: Ongoing and Upcoming Efforts to Improve Warnings
Location: Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the The Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication; and the 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: Maureen McCann, Central Florida News 13; Kimberly E. Klockow, University of Oklahoma
3:45 PM
J2.2
4:00 PM
J2.3
New Opportunities for Publc Alerting
Michael Gerber, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
4:45 PM
J2.6
The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed's Experimental Warning Program
Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra Jr. and M. P. Foster