88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 7: Nowcasting and Modeling Part III

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
226-227 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., ENSCO, Inc and Rob Honch, EC
Papers:
  1:30 PM
7.1
Rapid-refresh testing: examples of forecast performance
John M. Brown, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, S. G. Benjamin, B. Jamison, and S. S. Weygandt

  1:45 PM
7.2
An Automated National-Scale Ceiling and Visibility Forecast System: Development Progress
Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman, P. H. Herzegh, G. Wiener, J. Cowie, and C. J. Kessinger

  2:15 PM
7.4
Ongoing development and testing of generalized cloud analysis package within GSI for initializing Rapid Refresh
Ming Hu, ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and M. Xue

  2:30 PM
7.5
Hourly convective probability forecasts from an experimental RUC with radar data assimilation
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA / ESRL / GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, and K. J. Brundage