| Session 6 | 
|  | Forecast Verification | 
|  | Cochairs: Robert E. Livezey, NWS Retired, Self-Employed Consultant, Bethesda, MD; Caren Marzban, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
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|  | 8:30 AM | 6.1 | Spatial forecast verification E. Gilleland, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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|  | 8:45 AM | 6.2 | Tropical cyclone forecast verification at the National Hurricane Center James L. Franklin, NOAA/NWS/NHC, MIami, FL
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|  | 9:00 AM | 6.3 | Bayesian Verification of Warnings Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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|  | 9:15 AM | 6.4 | Model Verification Using Gaussian Mixture Models   Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain
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|  | 9:30 AM | 6.5 | Verification of wind forecasts with special attention to ramping events Matthew Pocernich, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO
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