First Tri-State Weather Conference Schedule

Saturday, October 7th 2006 

8:30a.m. to 9:30   Light Breakfast and Registration
9:30 to 9:45    Opening Remarks
9:45 to 10:30 Morning Keynote Speaker:   Paul J. Kocin
10:30 to 11:10 Morning I: 2 Oral Presentations  
  • Patrick Maloit, NOAA/National Weather Service/NYC
     “Blizzard of 2006 in the Northeast– A Look Inside the Operations of a National Weather Service Forecast Office”
  • David Novak, SUNY-Stony Brook/NOAA-NWS
    “A High-Resolution Observational and Modeling Comparison of Mesoscale Band Lifecycle during Two Recent Northeast U.S. Snowstorms”
11:10 to 11:30     Beverage Break and Poster Sessions   
11:30 to 12:30p.m. Morning II: 3 Oral Presentations
  • Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/National Weather Service/Albany, NY
    “Using Wind Anomalies to Forecast East Coast Winter Storms”
  • Anthony Praino, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
     “Deep Thunder – A Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction System for Weather Sensitive Business Operations”
  • Brian A. Colle,  Stony Brook University/SUNY
     “Storm Surge Modeling for the New York Metropolitan Region”
12:30 to 1:30      BBQ Lunch Outside on the Lawn/Poster and Table Sessions
1:30 to 2:15    Afternoon Keynote Speaker:   Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
 2:15 to 2:55     Afternoon I: 2 Oral Presentations
  • Joe Rao, News 12 Westchester
     “The Metonic Cycle and Its Possible Effects on Local Winter Weather” 
  • Ernie Ostuno, NOAA/National Weather Service/Grand Rapids, MI
     “Top Connecticut Weather Events: 1976-2006”
2:55 to 3:15    Beverage Break and Poster Sessions
3:15 to 4:15        Afternoon II: 3 Oral Presentations 
  • Michael Charles, Stony Brook University/SUNY
      “An Investigation of Cool Season Extratropical Cyclone Forecast Errors in Operational Models”
  • Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/National Weather Service/Albany, NY
    “The Father’s Day 2002 Severe Weather Outbreak across New York and Western New England”
  • Michael Ekster, NOAA/National Weather Service/NYC
    Examination of the July 12, 2006 Westchester County
    "Long-Track" F2 Tornado
4:15-4:50    Panel Discussion   
4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks

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