Weather Seminar Schedule: Saturday, Feb. 20
10:30
am
Weather Patterns of the Pacific Northwest -West side
Clinton Rockey, National Weather Service
Founders Room (C)
We will review basic weather patterns of the Pacific Northwest maritime area (west of Cascades) that affect aviation interests. Weather phenomena include unstable shower patterns, marine stratus, fog, high winds, thunderstorms and the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. Emphasis will be on the effect of these phenomena on the aviation community. In addition, we will provide some satellite interpretation tools that pilots can use to better anticipate such events.
I am Clinton Rockey, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service forecast office in Portland, Oregon. I grew up and lived in Kansas (25 years), experiencing all kinds of weather. After graduation from the University of Kansas, I moved to Boston. After a short four year stint in Boston, I relocated to Eugene, Oregon to start my forecasting career with the National Weather Service as a weather observer. Since 1995, I have been stationed at the forecast office in Portland, where I continue to forecast for marine and aviation, as well as for fire weather. I have been a pilot (VFR only) since 1997.
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1:00 pm
Interpreting Weather Charts on the Internet
Michael Petrucelli, National Weather Service
Founders Room (C)
How to interpret weather forecast charts found on the Internet. A quick look at common aviation weather forecast charts and a deeper look at the computer model weather charts used by National Weather Service meteorologists. Includes a look at satellite imagery and how to find fronts and low pressure systems.
Born and raised in Upstate N.Y. (near Syracuse). Graduated at S.UN.Y. At Oswego in upstate N.Y. in 1996. Worked for Northwest Weathernet in Seattle for 6 years. Have been with the NWS for 4 years in Medford. Aviation focal point since April 2007.
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2:15 pm
Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) and Discussion of Aviation Weather Products
Shad Keene, National Weather Service
Founders Room (C)
The presentation's focus will be two-fold. First, I'll discuss the National Weather Service's (NWS) Center Weather Service Units (CWSUs), their structure, and how they support aviation. Then I'll transition to describing various National Weather Service web-based aviation weather support products. I'd like to have some dialogue regarding NWS products--what you like, what you don't, and what you'd like to see in the future.
After graduating from Penn State, Shad joined the Air Force as a weather officer. His first assignment was at Shaw AFB, SC where he supported flying operations in the Southeast United States before moving to the Pacific Northwest. There he was aligned with the Stryker Brigade Combat Teams at Fort Lewis, WA. He spent time forecasting in Western and Eastern Washington, along with Thailand and Iraq. Shad then joined the National Weather Service and spent three years at a Center Weather Service Unit in Fremont, CA supporting Air Traffic Control and regional flying interests. He recently transitioned to the Medford, OR forecast office.
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3:30 pm
The Future of Northwest Weather Prediction
Cliff Mass | University of Washington
Keynote Area
An overview of technology of weather prediction and how it has changed during the past several decades, and what can be expected during the next decade.
Cliff Mass is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington and the principal investigator for the Mesoscale Analysis and Forecasting Group. His current research includes the use of high resolution numerical modeling for understanding and predicting West
Coast meteorological phenomena, orographic precipitation, regional data assimilation, mesoscale ensemble prediction, and regional climate modeling. He has published over fifty papers on the weather of the western U.S.
Dr. Mass is chief scientist of the Northwest modeling consortium, which provides real-time high resolution weather predictions for groups throughout the Northwest. He gives a weekly weather forecast on Seattle's public radio station, writes a popular weather blog, and is author of the new book The Weather of the Pacific
Northwest.
"Great progress has been made in understanding the often challenging and always interesting weather of the Pacific Northwest. Cliff Mass has either participated in or directed much of that work. Readers will directly benefit from his knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm in this highly readable, fascinating, and useful book." - Jeff Renner, Chief Meteorologist, KING Television, Seattle
Link to University of Washington page on Mass's The Weather of the Pacific Northwest.
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Weather Seminar Schedule: Sunday, Feb 21
11:30
am
Satellite and Radar Interpretation of Inland Northwest Weather Patterns
Colby Neuman, National Weather Service
Founders Room (C)
Meteorologists use a variety of tools to track and forecast the weather. Satellite and radar can be especially useful tools, if you know how to use them. Learn how to use these valuable these tools to analyze clouds, fog, thunderstorms, precipitation and other weather phenomena.
Colby Neuman is a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Spokane, Washington office. He has been there since January 2009. Colby graduated with a Masters degree in Meteorology from the University of Utah in 2008.
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2:30 pm
Winter-time Icing Conditions in the Pacific Northwest
John Werth, National Weather Service
Founders Room (C)
All about aircraft icing. Understanding the effects of icing on aircraft performance, what causes icing, how icing forms and where it occurs, the different types of icing, and the potential type of icing based on cloud type.
John Werth is the Meteorologist in Charge of the National Weather Service's Center Weather Service Unit located at the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control (ARTCC) located in Auburn, Wa. Mr. Werth's career began in 1977 as a Research Meteorologist with the University of Washington's Cloud Physics Research Group shortly after receiving a B.S. degree in Atmosphere Science from the University of Washington. John began his career with the NWS in 1980 as a Meteorologist Intern at the Portland and Seattle Forecast Offices. From 1983 to 2002 John worked as a NWS Fire Weather Meteorologist providing onsite weather support to numerous Incident Command Teams across the county. In 2002, John transferred to the Center Weather Service Unit in Auburn, Wa.
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