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SeCAPS Official Agenda

Friday Afternoon Session

4:30-5:00 pm
Registration

5:00-5:10 pm
Welcome & Introduction

5:15-5:40 pm
Assessing the 2012 Christmas Day Mid-Range Severe Thunderstorm Threat using the Cooperative
Institute for Precipitation Systems Analog Guidance

-Jeff Medlin, NWS Mobile, AL

5:40-6:00 pm
Associating Magnitudes of Severe Weather Diagnostic Variables to Practically Perfect Probabilities of Severe Weather

-Dr. Chad Shafer, University of South Alabama

6:00-6:20 pm
US Navy METOC RND Process and Recent Success

-Kevin Lacroix, US Navy CNMOC

6:20-6:30 pm
10 MINUTE BREAK

6:30-7:15 pm
Ensembles and Hurricanes

-Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sharan Majumdar, University of Miami

7:30-9:30 pm
Mixer at Faculty Club

Saturday Morning Session

8:00-8:30 am
Registration

8:30-8:40 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:40-9:00 am
The Hectic Days of Late February Through Early March 2012

-John Gordon, NWS Louisville, KY

9:00-9:20 am
Utilizing Social Media Before, During, & After Major Weather Events -A WFO perspective

-Morgan Barry & John Purdy, NWS Mobile, AL

9:20-10:05 am
Elevated Convection and Generating Cells in Continental Winter Cyclones:
High-Resolution Measurements from the Wyoming Cloud Radar

-Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bob Rauber, University of Illinois

10:05-10:15am
10 MINUTE BREAK

10:15-10:35 am
Introduction to the Capabilities and Benefits of the WSR-88D Dual Polarization Radar

-John Purdy, NWS Mobile, AL

10:35-11:20 am
An Abuse of Power

-Keynote Speaker: Chris Franklin, WVUE/Fox 8 New Orleans

11:20-11:30am
10 MINUTE BREAK

11:30-12:30 pm
Panel Discussion

12:30-1:50 pm
LUNCH

Saturday Afternoon Session

1:50-2:25 pm
Poster Session & SWERV Tours

2:25-2:45 pm
The Kentucky Mesonet: Enhancing the National Weather Service Mission

-John Gordon, NWS Louisville, KY

2:45-3:05 pm
Loading, Transfer, & Fate of Atmospheric Benzene from Oil Spills

-Sid King, University of South Alabama

3:05-3:25 pm
NWS New Orleans / Baton Rouge IDSS Pilot Project:
Impact-Based Decision Support in a Marine Environment

-Matthew J. Moreland, NWS Slidell, LA

3:25-3:35 pm
10 MINUTE BREAK

3:35-4:20 pm
The Challenges of the 2012 Hurricane Season

-Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jack Beven, National Hurricane Center


Previous Agendas: MS Word Format
SeCAPS 2013
SeCAPS 2012
SeCAPS 2011
SeCAPS 2010
SeCAPS 2009
SeCAPS 2008
SeCAPS 2007
SeCAPS 2006
SeCAPS 2005
SeCAPS 2004
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