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12th Annual Great Divide Workshop

12th Annual Great Divide Workshop

Billings, Montana - October 7-9, 2008



The National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Billings and Glasgow invite you to participate in the 12th Annual Great Divide Weather Workshop on October 7-9, 2008 in Billings, Montana.

Click Here for the Workshop Agenda

The Workshop Agenda is in PDF format. To view the Speaker List Download Adobe Reader

Dates and Location:

Registration: October 7 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Start Date/Time: October 7 - 1:00 PM
End Date/Time: October 9 - 4:30 PM
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel - 27 North 27th Street - Downtown Billings
Workshop Room: Conference Room 5 - 3rd Floor
Internet Access: Free wireless Internet available

Hotel Rooms:

Crowne Plaza Hotel ($70.00 / night Government Rate Sold Out):

Cost: $70.00 / night
Location: 27 North 27th Street - Downtown Billings
Phone: 406-252-7400 or 1-800-588-7666
Airport Transportation: Free - Provided by the hotel

Best Western ClockTower Inn:

Cost: $70.00 per night by mentioning the National Weather Service
                Rooms are available from the nights of October 6-9
                Reservations must be made by September 15 to ensure this rate by calling the hotel.
Location: 2511 1st Avenue North - Across from Crowne Plaza Hotel
Phone: 406-259-5511
Airport Transportation: Free - Provided by the hotel

Presenters and Attendees:

The deadline to sign up to present has passed. Thank you to those who have signed up to present.

Presenters: If you have not submitted your abstract, please do so as soon as possible to be included in the workshop preprint.

If you would still like to sign up to attend the workshop, please email the following registration information to: Wr.Great.Divide.Workshop@noaa.gov

  • Name
  • Organization
  • Email Address
  • Attending Banquet?

Guest Speakers:

Keynote Speaker: Dusan Zrnic - NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
           Topic: Dual Polarization - The Forthcoming Formidable Asset on the NWS Radars

Banquet Keynote Speaker: Ron Johnson - Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center
           Topic: Avalanche Center Overview

Geoff DiMego - NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center
           Topic: Mesoscale Modeling at NCEP: Where We Are and Where We're Going

David Stensrud - NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
           Topic: Bias Correction of Forecast Near Surface Variables

Eve Gruntfest - University of Colorado
           Topic: Conceptual Model of Warning Accuracy

Greg West - University of Utah
           Topic: Mechanisms of Frontogenesis over the Intermountain West

Banquet:

Location: Skyview Room - 20th floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Cost: $29.00, collected upon workshop registration
Date: Wednesday, October 8 - 5:30 PM: Social Hour / 6:30 PM: Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Ron Johnson - Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center
RSVP: If you did not RSVP with the registration above
            please do so by October 2 to:
Wr.Great.Divide.Workshop@noaa.gov
            No RSVP changes may be made beyond October 2 due to the hotel's strict policy of
            requiring an accurate count of people several days in advance of the banquet. If you
            RSVP, please be prepared to pay the banquet fee upon registration.

Parking:

Free parking is available in the hotel parking lot adjacent to the hotel (South). You may also park for free in the Park 2 parking garage adjacent to the hotel (North) and validate the parking ticket at the front desk of the hotel.

Additional Information:

More information can be obtained by contacting the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Billings at 406-652-0851 or Glasgow at 406-228-4042 or by email: Wr.Great.Divide.Workshop@noaa.gov


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