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Southern Thunder Workshop

Join us at the Southern Thunder Workshop in Fort Worth, Texas to collaborate with lightning data producers and decision-makers. Explore scientific advancements, develop forecasting applications, and enhance operational decision-making using total lightning data.

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Southern Thunder Workshop

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  1. Southern Thunder Workshop Fort Worth, Texas July 25-27, 2005

  2. Southern ThunderWorkshop Goals • Bring total lightning data and product producers together with the product and decision-making consumers • Form collaborations to advance scientific understanding of thunderstorm processes • Develop and evaluate nowcasting/short-term forecasting and warning decision-making applications that use total lightning in an operational environment

  3. Southern ThunderWorkshop Outcomes 3 Breakout Groups with moderators to address tasks, issues, priorities, roles/responsibilities, schedules in the following areas: • Product Definition and Generation- Nick Demetriades/Vaisala, Inc. • Detection Efficiency, Performance Metrics, Accuracy- Bill Rison/NMT • Management of WES Cases, Training, and Assessments- Jason Burks/NWSFO HUN

  4. AMS Annual MeetingJanuary 9-13, 2005, San Diego • Recap of Issues • AWIPS enhancements to improve LMA/LDAR product utility-(e.g., SCIT cell tracking, trending, cross-sections, visualizations) • Simplified collaboration management and communication to prioritize, schedule and complete joint tasks • Survey value and total lightning benchmarking • WES Cases

  5. NWS Severe Weather Technology WorkshopJuly 12-14, 2005 Silver Spring • Meeting Recap and Looking to the Future • AWIPS • Long list of proposed upgrades- 140 items on wish list- already in the queue [autonowcaster, WDSII too costly to integrate- will transition bits and pieces into operational suite] • Don’t expect any near-term help for lightning needs • AWIPS recompete underway • NEXRAD “All-tilts” primary radar product used for warning • “Warn on Forecast” • Warnings to reaffirm forecasts, a continuum of information • Tornado/Severe Lead time Improvement- with a $600M budget, NOAA is not going to get another $30-60M to improve warning lead time by 5 minutes, “Don Wernly” • Short-comings- focus on event itself; for warning decision making need to provide information to allow people to personalize their risk!

  6. NWS Severe Weather Technology WorkshopJuly 12-14, 2005 Silver Spring • Meeting Recap and Looking to the Future • Dual-Polarization Upgrade to WSR88D • Beta test 2008, 2-yr deployment • Hydrometeor ID- potential sensor fusion opportunity with Lightning • GOES-R • Largest acquisition ever by Commerce, 2012 launch • 84 algorithms and 152 products • Baseline sensor suite includes Lightning Mapper- phase A RFP release before end of July Need for data/product integration, not enough “good” mesoscale data, warnings need to convey probability/impact on end user

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