The Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop A Brief
History Tom Niziol National Weather Service Buffalo, NY
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The First U.S. Canada Informal Technique Exchange and Gab
Session On Lake Effect Snowsqualls October 10-11 1991 The First
Meeting - 1991
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Toronto Buffalo Ann Arbor Syracuse Memphis October 10-11
1991
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Second Annual Workshop December 9-11 1992
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Toronto Buffalo
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Toronto Buffalo Windsor Syracuse Ann Arbor Downsview Cleveland
Traverse City London Grand Rapids Niagara Falls Milwaukee Ithaca
History of Host Locations for GLOMW 1991 - 2011
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Toronto Buffalo Windsor Syracuse Ann Arbor Downsview Cleveland
Traverse City London Grand Rapids Niagara Falls Milwaukee Ithaca
Duluth Chicago Green Bay Marquette Ottawa Sault St. Marie Host
Locations and Potential Future Candidates
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Special presentations 1 st Talk 1 st Model Talk Jeopardy
Twisted Sykes Dale MLB etc Brian Murphy - Deer Mammy TAMDAR Myer
History Mahoney Ticking Box Windsor Casino Syracuse Space Weather
London Comedy Club Buffalo No Food Louis, Mike Eckert, Steve Weiss,
Jeff, Old Doppler radar 92-93 Snow Storm
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How Many Presentations ??
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The Major Topics Breakdown
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Winter vs. Summer
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The Major Topics Breakdown Winter Lake Effect Snow Lake Effect
Rain Synoptic Snow Lake and Land Breeze (Winter) Forecast Ops
(Winter) Modelling (Winter) Radar (Winter) Satellite (Winter) Field
Projects (Winter) Freezing Rain and Ice Storms Thunder Snow
Waterspouts Ice Cover Summer Severe Thunderstorms Tornadoes
Flooding and Excessive Rain Lake and Land Breeze (Summer) Forecast
Ops (Summer) Modelling (Summer) Radar (Summer) Satellite (Summer)
Field Projects (Summer) Lightning - Summer Fire Weather Heat
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Winter Topics
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Summer Topics
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Marine Topics
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Miscellaneous Topics
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Presenters
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Building Our Knowledge Base Lake Effect Snow Rules of
ThumbEmpirical Studies New Data SetsImproved Remote Sensing
Improved Numerical Simulations Increased Overall Knowledge Better
Customer Service
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Building From a Solid Foundation 1991 - Empirical Forecast
Methods 1993 A Discussion About The Land-Sea Mask Associated With
The NGM New Data Sets (forecast sounding profiles) pre BUFKIT 1994
Use of Ballentine Lake Effect Snow Model in Maritime Provinces 1995
A Comparison Between the 40km Meso-ETA and 80km NGM During a Hybrid
Synoptic-Lake Effect Snow Storm Over the Great Lakes 1996 -
Estimating Snowfall Rates from the Integration of Satellite, Radar
and Ground Truth in Lake Effect Situations 1997 - Operational Use
of a Mesoscale Model for Predicting Lake Effect Snow in Upstate New
York 1998 Using the RUC-2 to Improve Short Term Forecasts During a
Great Lakes Winter Event 1999 - The Role of Multi-Lake Interactions
in the Modulation of Lake Effect Snow Events
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Building From a Solid Foundation 2000 - Impact of Additional
Soundings in The Great Lakes Region on a Mesoscale Model Simulation
2001 Cross-lake Evolution of Lake Effect Snow Events Classic and
Enhanced 2002 Prediction of Mesoscale Morphology of Winter Lake
Effect Snow Circulations: Modelling and Observational Analysis 2003
Numerical Study of Upwind Atmospheric Conditions on Lake Effect
Snow Development 2004 Utilization of the WFO CLE Workstation-ETA
Model for Lake Effect Snow Forecasting
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Building From a Solid Foundation 2005 The North American
Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Model 2006 Simulation of a Lake
Effect Snow Storm Using the WRF Model 2007 The WSR-88D Snow
Accumulation Algorithm Verification in Upper Michigan 2008 The
Northeast Regional Ensemble Model Simulation of the February 10
2008 Lake Effect Snow Event: WRF Wind Biases and Their Implications
of Forecast Snow Band Position 2010 Comparing GEM15km, GEMLAM 2.5km
and RUC 13km Model Simulations of Mesoscale Features Over Southern
Ontario.
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Interesting Topics 1992 How Not To Schedule a Winter Weather
Conference 1993 - Tea-Kettle Effect Snow 1994 Windsor: How Not To
Show Up As First Speaker of the Day 1995 Prof. Mark Wysocki :
Exploring Planetary Atmospheres: An Examination of Atmospheric
Phenomena Throughout Our Solar System 1996 How Not To Use Wizard of
Oz Sound Clips During Tornado Talk 1997 TWISTED - Environment
Canadas Answer to the Movie Twister 1998 International Jeopardy:
AES/NWS Version of the Goodwill Games 1999 Hurricane Huron (also,
The One-Eyed Moose)
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Interesting Topics 2000 Lake Effect - European Style or How I
Missed the Eclipse 2001 Smogs Retreat From the Rust Belt 2002
Traverse City - Field Trip to The Great Bear Sand Dunes 2003 -
London October 1-3, 10cm or so of fresh snow. and who can forget
YUK-YUKS !! 2004 Buffalo International Incident Averted 2005 Ohio
vs. Michigan: Great Lakes Rivals 2006 The Great Lakes Effect on
MLB, Fantasy or Fact and the appearance of General Albert Myer, 1
st Director of the NWS 1870 2007 A Late Season Yooper Blizzard 2010
What Does a Hognose and Amaryllis Have in Common??
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Interesting Topics Exploring The Grape Lakes Whats Wrong With
Canada Souper Computer, Building Ensembles In A Bottle
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Summary Over 500 Presentations means 500 Opportunities for
Authors to Learn 500 Opportunities for Others to Learn Nineteen
Workshops To Network and Nurture Further Collaboration
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The End Old Forecasters Dont Die, They Just Get A Little Flaky
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