Ohio State hosts annual symposium on severe weather

Lake-effect snow and prediction of severe weather are topics of the 8th annual Ohio Weather Symposium at The Ohio State University. The conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday (5/7) at the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road.

The symposium is hosted by the Ohio State University Meteorology Club, the Department of Geography and Atmospheric and Climatic Studies, the National Weeather Service Office and the Ohio River Forecast Center in Wilmington. It features speakers from a wide range of meteorological specialties who will discuss severe-weather research, forecasting and presentation. The symposium is free and open to the public.

A conference schedule is at http://geog-www.sbs.ohio-state.edu/metclub/ Among the highlights:

9:15-10 a.m. Jim Kosarik and Chris Mello, National Weather Service(NWS), Cleveland, Utilization of the Cleveland NWS Workstation ETA Model and Lake Effect Snow

10-10:45 a.m. Tom Johnstone, NWS, Wilmington, Implementation of the Ohio Valley Mesonet

11-11:45 a.m. Jeff Dobur, NWS, Peach Tree City, GA, Model-Derived Precipitation Efficiency: An Operational Forecast Tool

1:15-2 p.m. Carolyn Merry, professor of Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University, Uses of Remote Sensing in Meteorology

2-2:45 p.m. Dongjun Seo, NWS Office of Hydrologic Development Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using WSR-88D: The Hydrologic Story

3-3:45 p.m. Dan McCarthy – NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, May 2003 Series of Outbreaks: Comparisons to Climatological Trends

WHAT:8th annual Ohio Weather Symposium

WHEN: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday (5/7)

WHERE: Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road.