IFPS Methodology Workshop 

What:  GFE/IFPS Methodology Workshop

Date:  April 21-25, 2003

Where: Forecast Systems Laboratory,  Boulder, CO.

Who is invited:  One (1) IFPS Focal Point from invited offices.

Why:   OCWWS will be co-sponsoring a GFE/IFPS methodology workshop.  The workshop will focus on  issues with spin toward the practical sharing of information.

Contact Information:  Brian Motta (OCWWS) is the workshop lead and can be contacted at (303) 497-6561.  In ER, Rose Miller is the contact. In SR, Jack Settelmaier is the contact. In PR, Ken Waters is the contact.

Accounting code: 20-02-0000-06-00-00-00   A8M1JPDPDF

Actions for attendees prior to the meeting:

1) Due Date: March 14, 2003: Please let your contact know the name of the workshop participant. An email is fine.

2) Due Date: March 21, 2003  Please make hotel reservations by March 21, 2003 to ensure rates at or below per diem and room availability.   Hotel and travel information is at end of agenda.

3) Due Date: April 14:  The success of the workshop will depend heavily on the active participation of the attendees. We are discovering together how to make best use the GFE.  Please select your best local IFPS methodology or practice from your office and be prepared to discuss it.  We are requesting that each office bring a slide or two to explain your best practice and show an example.  E-mail this to Brian and your regional focal point by April 14 . Brian will include these slides on the workshop web site.  These do not have to be your final slides but will help us organize the agenda.

4) Bring a local methodology training guide copy if available.

Agenda

OCWWS   IFPS/NDFD Methodology Workshop

Tuesday, April 22 --------------------------------------------

Wednesday, April 23 -----------------------------------------

Thursday, April 24 --------------------------------------

Workshop Participants

Name/Office	Location	Best Practice Slides and Files
1) Ruth Aiken-RAH	Raleigh, NC	Promoted Practices
2) Clay Anderson- EWX	San Antonio, TX	To Serp or Not to Serp
3) Melinda Bailey-SRH	Fort Worth, TX
4) Sam Beckman - NWSTC	Kansas City, MO	The Daily Forecast Critique
5) Matt Belk- BOX	Taunton, MA	BOX Shift Structure & Maintaining Database/Grid Consistency
6) Mike Buchanan- CRP	Corpus Christi, TX	Streamlining IFPS Operations
7)  Jeffrey Craven-JAN	Jackson, MS
8) Brian Cullen- AKQ	Wakefield, VA	AKQ Wave Tool
9) Chris Darden- HUN	Huntsville, AL	Incorporating Mesoscale Information into GFE
10) Mark DeMaria	Fort Collins, CO	Estimating Probabilities of Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds
11) Matt Duplantis-LCH	Lake Charles, LA	IFPS Methodology for a Coastal Office
12) Dana Griffin-LIX	New Orleans, LA
13) Rachel Gross-Zouzias- SJU	San Juan, PR
14) Jim Hayes- GYX	Gray, ME
15) Jason Hess- JAX	Jacksonville, FL	Converting Fire Weather Mixing Height Tables into GFE Smart Tools   Land/sea Interface Methodology
16) Chip Kasper-EYW	Key West, FL	The Credible-Interval Forecast: An attractive concept for conveying probabilistic information in digital forecasts
17) Rick Knabb-TPC	Miami, FL	Using TPC Guidance for Deterministic WFO IFPS/NDFD Grids NDFD Hurricane Wind Team Team Decision Paper_final.wpd Gridded Summary (wpd) Meeting Notes 0212032 (wpd) TC_Wind_CharterV1 (wpd) TC Wind White Paper (wpd)
18) Jim Kosarik-CLE	Cleveland, OH	Shift Duties and Lake Erie Marine Program
19) Pete Manousos-HPC	Camp Springs, MD	HPC Collaboration
20) John Margraf-LWX	Sterling, VA	Improving the Quality of Forecast Data in LWX CWFA
21) Tom Mazza	Charleston, WV	RLX Smart Tools
22) Dave Metze- PUB	Pueblo, CO	Fire Weather Forecast Grid Development in SC and SE Colorado
23) Dan Miller-CAE	Columbia, SC	T, TD Completeness Procedure
24) Stephen Miller-MOB	Mobile, AL
25) Matthew Moreland- HGX	Houston, TX	IFPS Grid Editing and Product Methodology
26) Dave Novak-ERH	Brookhaven, NY	ER Implementation Schedule/Req. ER Smart Tool Plan ER Smart Tools/Smart Initializations
27) Charlie Paxton-TBW	Tampa, FL	TBW Methodology & Smart Tools
28) Guy Rader- MFL	Miami, FL	Shift Duties at MFL/GFE Grid Manager Layout
29) John Rozbicki- BUF	Buffalo, NY
30) Dave Ruth - MDL	Silver Spring, MD	NDFD Requirements and Update
31) John Schattel- MDL	Silver Spring, MD	MDL Update on IFPS MDL Update on Marine IFPS
32) Michael Scotten- BMX	Birmingham, AL	Local IFPS Practices
33) Jack Settelmaier-SRH	Fort Worth, TX	Local Office and ORD Time Schedule/Requirements NDFD "Hot" Issues
34) Vaughn Smith- FFC	Atlanta, GA
35) Bob Stauber- PHI	Philadelphia, PA	Choose Procedures GUI Publishing Grids to WWW PGTWWW-2 PGTWWW-3
36) Dan St. Jean-CHS	Charleston, SC	IFPS Issues at CHS
37) Matt Tauber-OKX	Brookhaven, NY
38) Kurt VanSpeybroeck-BRO	Brownsville, TX	POP - We Want It But Never Get It
39) Jamie Vavra-OCWWS	Silver Spring, MD	Vision for IFPS Marine and Coastal Forecast Products
40) Matt Volkmer- MLB	Melbourne, FL	Utilizing Local Analysis Grids from ADAS
41) Bill Ward- GUM	Guam
42) Ken Waters-PRH	Honolulu, HI
43) Irv Watson- TAE	Tallahassee, FL	Mesoscale Climatologies in GFE Forecasting Air Temps Over Water
44)Shannon White - OCWWS	Silver Spring, MD	Collaboration Methodology
-----local participants -----------
45) Brian Motta-OCWWS	Boulder, CO
46) Mark Mathewson-FSL	Boulder, CO
47) Tracy Hansen-FSL	Boulder, CO
48) Tom LeFebvre-FSL	Boulder, CO
49) Mike Romberg-FSL	Boulder, CO
50) Deb Miller-FSL	Boulder, CO
51) Carl Bullock-FSL	Boulder, CO
52) Patrice Kucera-FSL	Boulder, CO
53) Woody Roberts-FSL	Boulder, CO
54) Eric Thaler- BOU	Boulder, CO
55) Todd Dankers- BOU	Boulder, CO

Recommended Prerequisites

Workshop Hotel

Homewood Suites- Boulder, CO
4950 Baseline Road
Boulder, CO
Telephone:  303-499-9922

A block of 45 rooms is being held at government per diem until March 21, 2003. Please call to book your room and guarantee with a credit card as soon as possible. Room rate is $93. The unclaimed rooms will be  released by the hotel after this date.

Check in:  April 21
Check out: April 25

Important: When calling the hotel to make your room reservation, please refer to the following name/code:  "Workshop IFPS"

Per diem for Boulder, Colorado area is:  $93.00 lodging and $46 for M&IE.

Shuttle information for airport to hotel:

SUPER SHUTTLE INFO -  FROM Denver International Airport (DIA) TO Boulder:
Telephone:  303-444-0808
Cost:  $19/per one way....or $36 for round trip.
Hours of operation:  They run 10 minutes past each hour:  Starting at 6:10 AM, Last shuttle time is 11:10 PM.

HOMEWOOD HOTEL SHUTTLE:
Hours of operation:  7:00 am - 5:00 pm (holds 7 people at a time.)   I have "reserved" the shuttle service for a first come basis for the IFPS group to use, however, please note that the last shuttle is 5:00 pm.
The room rate is $93.00 per night which is government per diem.
 
Additional visitor information about FSL may be found here.

Cars/Buses

There is good, frequent  public transportation to/from the Denver International Airport to Boulder hotels.  There is both a regional RTD bus, and several van companies.

Security

Other IFPS Methodology Workshops:

Workshop #1: January 2003- WR, CR, SR, PR, AR

Workshop #2: March 2003- SR, CR, ER

Workshop #3: March 2003- AR,ER,SR,CR

Workshop #4: April 2003- PR,ER,SR  (this page)

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