[californiadisasters] 6th SW Hydrometeorology Symp. 9/27-28/11.

6th SW Hydrometeorology Symposium 27-28 Sep 2011

Save the dates! The 6th Southwest Hydrometeorology Symposium will be held at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, on 27-28 September 2011.

Join us for two days of interactive climate and weather forecasting sessions that will include impacts of forecasts and feedback on how NOAA products are used by the agricultural community, utility companies, water resource and flood plain managers, urban planners, emergency first responders, environmental agencies, sports and recreation industry, insurance companies, the media, and private enterprises and other governmental agencies. Topics for discussion will include drought, water resources, NOAA's climate services, and extreme weather events including, but not limited, to excessive heat, severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, dust storms, and hail.

We anticipate one day will be focused on climate/seasonal forecasts and impacts including drought (what it means in the West, how it is determined, and what the drought disaster declarations mean) and water resources, from snowpack to run-off to flooding, both surface and groundwater. The other day will focus on short-term forecasting of weather events, including watches and warnings (what they mean, how they are interpreted and used, and what needs are yet unmet by the current products) and NOAA Climate Services (what they include, how they will be delivered, and principal roles the NWS, State Climatologists, RCs, RISAs, and stakeholder communities play).

Providers and users of weather and climate information will be given a forum at this Symposium. Hopefully, lessons learned from the Symposium will serve to 1) improve in product usefulness to the user communities and 2) discover/address information gaps which currently exist between providers and customers.

Hope to see you at the Symposium!

Source: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/pns/symposium/

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