12th Annual Great Divide Workshop

Billings, Montana - October 7-9, 2008

The National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Billings and Glasgow invite you to participate in the 12th Annual Great Divide Weather Workshop on October 7-9, 2008 in Billings, Montana.

Hotel Rooms:

Crowne Plaza Hotel

Cost: $70.00 / night
Location: 27 North 27th Street - Downtown Billings
Phone: 406-252-7400 or 1-800-588-7666
Airport Transportation: Free - Provided by the hotel

Best Western ClockTower Inn:

Cost: $70.00 / night
Location: 2511 1st Avenue North - Across from Crowne Plaza Hotel
Phone: 406-259-5511
Airport Transportation: Free - Provided by the hotel

Guest Speakers:

Keynote Speaker: Dusan Zrnic - NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
           Topic: Dual Polarization - The Forthcoming Formidable Asset on the NWS Radars

Banquet Keynote Speaker: Ron Johnson - Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center
           Topic: Avalanche Center Overview

Geoff DiMego - NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center
           Topic: Mesoscale Modeling at NCEP: Where We Are and Where We're Going

David Stensrud - NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
           Topic: Bias Correction of Forecast Near Surface Variables

Eve Gruntfest - University of Colorado
           Topic: Conceptual Model of Warning Accuracy

Greg West - University of Utah
           Topic: Mechanisms of Frontogenesis over the Intermountain West

Banquet:

Location: Skyview Room - 20th floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Cost: $29.00, collected upon workshop registration
Date: Wednesday, October 8 - 5:30 PM: Social Hour / 6:30 PM: Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Ron Johnson - Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center
RSVP: If you did not RSVP with the registration above
            please do so by October 2 to: Wr.Great.Divide.Workshop@noaa.gov
            No RSVP changes may be made beyond October 2 due to the hotel's strict policy of
            requiring an accurate count of people several days in advance of the banquet. If you
            RSVP, please be prepared to pay the banquet fee upon registration.

More information can be obtained by contacting the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Billings at 406-652-0851 or Glasgow at 406-228-4042 or by email: Wr.Great.Divide.Workshop@noaa.gov