DAY 1: MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1999 8:00 - 8:30 Registration Plaza B 8:30 - 10:00 Introductions and Course Overview (Ken Crawford and Dale Morris) Plaza B BREAK 10:15 - 11:45 Introduction to the Internet and Netscape Communicator (Renee McPherson) Plaza B LUNCH 1:00 - 1:30 Weather Briefing (KC) N106 1:30 - 2:30 Netscape Communicator, WxScope, and NIDS Viewer (RM, Robb Young, & Brad Stanley) N106 BREAK 2:45 - 3:45 WxScope and NIDS Viewer, continued N106 BREAK 4:00 - 5:30 FirstClassTM (RM) N106 DINNER On Your Own 7:00 - 9:30 Computer Lab Open N106 DAY 2: TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1999 8:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Meteorology Kevin Kloesel Plaza A BREAK 10:15 - 11:45 NIDS Interpretation: Basic Radar Principles (DM) LUNCH 1:00 - 1:30 Weather Briefing (KK) N106 1:35 - 2:45 NIDS Interpretation: Reflectivity Products (DM) Plaza A BREAK 3:00 - 4:30 NIDS Interpretation: Velocity & Precipitation Products (DM) Plaza A BREAK 4:45 - 5:30 Lab Activity: Dallas/Ft. Worth Storms of May 5,1995 (KC) N106 DINNER 7:00 - 9:00 Reception at the Home of Ken and Charlotte Crawford DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1999 8:00 - 10:00 Severe Weather (KC) Plaza B BREAK 10:15 - 11:45 Mesonet Interpretation (DM) Plaza B LUNCH 1:00 - 1:30 Weather Briefing (KC) N106 1:30 - 2:45 Lab Activity: April 26, 1991 (KC) N106 BREAK 3:00 - 4:00 Fire Weather (J.D. Carlson) Plaza B 4:05 - 5:00 Lab Activity: Fire Weather (Derek Arndt) N106 5:00 - 5:30 Dialogue with Project Staff (DM & KC) N106 DINNER 7:00 - 9:30 Computer Lab Open N106 DAY 4: THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 8:00 - 10:00 Flash Flooding & Heavy Precipitation (KK) Plaza B BREAK 10:15 - 11:30 River Flooding and the Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center John Schmidt, ABRFC in Tulsa Plaza B LUNCH 1:00 - 1:30 Weather Briefing (KK) N106 1:35 - 2:45 The Warning Process: A Case Study (Steve Piltz, WFO Tulsa) Plaza B BREAK 3:00 - 4:15 Lab Activity: Virginia Floods (KC) N106 BREAK 4:30 - 5:30 Lab Activity: River Flooding (Mark Shafer) N106 DINNER 7:00 - 9:30 Computer Lab Open DAY 5: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999 8:00 - 9:30 Lab Activity: April 2, 1994 (KC) N106 BREAK 9:45 - 11:15 Lab Activity: May 22, 1996 (DM) N106 11:15 - 11:45 Weather Briefing (KC) N106 LUNCH 1:00 - 2:45 Lab Activity: August 17, 1994 (DM, KC) N106 2:45 - 3:30 Course Wrap-up and Graduation Ceremony (DM, KC) N106 OK-FIRST Project, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, 100 East Boyd Street, Suite 1210, Norman, OK 73019. Copyright © 1996-97 Oklahoma Climatological Survey. All Rights Reserved. Send comments or questions concerning OK-FIRST to dmorris@ou.edu