EASTERN REGION TECHNICAL ATTACHMENTS   Year No. Title Author PDF Link 2009 04 An Applied Climatology of Low Visibility Over the Coastal Waters of New Hampshire and Southern Maine James C. Hayes 2009 03 An Examination of Upslope Snow Events in New Hampshire and Western Maine James C. Hayes 2009 02 Verification of Severe Weather Avoidance Plan (SWAP) Forecasts for the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Issued by the National Weather Service Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU), Ronkonkoma, NY Kirt Squires and Kyle Struckmann 2009 01 The Development of a Coastal Flood Nomogram for Southwest Coastal Maine and the Seacoast of New Hampshire (note: large file size due to multimedia) John W. Cannon, Philip S. Bogden, Riley S. Morse, Ian S. Ogilvie, and Thomas A. Shyka (or: full multimedia version-large file size.) 2008 05 The June 19, 2007 Delaware County Flash Flood: A Meteorological and Hydrological Analysis Michael Schaffner, Michael Evans and Justin Arnott 2008 04 Hail in the Gray, Maine County Warning Area James C. Hayes 2008 03 Multi-Year Examination of Dense Fog at Burlington International Airport John M. Goff 2008 02 Anticipating Pulse Severe Thunderstorms Using the WSR-88D All-Tilts Display:  A Case Study Daniel Miller and Anthony Petrolito 2008 01 A Comprehensive Climatology of Significant Tornadoes in the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina County Warning Area (1880-2006) Justin Lane 2007 03 Northern New England Coastal Flooding John Cannon 2007 02 Overview and Model Analysis of the 25-26 January 2004 Carolina Coastal Plain Ice Storm Timothy Armstrong, John Quagliariello, Ron Steve, and Steve Pfaff 2007 01 The Hybrid High Wind Event of March 7, 2004 in the Piedmont of the Western Carolinas Harry Gerapetritis 2006 02 How To Broadcast Selected NOAA Weather Radio Products Over The Internet Dan Hagarty 2006 01 Using A Mesoscale Model To Identify Convective Initiation In An Air Route Traffic Control Center/Center Weather Service Unit (ARTCC/CWSU) Environment Warren R. Snyder , Mark R. McKinley and Allison R. Vegh 2005 04  NDFDClimate Christopher Mello and Robert LaPlante 2005 03  An Investigation of Multisensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) and Operational Use of MPE at the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC) Paula Cognitore 2005 02  The 2-3 January 2002 Winter Storm across Central South Carolina and East Central Georgia: A Precipitation Type Case Study Anthony W. Petrolito 2005 01  Vertically Integrated Liquid Density and Its Associated Hail Size Range Across the Burlington, Vermont County Warning Area Conor T. Lahiff 2004 6 The Eastern new york and Western New England Floods of 14-17 July 2000 Kenneth D. LaPenta, Thomas A. Wasula, and Matthew J. Novak 2004 5 Reliability Trends of the Global Forecast System Model Output Statistical Guidance in the Northeastern US: A Statistical Analysis with Operational Forecasting Applications John M. Goff 2004 4 A Comparison of Two Rain-on-Snow events and the Subsequent Hydrologic Response in Three Small River Basins in Central Pennsylvania Scott Kroczynski 2004 3 On the Behavior of the Critical Success Index Harry Gerapetritis and Joseph M. Pelissier 2004 2  Utilization of BUFKIT in Incident Command Operations and Its Application in the Local Fire Weather Forecast Process Eric C. Evenson and Joshua D. Smith 2004 1  Improving Temperature Verification Results within the IPFS/GFE Framework George J. Maglaras 2003 2 Multiscale Examination of Fire Occurrence In Vermont Eric C. Evenson, Daniel P. St. Jean, and Joshua D. Smith 2003 1 Intelligent Use of a Lapse Rate Smart Tool in the Graphical Forecast Editor Harry Gerapetritis and Laurence G. Lee 2002 5 A WSR-88D Investigation of a Non-characteristic Severe Thunderstorm Over Southeast North Carolina Steven R. Pfaff 2002 4 Characteristics of Recent Northern New England Tornadoes John W. Cannon 2002 3 Development of Warning Criteria for Severe Pulse Thunderstorms In the Northeastern United States Using the WSR-88D Carl S. Cerniglia and Warren R. Snyder 2002 2 Locally Generated Model Output Statistics at WFO Columbia, South Carolina Anthony W. Petrolito and Jeffrey D. Barlow 2002 1 An Updated Look at Some Severe Weather Forecast Parameters Kenneth D. LaPenta, George Maglaras, John W. Center, Sarah A. Munafo and Charles J. Alonge 2001 1 A Climatological Analysis of Winter Precipitation Events at Greenville-Spartenburg, South Carolina Benjamin W. Moyer 2000 5 Lake Effect and Lake Enhanced Snow in the Champlain Valley of Vermont Alexander Tardy 2000 4 A Radar-based Climatology of July Convective Initiation in Georgia and Surrounding Area Douglas E. Outlaw and Michael P. Murphy 2000 3 A Localized Severe Weather Event over Southwestern Ohio on August 24, 1996 Stephen C. Wilkinson and John T. DiStefano 2000 2 A Hydrometeorological Assessment of the October 1996 Record Rainstorm in Maine John W. Cannon 2000 1 Comparison of Above Average Snowfall Seasons to the Occurrence of Winter and Spring Time River Flooding in the Susquehanna River Basin William Marosi and Ned Pryor 99 3 Improving Convective Forecasts in Weakly Forced Environments John LaCorte 99 2 A Light Snow Event Generated Below the 850 mb Level Steven J. Capriola 99 1 A Probability of Precipitation Equation for Columbia, South Carolina Derived from Logistic Regression Harry Gerapetritis 98 10 The Grafton, Vermont, Flood 12-13 June 1996 Jonathan L. Blaes and Kenneth D. LaPenta 98 9 Using Cell-Based VIL Density to Identify Severe-Hail Thunderstorms in the Central Appalachians and Middle Ohio Valley Nicole M. Belk and Lyle D. Wilson 98 8 VIL Density as an Indicator of Hail across Eastern New York and Western New England Jonathan L. Blaes, Carl S. Cerniglia, Jr., and Michael A. Caropolo 98 7 Adding or Degrading a Model Forecast: Anatomy of a Poorly Forecast Winter Storm Richard H. Grumm and Robert E. Hart 98 6 A Local Large Hail Probability Equation for Columbia, SC Mark DeLisi 98 5 An Evaluation of County Level, Climate-Based Temperature Adjustment Factors Jeffrey S. Sites 98 4 Stratification and Mixed Model MOS Techniques to Predict Maximum Temperatures at Columbia, SC Mark DeLisi 98 3 Modifying the Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm:  The Missing Lake Cobbosseecontee Maine Tornado John W. Cannon 98 2 A Case of Severe Elevated Convection Over the Ohio Valley on March 22-23, 1995 Kevin Farina and John DiStefano 98 1 Hurricane Bertha Carin Goodall-Gosnell, Dan Bartholf, John Elardo, Bob Frederick, Cory Gates, Jim Hudgins, and Richard Thacker 97 8 Examination of a Lake-Effect Snow Event with the Focus on new Technology Kevin Barjenbruch, Rick Hiltbrand, James Kosarik, and Robert LaPlante 96 9A An Investigation of the 4 February 1995 Northeastern Snowstorm and a Resulting Snowfall Maximum in the Lower Part of the Delaware River Valley Dean L. Iovino 95 11 Applying Technology: Using Computer Software to Analyze Climatological Data for an Interdisciplinary Meteorological Study Michael B. Sporer 95 9B A Short-term Evaluation of the Automated Surface Observing System at Cleveland, Ohio Victor S. Passetti 95 9A How to use the NGM MOS Guidance Effectively: Part II - Probability of Precipitation Type George J. Maglaras 95 8A The 8 February 1995 Heavy Snow Event Over Northeastern North Carolina Wayne F. Albright and Hugh D. Cobb 95 4A Forecasting Tornadic Versus Non-Tornadic Severe Thunderstorms in New York State Kenneth D. LaPenta 95 3B The Synoptic Characteristics of the 4 November 1992 Tornado Outbreak in North Carolina: A Low-Top, Weak-Reflectivity Severe Weather Episode Neil A. Stuart 95 3A A Case Study of a Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak in Southern Virginia Steven Cobb 95 2B Diagnosing Quasi-Geostrophic Forcing Using PC-GRIDDS: A Case Study David Nicosia 95 2A The Pennsylvania Ice Storm of 7 January, 1995 Richard Grumm and David Michaud 95 1A The Convective Snow Burst of 3 February 1994 in Western Pennsylavania Phillip Manuel and Tom Rolinski 94 12B WSR-88D Observations of Conditional Symmetric Instability Snowbands over Central Pennsylvania Richard H. Grumm and Gregory Forbes 94 12A A Comparison between automated Surface Observing System Observations and Standard Manual Observations During an Arctic Outbreak over the SE U.S. Michael B. Sporer 94 11A An Evaluation of the ASOS Temperature Sensors and Heated Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge at Syracuse, New York Daniel P. Bartholf 94 10A A Case Study of Orographic Enhancement of Helicity in the Lee of the Appalachian Mountains Gregory T. Robbins and Greg L. Dial 94 7B The Prediction of Thunderstorm Wind Gusts Based on Vertically Integrated Water Content and Storm Echo Tops Mark Frazier 94 7A A Case Study of a Severe Weather Event in Northeastern Pennsylvania on July 15, 1992 Michael L. Jurewicz, Sr. 94 6A The Role of Jet Streaks in the Tornadic Development of November 16, 1989 over the Northeast United States Joseph S. Nemeth, Jr. and Kevin J. Farina 94 5A Two Case Studies Illustrating a Method for Predicting Severe Weather Thresholds of Vertically Integrated Liquid in West Virginia Michael S. Evans 94 4B A Technique for Generating Local Pop Guidance During Stratified Precipitation Events at Portland, Maine Hendricus J. Lulofs 94 4A A Study of Thirty Years of Thunderstorms at Buffalo, New York Stephen F. McLaughlin 94 4A Forecasting Tornadic Versus Non-Tornadic Severe Thunderstorms in New York State Kenneth D. LaPenta 94 3A An Examination of the Characteristics of Rain Versus Snow Predictors at Charleston, West Virginia Michael S. Evans 94 2B A Comparison of Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Pennsylvania Kevin J. Farina 94 2A Verification of Cloud Cover Forecasts in the Extended Forecasts of WSFO Indianapolis and WSFO Washington, DC Mark P. DeLisi 93 12B A Case Study of the 22 November 1992 Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak Kevin Tungesvick and Erik Pytlak 93 12C A Heavy Rainfall Event Over Coastal South Carolina Hal Austin 93 12A New York State Tornadoes Kenneth LaPenta and George Maglaras 93 11C An Investigation of Low Cloud Forecasting Using the NGM Gridpoint Data for Raleigh and Charlotte, NC During the Spring of 1991 Michael P. Rusnak 93 11B A Case Study in Support of WINDEX Steven P. Nogueira 93 11A A Method to Forecast Wintertime Instability and Non-Lake Effect SnowSqualls Across Northern New England Weir Lundstedt 93 10A The Use of Aircraft-Reported Temperatures for Determining Precipitation Type Richard D. Mamrosh 93 9A An Analysis of a Lake-Enhanced Rain Event Off Lake Erie Robert R. Mundschenk 93 8A A Study of a "Minor" Severe Weather Outbreak in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania September 10, 1992 Dean L. Iovino 93 7C Trends in Annual and Seasonal Average Temperature at Caribou Maine Charles L. McGill 93 7B A Case Study of a Fast Moving Snowstorm in Central Ohio on January 25, 1992 Gregory S. Smith 93 7A The Role of a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in the Upper Midwest Severe Convective Storms of 4 September 1992 Alan Gerard 93 6A How To Use the NGM MOS Guidance Effectively: Part I - Probability of Precipitation George J. Maglaras 93 5A Synoptic Scale Climatology of Freezing Rain for Buffalo, New York Stephan C. Kuhl 93 4A The 20 November 1989 Northeast Severe Weather Outbreak Kenneth LaPenta and Robert Barton 93 2A The Use of the NGM FOUS Temperature in the Lowest Model Layer (T1) as a Predictor for Maximum Temperature at Providence, Rhode Island Kevin J. Cadima 93 1A Determining the Relationship Between Surface Wind Speed and the Initial Elevation Angle During Radiosonde Releases Hendricus J. Lulofs 92 9A In Search of the Perfect Wave - A New Method to Forecast Waves on the Great Lakes F. Johnson, D. Boyce, LTJG J. Bunn, J. Partain 92 6A An Isentropic Analysis for the Heavy Rainfall Event of September 24-25, 1991 Alan Gerard 92 5A An Analysis of Synoptic Scale Flood Events in the Eastern United States During 1980-1989 Steven J. Capriola 92 4A Waterspouts on Lake Erie - Another Twist Michael T. Eckert and Anton F. Kapela 92 3B Extratropical Storm Surge Guidamce: The MRPECS Bulletin Jeff S. Waldstreicher and Gary Garnett 92 3A Early Cancelation of WW No. 331: ADAP Shows Why Phillip Manuel 91 10B Forecasting the Lake Breeze at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Steven J. Naglic 91 10A The Use of Various Forecast Techniques to Predict Heavy Snow on November 1-2, 1988 Andrew R. Sniezak 91 9A The Evolution of a Severe Hailstorm in Central South Carolina Michael D. Vescio 91 8B Two Case Studies of the Operational Use of Stream Basin Average and Maximum Stream Basin Rainfall Estimates Michael R. Stewart 91 7B A New Verification Scheme George J. Maglaras 91 7A Heavy Snowfall over the Southeast Atlantic Coast on December 22-24, 1989 Lee Czepyha 91 6B Land Breeze Thunderstorm Activity Along the South Carolina Coast Gary Garnet 91 6A MULTIHYD Aquilino F. Lazo 91 5B The Interaction of Jet Stream Dynamics and Cold Air Damming in a Mid-Atlantic Snow Event: Vertical Motion from an Ageostrophic Perspecive James L. Wiesmueller 91 5A Verification of River Stage and Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Richard E. Arkell and Robert E. LaPlante 91 4D The Severe Local Storms of August 27-28 1988, over South Central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania John S. Quinlan 91 4C A Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Episode in Central South Carolina - Part II: Thermodynamic and Kinematic Features Leading to Severe Convection Michael D. Vescio 91 4B A Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Episode in Central South Carolina - Part I: Synoptic Features Leading to Heavy Rainfall Michael D. Vescio 91 4A VIL--A Pragmatic View Louis A. Giordano 91 3B A Case Study of a Mesoscale Snow Event in New York's Capital District Michael E. Wooldridge and Warren R. Snyder 91 3A The 19 July 1990 Mid Atlantic Thunderstorms: Developmental and Lightning Characteristics Raymond H. Brady and James Wiesmueller 91 2C Changes in Observed Temperature at Scranton, Pennsylvania Dean L. Iovino 91 2B A Look at the Lightning Characteristics of the Northern Illinois Tornadic Supercell of August 28, 1990 Richard J. Kane and Kenneth D. LaPenta 91 2A An Evaluation of the Effects of 300 Years of Changing Land Use on the Peak Flows, Base Flow, and Flood Frequency of a Small Pennsylvanian Stream William B. Reed 91 1B NEXRAD (WSR-88D) Training at WSFO Washington, DC Edward R. Schoenberg 91 1A The Reliability of the NGM and LFM FOUS QPF as an Indicator of Measurable Precipitation During the 1988-89 and 1989-90 Cool Seasons in Ohio Frank Kieltyka 90 10A Some Local Applications of Profiler Data James A. Eberwine 90 9B A Winter-Time Maddox Frontal Type Flood Event Steven J. Naglic 90 9A A Late Winter Case Study of Tornado Producing Supercells Jeffrey M. Medlin 90 8D Variations in Tropical Cyclone Characteristics During ENSO Events David R. Vallee 90 8C The Prediction of Lake-Enhanced Snow Squalls in the Champlain Valley of Vermont Richard D. Mamrosh 90 8B A Method to Compare RADAP-II Radar Rainfall to IFLOWS in Real Time John H. Dragomir 90 8A A Preliminary Analysis of the 14 June 1990 Eastern ohio Flash Flood Based on Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Data Richard J. Kane 90 7B A Synoptic Analysis of the Early Ohio and Indiana Snowstorm of October 19-20, 1989 Ronald Holmes 90 7A Hurricane Hugo in the Charlston Area John F. Townsend 90 6C A Local Verification of LFM and NGM Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts for Maine and New Hampshire Steven J, Capriola 90 6B Verification of the Ohio 3 to 5 Day Forecast for 1988 Steven J. Naglic 90 6A Verification of 1988-1989 Fall and Winter MOS/Perfect Prog Temperature Forecasts for Concord, New Hampshire Scott D. Reynolds 90 5E Flooding in Western Ohio on May 26, 1989 Shawn B. Harley 90 5D An Examination of Long-Term Precipitation Trends at Newark, New Jersey Harry G. Woodworth 90 5C Use of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in the Eastern Region Hydrology Program Albert S. Kachic and Solomon G. Summer 90 5B Participation of WSFO Buffalo in the Lake Ontario Winter Storms (LOWS) Project Thomas A. Niziol 90 5A New York State Heavy Snowfall Monday, January 29, 1990 - Tuesday, January 30, 1990 A Case Study Richard D. Webber 90 4B A Case Study on the Significant Atmospheric Cooling which Resulted in Heavy Snowfall over Portions of the Middle Atlantic Region on January 8, 1990 David A. Wert 90 4A Lake Erie Wind Speed Study Lt. Bill Sites 90 2B Mesoanalysis During the Mid-Atlantic Winter Weather Event of December 15, 1989 Richard D. Hitchens, Jr. 90 2A A Case of Missing Data Creating an Erroneous Automated Mesoscale Analysis Product Steven J. Capriola 90 1B A Look at the Time Taken By Meteorlogical Interns to Complete Courses in the Intern Training Program Marvin E. Miller 90 1A An Operational Guide to the Wind Profiler Network Jeff S. Waldstreicher 89 15 Hurricane Hugo Hugh M. Stone and Harvey Thurm 89 14 The New York City Snowstorm That Never Was Anthony Gigi 89 13 Are False Reports Possible on the AFOS LDS Graphic? Rodney F. Gonski 89 12 Rare "Off-Season" Tornado and Severe Weather Outbreak in WSFO Philadelphia Forecast Area Dean P. Gulezian 89 11 Severe Weather Outbreak in the Northwest Piedmont of North Carolina on May 5, 1989 Guy E. Rader 89 10 The Effects of Bad and/or Missing Data on Output from ADAP Jeff S. Waldstreicher 89 9 A Case Study of the Severe Weather Threat to the Middle Atlantic Region on June 26th, 1988 David A. Wert 89 8 An Analysis of the Severe Weather in the Delaware Valley July 17, 1988 Richard D. Hitchens 89 7 All "Lifted Indexes" Are Not the Same Cynthia Scott 89 6 Case Study Applying the High-Wind Warning Decision Tree Jane E. Myers and Michael Fitzsimmons 89 5 The Reliability of FOUS QPF Guidance for the 1988-1989 Cool Season in Ohio Frank Kieltyka and Albert W. Wheeler 89 4 The Effect of Lake Erie Ice Cover On Lake Effect Snow in Northeast Ohio Lynn Maximuk 89 3 A Case Study of Perfect Prog vs MOS POP Forecasts George Maglaras 89 2 Minor Flooding on the Loyalsock and Muncy Creek Watersheds William Babcock and Michael Stewart 89 1 Storm Tracks that Produce Snowfall in Columbus Ohio Ron Holmes 88 20C Location of Thunderstorms on Days with Appalachian Lee Troughs Carl C. Ewald 88 20B NGM and LFM Model Performance for December 1987 - February 1988   88 20A A Diagnostical Relationship Between Stratospheric Cold Air and Warm Surface Temperatures James Eberwine 88 19B A Proposed Scheme for Color Enhancement of Water Vapor Imagery on SWIS Gary Ellrod 88 19A Skill of the NMC Model in Prediction of Explosive Cyclogenesis over the Western North Atlantic in the 1987-88 Season Frederick Sanders 88 17C Marine Forecasts Thomas E. Dunham 88 17B Bomb Checklist and the 1988-1989 Cold Season Eugene Auciello and Frederick Sanders 88 17A A Case for NGM Moisture Convergence and Preciptation Forecasting   88 15B Impact of Computer Worded Forecast Operation on Verification Alan Rezek 88 15A Beam Me Up, or Warning Without a Cause Rod Gonski 88 10B Incorporating Thermal Advection into the Stab Program Temperature Forecast for WSO Dayton Mark P. DeLuisi 88 10A Increased Flood Frequency on Three Rivers in Central and Northern Maine Gerald S. French 88 8B An Analysis of the Flood Event on the Weekend of 26-27 March 1988 in the Northern Susquehanna River Basin Albert Peterlin and Kevin Hlywiak 88 8A Statistical Comparisons of the NGM, LFM and MRF Models John S. Jensenius, Jr. 88 7B The National Weather Service Skywarn Program Ricard Hitchens, Jr. and James Belville 88 7A Ohio Thunderstorm Survey Jim Kosarik and John Taylor 88 18 Benefits of Real-Time Tide Data Clifford Crowley and Steven Thomas 88 13 A Non-Severe Weather Application of Mesos Output Marian D. Peleski 88 12 Real-Time Use of the ADAP Meso-Analysis Program to Forecast a Severe Weather Outbreak Jeff S. Waldstreicher 88 11 Use of Severe Weather Checklist to Delineate Severe Wether Threat and Effect of Supercell on Mesoscale Analysis Dean P. Gulezian 88 9 Convective Feedback Alan Nierow 88 6 Bipole Patterns Revealed by Lightning Locations in Mesoscale Storm Systems R.E. Orville, R.W. Henderson, and L.F. Bosart 88 5 A "Whirlwind" Occurrence in Northern Chesapeake Bay Charles A. Clough and Paul A. Sisson 88 4 Index of Eastern Region Technical Attachments for Calendar Year 1987   88 3 Using Mesoanalysis to Detect East Coast Cyclogenesis   88 2 A Procedure for Forecasting Precipitation Type Using NGM Low Level Temperatures and LFM MOS Frozen Precipitation Probabilities Joseph A. Ronco, Jr. Contact Ken Johnson of ER SSD for the above papers that are not available in electronic format.       Other Region's Technical Attachments   Southern Region Technical Attachments Central Region Technical Attachments Western Region Technical Attachments            SSD Publication home page Eastern Region home page
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