1. Monday March 31, 2003 0830Welcome, Meeting Objectives and Brief Project Status 0840Aircraft update (Jorgensen, Wakimoto, Lee) 1015Break 1030Forecasting Update (Weisman, Przybylinski) 1200Lunch 1300GBOS update (Knupp) 1500Break 1515Operations Center and Communications Update (Dirks, Daniels) 1645Preview of Day 2 1700Adjourn 1705Reception: Cafeteria Atrium BAMEX Operational Planning Meeting

2. Tuesday April 1, 2003 0830Review of daily timeline and decision process 0945Break 1000Breakout sessions to discuss Ops Plan sections (emphasize decision process) Aircraft (Rm. 1001) GBOS (Rm. 1002) Ops Center and Communications (Rm. 1003) 1215Lunch 1315Anatta: media relations 1340Plenary summaries and discussion 1500Break 1515Plenary summaries and discussion continued 1600Summary of action items 1630Adjourn

3. Goals of Meeting  Bring everyone “up to speed” on project facilities and objectives.  Review and discuss operations strategy with emphasis on timing and process of decisions.  Discuss Operations Plan draft and fill in the gaps.

4. Dates: 20 May to 6 July, 2003 Base: Mid-America Airport (Illinois)

5. FacilityPIRequested Hours/Expendables NOAA P-3 AircraftJorgensen (NSSL)148 Microphysical Measurements on NOAA P-3 McFarquhar/Rauber (UIUC) N/A NRL P-3 Aircraft (ELDORA) Wakimoto (UCLA) Lee (NCAR) 135 Lear JetDavis (NCAR)100 hrs/450 dropsondes University of Alabama/Huntsville Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS) Knupp (UAH)N/A Ground-Based Mobile Sounding System (2) Weisman (NCAR)450 sondes Probe Vehicle (1)Dowell (NCAR)N/A