Presentations Tuesday, 13 November ESPC: An Opportunity - Dr. David W. Titley ESPC Overview, Update, Workshop Goals - Dan Eleuterio & Jesse Carman Wednesday, 14 November Demonstrations 1-3 Details and Science Plans Episodic Weather Extremes from Blocking - Chair Stan Benjamin Predicting Atmospheric Blocking - Randy Dole, NOAA/ESRL/PSD Extreme Weather Events: Predictability of Blocking Events and Related High Impact - Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP/CPC The Linkage between Stratospheric Processes and Blocking in the Northern Hemisphere - Judith Perlwitz, NOAA/ESRL/PSD Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Threats - Melinda Peng Tropical Cyclones Seasonal Forecasts - Suzana Camargo, U Columbia Dynamic Hurricane Season Prediction with the NCEP T382 CFS CGCM- Jae Schemm, NCEP/CPC Forecastability of Tropical Cyclone Events on 5-30 Day Timescales - Russ Elsberry, NPS Arctic Ice Predictability - Phil Jones Mechanisms for Predictability of Arctic Sea Ice - Cecilia Bitz, U Washington Sea Ice Predictability in a Rapidly Changing Arctic Environment - Marika Holland, NCAR Navy's Current and Future Ice Forecasting Systems - Pam Posey, NRL-SSC (Jim Richman presenting) Thursday, 15 November Demonstrations 4 & 5 Details and Science Plans Predictability of Circulation, Hypoxia, and Harmful Algal Blooms - Gregg Jacobs Toward the Prediction of K. brevis Red Tide on the West Florida Shelf - Bob Weisberg Predictability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from Monthly to Decadal Timescales for Improved Weather and Climate Forecasts - Jim Richman Decadal AMOC and Climate Prediction at GFDL — Current Status and Plans - Thomas Delworth Interannual Variability of the AMOC and Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5° N observed by RAPID-MOCHA Array - B. Johns Experimental Seasonal Predictions of Hurricanes, Winter Storms, and Precipitation with GFDL's High Resolution Atmosphere Model - S.-J. Lin NOAA's Ecological Forecasting Roadmap: Putting the Pieces Together - Allison Allen Demonstration Outbriefs Demo 1 - Stan Benjamin Demo 2 - Melinda Peng Demo 3 - Phil Jones Demo 4 - Gregg Jacobs Demo 5 - Jim Richman