1. NWS P ACIFIC R EGION P ROVING G ROUND A CTIVITIES Jordan Gerth 20 January 2016

2. Progress Himawari-8 Workshops – WFO Guam Two full workshops in November 2015 – WFO Honolulu Two mini workshops in December 2015 Two full workshops in April 2016 – Training Community (Boulder) One mini workshop in February 2016 – Liaisons and OPG (Kansas City) One full workshop in March 2016

3. Workshop at WFO Guam

4. Progress AWIPS II Development – VIIRS Active Fires visualization plug-in Developed as part of the NASA EPDT – HimawariCast and HimawariCloud Ability to create AWIPS-ready tiles from HimawariCast – CSPP-Geo team Available to Honolulu and Guam forecast offices Receiving a subset in Wisconsin – Jun Li’s All-Weather Precipitable Water Product Available in GRIB2 for Guam from Himawari-8

5. All Weather Precipitable Water

6. OCONUS Meeting Dates: 27 through 30 June 2016 – Opportunity to leave Thursday night to return home on Friday for three-day weekend Meeting hotel: Hilton Hawaiian Village Meeting location: University of Hawaii – Manoa Initial attendee list and draft agenda are complete, subject to revision with executive board later this week – Expect notifications in February 2016 – Almost all attendees will also be presenters

7. Other Topics Visiting Scientist Program – Proposals due soon Guam L/X-band antenna for JPSS reception On-site polar-orbiting satellite training – Puerto Rico – Guam? Possible OCONUS-SPC “Pacific Thunder” Mini Meeting at GOES-R Launch

8. Questions? Bill.Ward@noaa.gov Eric.Lau@noaa.gov Jordan.Gerth@noaa.gov