Contents Blowdown Event Y2K Ready? FX-Net Development 3-D Visualization FX-Connect Turbulence Etcetera Publications Contact The Editor Design: Wilfred von Dauster

Blowdown Event The 1997 Rocky Mountain Forest Blowdown Event - The destruction of thousands of acres of old growth forest is but one of several catastrophic results of the October 1997 Rocky Mountain Winter Storm. Y2K Ready? Y2K and Beyond: Is FSL Ready? - As the year 2000 approaches, the dire predictions of global computer chaos have been growing even louder. FX-Net Development FX-Net to Provide Internet Access to WFO-Advanced Workstation Products - FSL is developing FX-Net, an Internet-based meteorological PC workstation, that can create sophisticated products using the WFO-Advanced system and transmit them over the Internet to a client workstation. 3-D Visualization The Evolution of 3-D Visualization Development at FSL - New visualization tools are being designed to display meteorological datasets for use in operational forecasting. FX-Connect FX-Connect (FXC): A Java-Based Collaborative Working Environment for FX- Advanced - The FX-Connect system explores distributing the workstation and server functions over different remote locations. Turbulence Clear Air Turbulence: Assessing Algorithm Performance - Under the sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration, several diagnostic turbulence forecasting algorithms have been designed and tested at FSL. Etcetera... News and events from the Director's Office and FSL Divisions. Recent Publications A list of publications by FSL authors since the previous FSL Forum.