This book provides readers with a broad understanding of the fundamental principles driving atmospheric flow over complex terrain and provides historical context for recent developments and future direction for researchers and forecasters. The topics in this book are expanded from those presented at the Mountain Weather Workshop, which took place in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, August 5-8, 2008. The inspiration for the workshop came from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Mountain Meteorology Committee and was designed to bridge the gap between the research and forecasting communities by providing a forum for extended discussion and joint education. For academic researchers, this book provides some insight into issues important to the forecasting community. For the forecasting community, this book provides training on fundamentals of atmospheric processes over mountainous regions, which are notoriously difficult to predict. The book also helps to provide a better understanding of current research and forecast challenges, including the latest contributions and advancements to the field.

Mountain Weather Prediction: Phenomenological Challenges and Forecast Methodology.- Diurnal Mountain Wind Systems.Dynamically-driven Winds.- Understanding and Forecasting Alpine Foehn.Boundary Layers and Air Quality in Mountainous Terrain.- Recent Progress on the Theory, Observations, and Predictions of Orographic Precipitation.- Microphysical Processes Within Winter Orographic Cloud and Precipitation Systems.- Observational Techniques: Sampling the Mountain Atmosphere.- Mescoscale Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Numerical and Predictability Perspectives.- Meso- and Fine-scale Numerical Modeling Over Complex Terrain: Parameterizations and Applications.- Numerical Weather Prediction and Weather Forecasting in Complex Terrain.- Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Research To Improve Weather Prediction in Mountainous Regions.