EARTHSCI 3210/5210 Meteorology
Fall 2011
Professor Alan Czarnetzki
Weather Briefing Resources The American Meteorological Society
Other Briefing Resources Curricula Guide
STORM Forecasting Exercise AMS Policy Statement on Bachelor's Degree
Model Display Resource Model Documentation The National Weather Association Central Iowa Chapter
IA Mesonet Air and Waste Management Association
NCDC State of the Climate Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science
November 1998 Midlatitude
Cyclone
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Homework 5 Resources:
Storm Reports Plymouth State Weather Center ThetaE Plots – see inset
Homework 2 Resources:
Lab 1 Resources:
Time UTC Time Conversion Table Online UTC and local time clocks
ASOS sites ASOS map Site Info METAR Identifiers METAR Handbook Quick Reference for Decoding METARs
NWS Reference Guide - Equipment Fed. Met. Handbook No. 12 WBAN Numbers Station Networks from IEM
NCDC Observation Record Common abbreviations used by the NWS – go to p. 8
METAR data: use the “STORM Forecasting Exercise” link above; then go to links under Surface Observations
Lab 2 Resources:
Fed. Met. Handbook No. 3 Sample 500 mb Analysis 500 mb Chart (Problem 1) 850 mb Chart (Problem 2) 300 mb Chart (Problem 3)
Upper Air Plots and Maps: use the “STORM Forecasting Exercise” link above; then go to links under Upper Air Maps
Lab 3 Resources:
Present Weather Symbol Chart Abbreviated Weather Symbol Charts: Version 1 Version 2
Sample Surface Analysis Iowa Surface Weather Plotting Map
Surface Plots and Maps: use the “STORM Forecasting Exercise” link above; then go to links under Surface Maps and Surface Observations
Lab 5 Resources:
Climatology: ALO MCW DSM OTM CID DBQ
Persistence: University of Wyoming
Perfect Prog: Waterloo Mason City Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Other Stations
MOS: ALO MCW DSM OTM CID DBQ Other Locations
Lab 6 Resources:
Precipitable Water Climatology DataStreme Precipitable Water Plot (divide by 2540 to get inches)
Real-Time Precipitable Water from SuomiNet SuomiNet Satellite Derived Total Precipitable Water
Lab 7 Resources:
Current Soundings: SkewT Diagrams from College of DuPage SPC Sounding Analyses
Forecast SkewTs: All models, one time One model, all times SPC Convective Outlook
Lab 8 Resources:
Isentropic Maps from College of DuPage Isentropic Maps from Univ. of Oklahoma Forecast Isentropic Maps
Lab 9 Resources:
Images and Links for Lab 9 Radar Training for Emergency Managers module NOAA Radar Operations Center
Lab 10 Resources:
Case A Case B SPC Sounding Analyses Real-time Hodographs
Lab 12 Resources:
