EARTHSCI 3210/5210 Meteorology
Fall 2012
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 National Hurricane Center
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NY Times Essay: The Weatherman Is Not a Moron (Original)
Homework 5 Resources:
Storm Reports Plymouth State Weather Center ThetaE Plots – see inset
Homework 2 Resources:
Help file for NAM MOS MOS Data
Climatology: ALO MCW DSM OTM CID DBQ MLI BRL SUX
Persistence: Hourly
Reports for
Other States (select graphical option after state name)
Hourly
Reports for
University of Wyoming has detailed hourly reports in UTC Maps of ‘Overnight Lows’ and ‘Daytime Highs’
Lab 1 Resources:
Time UTC Time Conversion Table Online UTC and local time clocks Common Wind Directions
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 MLI BRL SUX
Persistence: Hourly
Reports for
Other States (select graphical option after state name)
Perfect Prog: ALO MCW DSM OTM CID DBQ MLI BRL SUX MSN MKE FSD HON MHE Other Stations
MOS: MOS Data
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 UNI’s Radiometer
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 Archived Hodographs
Lab 12 Resources:
Lab 13 Resources :
