IMPACT 2010 – STORM Project Resources
Professor Alan Czarnetzki
STORM Project STORM’s Level 1 Classroom Activities: Activities Images
STORM Forecasting Exercise STORM’s Level 2 Classroom Activities: Activities Images
Resources for Surface Weather Observations
Time UTC Time Conversion Table METAR Identifiers ASOS sites ASOS map
Basic Weather Map Symbols Complete Weather Symbol Chart Iowa Surface Weather Plotting Map
Climatology: MCW DSM ALO OTM DBQ CID
Persistence: Hourly Reports in plain language (reports contain 6-hourly highs and lows at appropriate times)
University of Wyoming has detailed hourly reports in UTC
Cooperative Stations gives you access to daily local reports
National Weather Service Forecasts:
Des Moines Office of the National Weather Service Davenport Office of the National Weather Service
La Crosse Office of the National Weather
Service
National Weather Service
Forecasting with Conceptual Models:
Sager Weathercaster Sager Weathercaster (this version has more background information)
Note: The wind direction change options are Steady, Backing, or Veering. When the wind direction changes in a
clockwise sense over time, we say it’s veering (e.g., when a south wind becomes southwest over time).
When the wind direction changes in a counterclockwise sense over time, we say it’s backing (e.g., when a south wind
becomes southeast over time)
Web Cams in Iowa – great way to practice identifying cloud types and cloud cover!
A resource to use with your Season Demonstration Globe: Day and Night Across the Earth
