IMPACT 2011 – 2012: STORM Project Resources

Professor Alan Czarnetzki Email: Alan.Czarnetzki@uni.edu

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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 Station Identifiers ASOS sites ASOS map

Basic Weather Map Symbols Complete Weather Symbol Chart Iowa Surface Weather Plotting Map

Satellite and Radar Images Interactive Surface Weather Map Generator Archived Data

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Forecasting Exercise Forecast Submission Form

Climatology: ALO MCW DSM OTM CID DBQ

Climate Data for the U.S.

Persistence: Hourly Reports for Iowa in table format; from within the map, click on station of interest Other States

Hourly Reports for Iowa in plain language (reports contain 6-hourly highs and lows at appropriate times)

University of Wyoming has detailed hourly reports in UTC Maps of ‘Overnight Lows’ and ‘Daytime Highs’

Cooperative Stations gives you access to daily local reports

Perfect Prog: Waterloo Mason City Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Other Stations

Help with Perfect Prog

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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!

To get to archived images: 1) select Archive, then 2) select Time Machine, then 3) use the Product drop-down menu to select a camera

A resource to use with your Season Demonstration Globe: Day and Night Across the Earth