IMPACT 2014 – 2015: STORM Project Resources
Professor Alan Czarnetzki Email: Alan.Czarnetzki@uni.edu
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 Maps by State ASOS sites ASOS map
Basic Weather Map Symbols Symbols – version 2 Complete Weather Symbol Chart Iowa Surface Weather Plotting Map
Satellite and Radar Images Interactive Surface Weather Map Generator Make Your Own Archived Data
Interactive Contouring Exercise IA DOT Weatherview UNI Dining
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Forecasting Exercise Forecast Submission Form for ICN Session Forecast Submission Form
Climatology: Waterloo Others: Mason City Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Sioux City Burlington Moline Omaha
NCDC 1981-2010 Climate Normals
Persistence: Hourly
Reports for
Hourly
Reports for
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
NAM (North American Mesoscale model): Waterloo Option 2
Others: Mason City Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Sioux City Burlington
GFS (Global Forecast System): Waterloo Option 2
Others: Mason City Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Dubuque Sioux City Burlington
Hourly Weather Forecast Graph from the National Weather Service: Waterloo
Forecast Surface Weather Maps NWS Weather Prediction Center 06 Hour 12 Hour 18 Hour 24 Hour 30 Hour 36 Hour
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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: Go to Iowa Environmental Mesonet
1) select Archive, then 2) select Time Machine, then 3) use the Product drop-down menu to select a camera
See also KCRG web cams
A resource to use with your Season Demonstration Globe: Day and Night Across the Earth Time of Sunrise and Sunset
National Weather Association Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants
NCDC State
of the Climate Global
Weather and Climate Extremes Local Climatological Data
Climate Data Access
Climate Prediction Center Current
Monthly/Season Outlook Drought
Index US
Seasonal Drought Outlook
