870:121 Meteorology
Fall 2007
Professor Alan Czarnetzki
B.S. Air Quality Degree at UNI
Weather Briefing Resources The American Meteorological Society
Photo Project Curricula 2000 Guide
Bow Fall Streaks AMS Policy Statement on Bachelor's Degree
STORM Forecasting Exercise The National Weather Association Central Iowa Chapter
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science Air and Waste Management Association
November 1998 Midlatitude Cyclone
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Homework 9 Resources: Forecasting
Persistence: see links in column 2 of the STORM Forecasting Exercise
Climatology: MCW DSM ALO DBQ CID
Perfect Prog: Model Graphs
Submit forecast using this page
Lab 1 Resources:
ASOS sites ASOS map METAR Identifiers METAR Handbook Time UTC Time Conversion Table
METAR data: use the “STORM Forecasting Exercise” link above; then go to links under Surface Observations
Lab 2 Resources:
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:
Surface Plots and Maps: use the “STORM Forecasting Exercise” link above; then go to links under Surface Maps and Surface Observations
Lab 4 Resources:
Not needed for the lab, but may be useful: Time of Sunrise and Sunset UNI Pyranometer Data
Lab 6 Resource:
Lab 7 Resources:
Images and Links for Lab 7 Radar Training for Emergency Managers module
Lab 8 Resources:
SkewTs Color Lifted / K Indices Map
Current Soundings: SkewT Diagrams from College of DuPage SPC Sounding Analyses SkewTs from Satellite Soundings
Forecast
SkewTs: All models, one time One model, all times
Lab 9 Resources:
Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5
Precipitation Weather Summary Current Isentropic Maps Forecast Isentropic Maps
Lab 12 Resources: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Source of analyses Source of forecasts
Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Exercise 8
Exercise 9: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5
