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

            Forecast Sheet

            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:

            Sample Surface Analysis

            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:

            Moisture Calculator

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