Introduction to Meteorology

Haboob

Announcements

Please complete the thunderstorm quiz linked on the left. Turn in your completion certificate in class on Wednesday, November 18.

Lecture Links

18 November 2009

Hurricanes*

16 November 2009

General Circulation and El Niño*

11 November 2009

Slow Motion Lightning
Hail*
Tornadoes*

9 November 2009

Lightning*

4 November 2009

NOAA Storm Prediction Center*
NOAA Storm Prediction Center
In case there are no active mesoscale discussions or tornado watches, try these archived links from the October 10, 2006 storms in Texas and the high risk day on March 1, 2007:
Tornado Watch #821 (10 October 2006)
Mesoscale Discussion #2096 (10 October 2006)
Mesoscale Discussion #243 (1 March 2007)
A local event:
Tornado Watch #256 (6 May 2009)
Mesoscale Discussion #732 (6 May 2009)
Mesoscale Discussion #735 (6 May 2009)

28 October 2009

NOAA Weather Radio
NOAA National Weather Service

26 October 2009

Mesoscale Convective Systems*
Supercell Thunderstorms*

21 October 2009

Animation of a series of Florida thunderstorms
The same Florida storms with a higher temporal resolution

19 October 2009

Overview of Meteorology–Important topics from class
Air masses, fronts, and mid-latitude cyclones*

14 October 2009

Cold frontal passages*
January 2008 cold front example*
Squall line example

7 October 2009

Modification of cP air

30 September 2009

Radar and Satellite*
Greer, SC Composite Reflectivity
U.S. Radar Reflectivity
Real-Time Satellite Images
Western Hemisphere Satellite
College of DuPage Weather Analysis
KTLX Radar Loops

28 September 2009

Cyclones and anticyclones*
300-mb heights and isotachs

21 September 2009

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500-mb map
Water vapor loop

16 September 2009

Coriolis effect

9 September 2009

Daylight Map
Weather Calculator
Surface and Upper-Air Observations*

24 August 2009

Upper-Air Soundings
Sea-surface temperature in the wake of Hurricane Dennis (1999)

19 August 2009

National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service
National Radar Mosaic
Visible Satellite
Vertical Profiles of Pressure and Temperature*
Noctilucent Clouds

17 August 2009

Test Your U.S. Geography Knowledge
U.S. Map
National Weather Service

*Class notes–please print

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