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ATMS 350
Weather Forecasting
Latest GOES-12 Water Vapor
Meeting Times: MWF 2:45 -
3:45 pm
Meeting Place: 238 RBH
Syllabus
Grading Contract
Final Exam Review Sheet
Textbook: Weather
Forecasting (Ed Brotak, 2007 - available for purchase)
Course Schedule:
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Week |
Dates |
Lectures/Topic |
Reading |
Exercises |
| 1 |
1/14, 1/16,
1/18 |
Forecasting Scales, AWIPS |
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#1 -
Learning AWIPS |
| 2 |
1/23, 1/25 (No
class 1/21) |
Forecast Agencies / WxCh. |
Wx Forecast Strategy |
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| 3 |
1/28, 1/30,
2/1 |
NWP History /
Model Types |
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#2 - Humans in
Forecasting |
| 4 |
2/4, 2/6, 2/8 |
Current NWP Models /
MOS |
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#3 - Decoding FOUS/MOS |
| 5 |
2/11, 2/13,
2/15 |
Fcst. Products /
EXAM I (2/13) |
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| 6 |
2/18, 2/20,
2/22 |
N-AWIPS /
Temp.
Forecasting |
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#4 -
Forecasting Temp.
Link to Data |
| 7 |
2/25, 2/27,
2/29 |
Forecasting MLC
Development /
GSP Warning Criteria |
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| 8 |
No Class (Spring
Break) |
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| 9 |
3/10, 3/12,
3/14 |
Forecasting Winter Precip |
P-type
on-line tutorial |
#5 -
MLC Forecast
#6 -
Forecasting Snow
(ans) |
| 10 |
3/17, 3/19,
3/21 |
Ens. Forecasting /
EXAM II (3/21) |
Exam II Dist. |
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| 11 |
3/24, 3/26,
3/28 |
Ensemble Forecasting |
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#7 -
Ensemble Forecasting |
| 12 |
3/31, 4/2, 4/4 |
Forecasting
Turbulence/Fog |
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#8 -
Forecasting
Fog (ans) |
| 13 |
4/7, 4/9, 4/11 |
Forecasting Tropical
Cyclones |
TC Forecast Website |
#9 -
Forecasting TCs
(ans) |
| 14 |
4/14, 4/16,
4/18 |
Forecasting Severe Storms |
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| 15 |
4/21, 4/23,
4/25 |
Forecasting Tornadoes |
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#10 -
Forecasting Severe Wx / Tornadoes |
| 16 |
4/28 |
Review |
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| Finals |
Friday,
5/2, 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
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Forecasting
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