 Hurricane Florence making landfall (visible image) |
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361 Weather Analysis and Forecasting II Spring 2019 SUNY-Oneonta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences  |
Colorado Storms
| The Colorado Blizzard of December 24, 1982 | |
| 15Z Surface | |
| 500 mb map | |
| 300 mb map | |
| Summary (html) | |
Nor'easters
Alberta Clippers
Journal Paper by Thomas and Martin (pdf)
Automated
Surface Observing System (ASOS)
PowerPoint
Lectures
Severe Thunderstorms
Severe Thunderstorm and tornado forecasting PowerPoint
SPC summary explanation of parameters page
Map of two-letter state abbreviations for forecasting
Maddox and Doswell, 1982 (12th Conference on Severe Local Storms)
Miller, 1972 Severe Weather Forecasting Technical Report 200 (very large pdf!)
Summer
Synoptics
The flood of 2006 (PowerPoint)
Comparison
of synoptic patterns
| Jan 2015 maps | July 2014 maps |
| Surface | Surface |
| 850 hPa | 850 hPa |
| 500 hPa (vorticity) | 500 hPa (vorticity) |
| 300 hPa | 300 hPa |
| 200 hPa | 200 hPa |
| Radar | Radar |
| IR Satellite | IR Satellite |
Modeling
| Labs |  |
| Lab 1 (Jan 16) | "Instant" Case Studies | ||
| Lab 2 (Jan 23) | Colorado Storm Surface Analyses | 1982 map | 2017 map |
| Lab 3 (Jan 30) | Case Study Preparation | ||
| Lab 4 (Feb 6) | BUFKIT | ||
| Bufkit files:: | BUFKIT installation file KJFK obs KJFK profile | KPHL profile | EON profile |
| Bufkit resource: | PSU Bufkit data page (download profiles for stations here. It is best to save the link directly in the BUFKIT data file) | ||
| Lab 5 (Feb 13) | Forecast group map discussion | ||
| Exam 1 (Feb 20) | |||
| Lab 7 (Feb 27) | TV practice | ||
| Lab 7 (Mar 13) | TV presentations (IRC) | 2017 PowerPoint | 2018 PowerPoint |
| Lab 8 (Mar 20) | Severe Weather Indices | ||
| Lab 9 (Mar 27) | Severe Weather Composite Charts | MSLP 850 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 200 hPa | |
| Lab 10 (Apr 3) | Work on Case Studies | ||
| Exam 2 (Apr 10) | |||
| Lab 13 (Apr 17) | Severe weather discussion |
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| Lab 12 (Apr 24) | Reports on Case Studies | ||
| TV template (Feb 27 practice) |
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TV template (March 13 show) |