 Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan on Jan. 7. (Credit: Ruth Ann Carlock), from http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Your-Photos-NYC-Covered-in-Snow-NJ-Connecticut-Snowflakes-Snowmen-409986695.html |
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361 Weather Analysis and Forecasting II Spring 2017 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
January 17, 2010 Case Study example
Atlantic article: What Makes a Blizzard 'Textbook'?
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
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 18) | "Instant" Case Studies | ||
| Lab 2 (Jan 25) | Case Study Preparation | ||
| Lab 3 (Feb 1) | Colorado Storm Surface Analyses | 1982 map | 2017 map |
| Lab 4 (Feb 8) | Bufkit | ||
| Bufkit files:: | BUFKIT installation file KJFK obs KJFK profile | KGFK profile | EON profile |
| Bufkit resource: | PSU Bufkit data page (download profiles for stations here) | ||
| Lab 5 (Feb 15) | Forecast group map discussion | ||
| Exam 1 (Feb 22) | |||
| Lab 6 (Mar 1) | Forecast group TV practice | ||
| Lab 7 (Mar 15) | Snow Day |
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| Lab 8 (Mar 22) | TV presentations (IRC) | Working PowerPoint | |
| Lab 9 (Mar 29) | Severe Weather Indices | ||
| Lab 10 (Apr 5) | Severe Weather Composite Charts (assignment) | ||
| Exam 2 (Apr 12) | |||
| Lab 11 (Apr 19) | Work on Case Studies | ||
| Lab 12 (Apr 26) | Reports on Case Studies |
| TV template (2016) |
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