 Jan 4, 2018, Boston frozen flood. Source: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/watch_winter_storm_causes_floo.html |
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361 Weather Analysis and Forecasting II Spring 2018 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 17) | "Instant" Case Studies | ||
| Lab 2 (Jan 24) | Case Study Preparation | ||
| Lab 3 (Jan 31) | Colorado Storm Surface Analyses | 1982 map | 2017 map |
| Lab 4 (Feb 7) | Bufkit (not done due to snow day) | ||
| 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 14) | Forecast group map discussion | ||
| Exam 1 (Feb 21) | |||
| Lab 7 (Feb 28) | TV practice | ||
| Lab 7 (Mar 14) | TV presentations (IRC) | 2017 PowerPoint | Working PowerPoint |
| Lab 8 (Mar 21) | Severe Weather Indices | ||
| Lab 9 (Mar 28) | Severe Weather Composite Charts (assignment) | MSLP 850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa | |
| Lab 10 (Apr 4) | Work on Case Studies | ||
| Exam 2 (Apr 11) | |||
| Lab 13 (Apr 18) | Severe weather discussion |
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| Lab 12 (Apr 25) | Reports on Case Studies | ||
| TV template (2016) |
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