Lecture Notes (pdf format)
Lecture 1 - Introduction Lecture
Lecture 2 - Radiation and Satellites
Lecture 3 - Numerical Weather Prediction
Lecture 4 - Scale Analysis
Lecture 5 - Planetary Scale Circulations
Lecture 6 - Rossby Waves
Lecture 7 - Synoptic-Planetary Scale Interaction
Lecture 8 - Jet Streaks
Lecture 9 - Quasigeostrophic Theory
Lecture 10 - Synoptic-Scale Dynamics II
Lecture 11 - Air Masses and Kinematics
Lecture 12 - Fronts and Frontogenesis
Lecture 13 - Isentropic Analysis
Lecture 14 - Bombs
Lecture 15 - Kona Lows
Lecture 16 - Polar Lows
Lecture 17 - Rain bands
Lecture 18 - Radar
Lecture 19 - Radar Velocity
Lecture 20 - Stability
Lecture 21 - Air Mass Thunderstorms
Lecture 22 - Severe Weather (yeah, buddy!)
Lecture 23 - Severe Weather Soundings
Lecture 24 - Squall Lines and Multicells
Lecture 25 - Super Cell
Lecture 26 - Tornados
Lecture 27 - Climate Change
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Guidelines for oral and writting classes
Oral Focus Class
Writing Intensive CLass
Forecast Contest
Forecast notes
Forecast contest rules
Oral WX Briefings
Breifing Notes Part 2
Homework
Lab 1 - Observation lab
Lab 2 - Satellite
Lab 3 - 500mb Analysis
Lab 5 - Jet Streak
Lab 6 - Vorticity Advection
Lab 7 - Surface Pressure Analysis
Lab 8 - Isentropic Analysis of a Front
Lab 9 - Radar
Lab 10 - Hodographs
Weather Hazzard Paper
Quiz 1 review
Quiz 2 review
Quiz 3 review
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