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MET 416 Tropical Analysis and Forecasting


Syllabus

Lecture Notes (pdf format)

Lecture 1 - Introduction
Lecture 2 - Weather Maps and Satellites
Lecture 3 - Numerical Weather Prediction NWS Briefing
Lecture 4 General Circulations
Lecture 5 Scale Interaction and Jet Streaks
Lecture 6 Winter Cyclones and Fronts
Lecture 7 Kona Lows
Lecture 8 Trade Winds
Lecture 9 Hurricane Force Winds and Surf
Lecture 10 Heavy Rain Forecasting
Lecture 11 Hurricane Structure
Lecture 12 Hurricanes
Lecture 13 Hurricane Impact
Lecture 14 Hurricane Forecasting

Homework

Weather Awareness Assignment Due 2/38/13

Reviews

Quiz 1 review


Labs

Satellite Interpretation Lab (due 1/17/13)
IDV Familiarization
Kona Low Surface Lab (due 1/29/13)
Kona Low Aloft Lab (Due 2/12/13)
Hurricane Lab


Background and Forecasting

Forecasting Results
Introduction to Weather Forecasting
Forecasting Links
More Forecasting Links
IDV Introduction
Forecast Contest Rules
Oral Weather Breifings
Photo gallery 1
Photo gallery 2

Access to updated weather and ocean data and imagery is available via the UH Meteorology weather server at http://weather.hawaii.edu.

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