course materials:
chap 1 what is the mesoscale? (ppt)
chap 2 basic equations & tools (ppt) - this ppt file simply contains figures from the book, mainly from sections 2.5-2.7. You may also want to use a ppt file about pressure perturbations (section 2.5), a slide show I used in the past. This year I used the blackboard more for section 2.5, following the textbook.
chap 3 mesoscale instabilities (ppt) - this ppt file mainly contains figures from the book, to help with the discussion. Only Chap 3.5 (shear instability) is covered this year, mostly on the blackboard.
chap 4 - not covered in 2015 - the boundary layer (ppt) and low-level jets (ppt, based on chap 4.7 and 13.2)
chap 5 - not covered in 2015 - mesoscale airmass boundaries (ppt)
chap 6 -mesoscale gravity waves (ppt) - this ppt file contains some illustrations of wave clouds, and several figures from the book. This year we skip undular bores (Section 6.6)
chap 7 - not covered in 2015 - convective initiation (ppt)
chap 8 - not covered in 2015 -organization of isolated convection (ppt) (no shear) (strong shear) and, for chapter 8.4, supercell dynamics (ppt)
chap 9 - not covered in 2015 - mesoscale convective systems (ppt)
chap 11: thermally forced orographic circulations (ppt)
chap 12: orographic waves and downslope windstorms (ppt)
chap 13: flow over 3D terrain, isolated peaks (ppt)
chap 13: blocked flow and cold-air damming (ppt)
extra: effects of terrain on precipitation (ppt) (from chapter 12 in Houze, 2014)
extra: small-scale terrain impacts on precipitation (ppt)
some weather links
Local weather
conus
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LAR
obs last 24 hrs
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wunderground |
CYS
NWS radar
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region
VIS region IR GOES global |
US/Canada
sfc data
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sfc anal + IR |
msfc global satellite |
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Operational models:
NAM
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PSU e-wall
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Mesoscale models:
NCAR 10
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weather gun | U Utah | LAPS (5 km CO & WY) |
Pacific Northwest UW - Ovens - loops |
prog soundings (NOAA) |
prog soundings (twisterdata) |
WRF user |
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ensemble CDC |
sfc & UA map archive |
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KNMI Climate Explorer | EU GFS radar BC obs sfc | NOAA Data View Portal - daily, last decade | |
Climate:
Precip anomaly WWA
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more (Eu)
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Climate prediction
Snow depth
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Crow Creek
Brooklyn Lake Old
Battle
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