Atmospheric Science 202-Weather Briefing
Spring 2004
Lab 1: MW 3:00-3:50
Lab 2: TR 3:00-3:50
Instructors:
Becky Ebert (MW)
Brian Pettegrew (TR)Office Hours:
When available and by appointment (email)
372 McReynolds Hall
Office Phone: (573) 882-6372
Class Information Links:
Complete Syllabus Click Here (pdf file)
Outline for Preparing Briefing I (pdf file)
Useful Links for the Class:
Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (on observations and METAR)
METAR Guide at the Fort Dodge, Iowa AFSS (pretty good)
METAR Guide from the FAA (very good descriptions of categories)
METAR Header Guide with cloud group (8/xxx) definitions
Penn State's E-wall (Electronic Map Wall)
PSU CWS's Basics on Forecasting
Florida State's Text Weather Utility (find station ID's too)
Ohio State Sounding Page
Decoding TTAA data
Upper Air Maps from Unisys
Searchable Database for Station Identifiers presented by Unidata
Example difax image
TWEB Forecasts
ADDS (good for all sorts of aviation weather products)
Presentations
Upper Air Presentation
Satellite Presentation: Marc DahmerImages
Guidelines to Preparing Briefing I with links to websites
Briefing Instuctions (pdf file)
