MEA 443

MEA 443: Synoptic Weather Analysis and Forecasting

Fall 2011

This web page will be used for some laboratory assignments this semester, and will also serve as a resource center for career information and forecasting links.


December 2010 Surface Analysis Lab Images:

MEA 443 analysis loop (1) HPC analysis loop Link where you can step thru the maps...


Forecast Contest links:

OU WxChallenge Submit your AFD Enter a Briefing Evaluation
NCEP Model Output SJ State University NCWFC link FSU weather interface
Rapid-Scan satellite imagery Basic forecast surface maps NCAR WRF runs
Topographic maps by state FSU TC model graphics Model animator
TC ensembles and more HiRes SST analysis USL Guidance
Hurricane Track Forecasts NCEP analysis archive Model graphics
Weatherstreet.com Washington Dyn Trop maps Dyn Trop maps
MOS decoder (GFS) Texas A&M weather interface Template excel spreadsheet: KMIA



Reference materials and old exams

Syllabus, fall 2011 443 Linux Guide GEMPAK home page NCSU WWW instructions HPC NMAP2 Guide Prof. Sanders map analysis
Schultz and Vaughan occluded fronts Durran & Snellman '87 Quiz 1, Fall 2011 Quiz 2, Fall 2011 Quiz 3, Fall 2011 Quiz 4, Fall 2011
Quiz 5, Fall 2011 Quiz 6, Fall 2011 Quiz 7, Fall 2011 Quiz 8, Fall 2011 Quiz 9, Fall 2011 Quiz 10, Fall 2011
Quiz 11, Fall 2011 Quiz 12, Fall 2011 Quiz 13, Fall 2011 Quiz 1, Fall 2010 Quiz 2, Fall 2010 Quiz 3, Fall 2010
Quiz 4, Fall 2010 Quiz 5, Fall 2010 Quiz 6, Fall 2010 Quiz 7, Fall 2010 Quiz 8, Fall 2010 Quiz 9, Fall 2010
Quiz 10, Fall 2010 Quiz 11, Fall 2010 Quiz 12, Fall 2010 Quiz 13, Fall 2010 Final Exam, Fall 2010 Midterm Exam 2010



Powerpoint presentations from recent lectures

Day 1, Wed 8/17 2011 Day 2, Thu 8/18 2011 Day 3, Mon 8/22 2011 Day 4, Tue 8/23 2011 Day 5, Wed 8/24 2011
Day 6, Thu 8/25 2011 Day 7, Mon 8/29 2011 Day 8, Tue 8/30 2011 Day 9, Wed 8/31 2011 Day 10, Th 9/1 2011
Day 11, Tu 9/6 2011 Day 12, Wed 9/7 2011 Day 13, Th 9/8 2011 Day 14, Mon 9/12 2011 Day 15, Tue 9/13 2011
Day 16, Wed 9/14 2011 Day 17, Thu 9/15 2011 Day 18, Mon 9/19 2011 Day 19, Tue 9/20 2011 Day 20, Wed 9/21 2011
Day 21, Thu 9/22 2011 Day 22, Mon 9/26 2011 Day 23, Tue 9/27 2011 Day 24, Wed 9/28 2011 Day 25, Thu 9/29 2011
Day 26, Mon 10/3 2011 Day 27, Tue 10/4 2011 Day 29, Mon 10/10 2011 Day 30, Tue 10/11 2011 Day 31, Wed 10/12 2011
Day 32, Thu 10/13 2011 Day 33, Mon 10/17 2011 Day 34, Tue 10/18 2011 Day 35, Wed 10/19 2011 Day 36, Thu 10/20 2011
Day 37, Mon 10/24 2011 Day 38, Tue 10/25 2011 Day 39, Wed 10/26 2011 Day 40, Thu 10/27 2011 Day 41, Mon 10/31 2011
Day 42, Tue 11/1 2011 Day 43, Wed 11/2 2011 Day 44, Thu 11/3 2011 Day 45, Mon 11/7 2011 Day 46, Tue 11/8 2011
Day 47, Wed 11/9 2011 Day 48, Thu 11/10 2011 Day 49, Mon 11/14 2011 Day 50, Tue 11/15 2011 Day 51, Wed 11/16 2011
Day 52, Thu 11/17 2011 Day 53, Mon 11/21 2011 Day 54, Tue 11/22 2011 Day 55, Mon 11/28 2011 Day 56, Tue 11/29 2011
Day 57, Wed 11/30 2011 Day 58, Thu 12/1 2011



Career Links:

NWA job listings AMS job listings AMS internship list
Penn State meteorology jobs and internships USAjobs- NOAA listings Whatever Weather jobs
NCSU Career Center NCSU Career Center: Resumes Excellent grad school advice from Dr. Doswell
AMS Atmos. Career Page NREL job openings NCAR job postings
Chronicle of Higher Education Knox BAMS article



Term Paper Resources:

PSU NARR visualizer
NCAR Case Study Data
Gibbs satellite data
SPC Mesoanalysis page
NARR reanalysis
NSSL sfc, upper air data
SPC Severe Events Page
Historic Weather Maps Page
NCEP Maps Page (recent data)
U. Wyoming sounding archive
NOAA SST archive
NCDC Nomads server
How to make your page accessible
More NCSU help
SST data link
Iowa State GEMPAK Archive
NSSL Data Archive
NWS-NCSU Collaborative case studies
NCDC radar archive
CPC reanalysis composites



NWP Materials (COMET, Winter Weather):

Barotropic exercise Operational Models Matrix COMET Ensemble Prediction Module List of COMET Modules COMET Resource List
HPC NMAP information (PDF) COMET case study library Winter weather NWP webcast Gravity Wave Tutorial Page Jet Dynamics Page


Tropical Meteorology Links:

TPC Current Advisories NHC Model Track Forecasts Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
Hurricane Hunter Homepage NRL Monterey tropical page Seasonal predictions from CSU
Rossby radius model runs



Lake-Effect Snow:

NWS Buffalo LES page LES event "Bald Eagle" BUFKIT data Mike Strickler's Bay Effect page



Educational Resources:

Unidata Home Page


Operational NWP Model Information:

METED NWP Start METED NWP home METED Operational Models Matrix
METED Eta Information METED MRF Information
NCEP Model Output Upcoming NCEP Changes



Satellite and radar links:

GOES Project WSI RADAR and Other Forecast Products SSEC Wisconsin SATELLITE Products
RAP.ucar NESDIS satellite images and status info. Official NOAA GOES site
NWS Radar CSU Satellite data NC Profiler Data



Model forecasts:

ECMWF model Navy NOGAPS model UKMET model from NWS BGM
ECMWF from TAMU COLA/IGES: NCEP model data SUNY Albany NGM, ETA, MRF
CDC Ensemble Forec asts Ensemble MOS NCEP SREF Ensembl e page
CDC Maproom COLA/IGES: NCEP model data "One-Stop" MOS
BUFKIT home page NCSC Project MM5 NCAR Realtime MM5 page



Operational Forecast Product Links:

SPC Home Page SPC Watch and Warning Display SPC Discussions



Interactive weather data (observations and forecasts):

Texas A&M weather interface UC Davis US weather Interactive WX network (NWS) SUNY Brockport



Coding Guides from NWS:

NWS Organization NWS Systems Evaluation Branch ASOS Documentation
METAR cheat sheet METAR Information NOAAPORT Information