MEA 443 Web Page

MEA 443: Synoptic Weather Analysis and Forecasting

Fall 2009

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.


Forecast Contest links:

U. Oklahoma Contest Our Ida Analysis loop HPC Ida Analysis loop
SJ State University NCWFC link FSU weather interface Texas A&M weather interface
Rapid-Scan satellite imagery Basic forecast surface maps NCAR WRF runs
Topographic maps by state FSU TC model graphics Model animator
HiRes SST analysis NCSU-RENCI Experimental WRF Hurricane Track Forecasts
NCEP analysis archive Model graphics Weatherstreet.com
Washington Dyn Trop maps FSU Dyn Trop maps MOS decoder (GFS)



Reference materials and old exams

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Syllabus, fall 2009 Durran and Snellman 1987 443 Linux Guide HPC NMAP2 Guide (pdf) Forecasting Guidelines (pdf)



Powerpoint presentations from recent lectures

Day 1, Wed 8/19 2009 Day 2, Thu 8/20 2009 Day 3, Mon 8/24 2009
Day 4, Tue 8/25 2009 Day 5, Wed 8/26 2009 Day 6, Thu 8/27 2009
Day 7, Mon 8/31 2009 Day 8, Tue 9/1 2009 Day 9, Wed 9/2 2009
Day 10, Thu 9/3 2009 Day 11, Tue 9/8 2009 Day 12, Wed 9/9 2008
Day 13, Th 9/10 2009 Day 14, Mon 9/14 2009 Day 15, Tue 9/15 2009
Day 16, Wed 9/16 2009 Day 17, Thu 9/17 2009 Day 18, Mon 9/21 2009
Day 19, Tue 9/22 2009 Day 20, Wed 9/23 2009 Day 21, Thu 9/24 2009
Day 22, Mon 9/28 2009 Day 23, Tue 9/29 2009 Day 24, Wed 9/30 2009
Day 25, no powerpoint Day 26, Mon 10/5 2009 Day 27, Tue 10/6 2009
Day 28, Wed 10/7: MT Exam - no powerpoint Day 29, Thu 10/8: Fall Break - no class Day 30, Mon 10/12 2009
Day 31, Tue 10/13 2009 Day 32, Wed 10/14 2009 Day 33, Thu 10/15: Lab assignment - no class
Day 34, Mon 10/19 2009 Day 35, Tue 10/20 2009 Day 36, Wed 10/21 2009
Day 37, Thu 10/22 2009 Day 38, Mon 10/26 2009 Day 39, Tue 10/27 2009
Day 40, Wed 10/28 2009 Day 41, Thu 10/29 2009 Day 42, Mon 11/2 2009
Day 43, Tue 11/3 2009 Day 44, Wed 11/4 2009 Day 45, Thu 11/5 2009
Day 46, Mon 11/9 2009 Day 47, Tue 11/10 2009 Day 48, Wed 11/11 2009
Day 49, Thu 11/12 2009 Day 50, Mon 11/16 2009 Day 51, Tue 11/17 2009
Day 52, Wed 11/18 2009 Day 53, Thu 11/19 2009 Day 54, Mon 11/23 2009
Day 55, Tue 11/24 2009 Day 56, Mon 11/30 2009 Day 57, Tue 12/1 2009
Day 58, Wed 12/2 2009 Day 59, Thu 12/3 2009



Career Links:

NWA job listings AMS job listings AMS internship list
RPI Writing Center USAjobs- NOAA listings Chronicle of Higher Education
Excellent grad school advice from Dr. Doswell Knox BAMS article AMS Atmos. Career Page



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
Eta tip of the month Eta model change log 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 Environment Canada GEM model forecasts
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