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SPC Thunderstorm Forecasting Video Lecture Series
Essential Principles of Climate Literacy
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Text Books
+ Practical Meteorology: An Algebra-based Survey of Atmospheric Science and Meteorology for Scientists & Engineers, 3rd Edition
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+ Understanding Frontogenesis and
its Application to its Application to
Winter Weather Forecasting
Educational Sites
+ The Physical Environment: Weather Systems
+ Online Meteorology Guide (University of Illinois)
+ Jetstream-Online School for Weather (NWS)
+ NC State K-12 Education Page
+ Manual of Synoptic Satellite Meteorology
+ Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation
+ Cloudman
+ MJO
+ Atmospheric Oscillations Explained
+ Hodographs and Vertical Wind Shear Considerations
+ Atmospheric Science Literacy Framework
+ NWS Glossary of Terms & Abbreviations
Meteorology Courses
Educational Videos & Animations
+ Fundamentals of Meteorology Animations
Short Tutorials
+ Determining Wind Direction Using Isobars
+ Tornadoes from Below and Above
+ Rossby waves and extreme weather
Full Length Videos
+ Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes
+ Super Hurricanes and Typhoons
+ Hurricane Katrina: Storm that Drowned a City
+ Wx Geeks
Direct Links to Lesson Materials by Topic
Hurricanes
+ Tropical Cyclone Climatology
+ Historical Hurricane Tracks (Interactive Map)
+ Interpreting Tropical "Spaghetti Model" Plots
Tornadoes
+ Anatomy of a Tornado (Jim Cantore 3-D)
+ EF0-EF5 Tornadoes & Their Damage
+ US Tornado Climatology (NCDC)
+ EF Scale Explained (wxbrad.com)
+ Storm Prediction Center (Maps & Data)
Surface Weather Map Analysis
+ Surface Map Analysis Lecture
+ Station Model Symbols (Full)
+ Cyclones
+ Fronts
+ Air Masses, Fronts, Advection
+ Weather Maps Slideshow (Surface & Upper-air)
Wind
Radar Data Interpretation
+ Doppler Radar (NWS online school of weather)
+ Detailed Radar Image Information (by type)
+ How Do You Spot a Tornado Using Weather Radar?
Satellite Data Interpretation
+ Observing Weather from Space
+ An Introduction to Satellite Image Interpretation
+ Satellite Meteorology (online remote sensing guide)
+ Satellite Meteorology Learning Modules
+ Cloud Detection (IR vs Visible)
+ Surface Features (IR vs Visible)
+ How Does Water Vapor Imagery Work?
Moisture & Clouds
+ Dewpoint
Winter Weather
+ Why Is Sleet? How the Atmosphere Turns Snow into an Icy, Frozen Hell
+ Sleet and freezing rain: What's the difference?
+ Unraveling the mysteries of deadly 'firehose' lake-effect snow events
+ Mechanics of the Historic Lake Effect Snow Event over the Eastern Great Lakes (Technical)
+ The Winter of '95-'96... A Season of Extremes
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Basic Meteorology/Forecasting
+ Why a 50% chance of rain usually means a 100% chance of confusion.
+ Do You (Or Your Meteorologist) Understand What 40% Chance of Rain Means?
+ Is our over reliance on numerical weather models making us worse forecasters?
+ Simplify and Win Your Conversations About the Weather (POLAR JET STREAM)
+ Hey Boston, Alaska called. It wants its snow and cold weather back
+ Weather For (Not) Dummies: Part 2 (Computer Models)
+ Unified Surface Analysis Manual
+ Why dry air is heavier than humid air?
+ What happened to the relative humidity? (Dew point vs RH)
+ A Job Filled With Forecasts That’s Unpredictable by Nature
+ How to use and interpret Doppler weather radar
+ 'Hurricane' Schwartz: Why European computer model is best
+ What you have to do to forecast the weather (and do it well)
+ The nuts and bolts meteorology of an epic snowstorm in Washington, D.C.
+ WHAT IS THE POLAR VORTEX, AND HOW DOES IT INFLUENCE WEATHER?
+ Researchers find tsunamis on the Great Lakes
Tropical Weather
+ The Great New England Hurricane of September 21, 1938 on its 75th anniversary
+ The 1938 Great New England Hurricane (Long Island Express)
+ Hurricane Sandy: The Science and Impacts of a Superstorm
Local
+ Overview of Radiational Cooling at KFOK
+ The Role of Fire in the Management of the Pine Barrens: Suffolk County, NY
+ THE MOTION OF MESOSCALE SNOWBANDS IN NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORMS
Climate
+ Global is the new local: Pollution changes clouds, climate downstream (Amazing Aerosol Animations)
+ The Role of Climatological Normals in a Changing Climate
Severe Weather