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Fourth Northern Plains Winter Storm Conference: Nov 2009 in Saint Cloud!

EAS 485 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology Home Page

• Grades will be posted in Desire2Learn
• Log in to Desire2Learn

• Preparation: Go to Weisman's Forecast Page
• Syntax: How to Enter a Forecast in the Game

• Play the SCSU Forecasting Contest!

  • Spring Semester 2009
    • EAS 380 Students Must Forecast for KSTC
    • EAS 485 Students Must Forecast for KSPI and KSTC
    • First Day to Forecast: Monday, December 12
  • If you've never played the game before, you must sign-in when you log on the first time.
    • Join EASGENERAL class if you're taking EAS 380 or beyond.

  Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2009 9:42 AM

  Syllabus

  Grades

  Lectures

  Assignments

  Forecast Game

  References

  Top of Page

References

Research and Class Journal Reading List

Research Links Page

Weather Charts from Purdue

Station Locators

• Weisman's Text List of North American Station IDs
  • Complete Minnesota Identifiers
  • List of Responsible Stations for EAS 485 from Synoptic Handbook
  • North American List of Major Cities
• Locations of METAR Stations from FAA
  Warning: This list only includes METAR stations
  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • US Map
• Interactive Surface Station Identifiers from
  • Steve Chizwell's UCAR site (try link to Airnav site if the first search doesn't work)
  • NWS Searchable Station ID Site

  METAR Code

• METAR Decoding from NWS Sioux Falls
• EAS 380 Surface Station Model Key
• Surface Station Model and Example from Florida State
  Important: This key differs from the class presentation in the following ways:
  1. Visibility is omitted.
  2. Comments are omitted
  3. All cloud groups are shown above the stations
  4. Sea level pressure is used instead of altimeter setting.

  These links are offered only as a courtesy. Remember that you are required to plot the model as shown in class.

• Weather symbols from the NWS Aviation Center

Upper Air Data

• EAS 380 Upper Air Station Plotting Model
• EAS 380 Upper Air Decoding Guide
• Upper Air Decoding from Florida State University
• List of North American Upper-Air Stations
• Maps of Worldwide Upper-Air Stations from CUDOS-Florida State University
• Use of Upper Air Maps from Texas A&M

Web Sites That Calculate Meaningful Dynamic Parameters for Upper-Air and Model Data

• Isentropic Analysis
  • College of DuPage (from RUC Model)
  • Florida State CUDOS (out of order)
• NCEP Ensemble Forecasting
  • Operational GFS Ensembles (11 members)
  • Experimental Ensembles (14 members)
• Storm Chaser Home Page Storm Machine
  • Forecast Model Soundings
  • Upper-Air Contouring
  • Model Upper-Air Contouring
• SUNY-Albany Dynamic Tropopause/PV Charts (both model data and analysis)
• Upper Air Cross-sections
  • College of DuPage (limited; McIDAS is better)
• Wetzel Winter Weather Forecast Ingredients of model data (Suzanne Wetzel-Univ. of Wisconsin)

Send comments to: raweisman@stcloudstate.edu
Last updated: November 8, 2007 9:00 AM
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