EAS 2551: Introduction to Meteorological Analysis

Prereq 2750

Week 1: Surface Obs
1. UTC
2. Airport/NWS WFO IDs
3. SA and METAR code
4. Station Plots

Week 2: Analyzation Techniques
1. Contouring
2. Advection
3. Patterns

Week 3: Analyzing Surface Maps
1. Pressure
2. Finding fronts
3. Isallobaric analysis

Week 4: Oral Presentation Practice

Week 5: Station Model for Upper Level Charts

Weeks 6 & 7: Skew Ts and Upper Level Charts
1. Plotting the Skew T
2. Skew T uses
3. Intro to upper level charts

Weeks 8-10: Forecasting Techniques
1. Statistical guidance
2. Model Output Statistics
3. Model Interpretation
4. Model Bias

Week 11: SPRING BREAK

Weeks 12-15: Mowcasting
1. RADAR basics
2. Satellite basics
3. RADAR interpretation
4. Satellite interpretation

Week 16: Oral Presentation