Meteorology 411 - Weekly Labs

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Week 12 - Organization of cloud and precipitation systems

Example of an unusually small, intense precipitation system over Iowa (CIMMS)

• Feb 15 1996 mesoscale snow event in Iowa

More typical midlatitude storm organization. Can you infer where the conveyor belts are?

• Plains cyclone (CIMMS)
• 1993 Storm of the Century (Paul Sirvatka, College of DuPage)

Precipitation Type Forecasting (Top-down approach)

• Precipitation T ype Forecasting (D. Baumgardt, NWS-ARX)
• Precipitation Type Forecasting (NWS-ARX)

Other aspects of midlatitude storm organization:

• Inverted Troughs and their impact on precipitation (COMET)
• 00Z map
• 12Z map

Lab 12 - 2017 VERSION:

• MAP A (300 mb - 12z)
• MAP B (500 mb - 12z)
• MAP C (850 mb - 12z)
• MAP D (sfc - 12z)
• MAP E (300 mb - eve 00z)
• MAP F (500 mb - eve 00z)
• MAP G (850 mb - eve 00z)
• MAP H (sfc - eve 00z)