Meteorology 417 - Weekly Labs

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Week 2 - Cold Air Damming and Lake-Effect Snow

Both are two major mesoscale wintertime events


Lake Effect Snow


A major forecasting concern downwind of the U.S. Great Lakes, and the Great Salt Lake

  • Great C OMET Tutorial on lake effect snow
  • Current SPC site with access to Lake Effect snow parameters for mesoscale regions
  • Radar example from powerful single-lake band
  • Radar example from multiple bands
  • Satellite example of L.E.
  • Ongoing BUF-NWS LES study

    Cold Air Damming

    A forecasting concern to the lee of the Appalachians and Rockies

  • COMET module on Cold Air Damming
  • Surface map from March 1976 cold air damming event
  • 500 mb map from March 1 976 cold air damming event (12z)
  • Surface map (Eta prediction) showing cold air damming signature
  • Surface temperatures showing cold air damming signature
  • Another example of Surface temperatures showing cold air damming signature
  • 850 mb map during cold air damming event
  • 500 mb map during cold air damming event
  • Extreme frz rain/sleet sounding showing v. shallow low-level arct ic air

    Lab 3 2017 maps

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