Reading:
A&B: Ch11,12
Lecture Notes:
Severe
Weather/Thunderstorms
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I. Thunderstorms and Violent Weather
1. Latnet heat of vaporization
II. Thunderstorms
1. Lightning and thunder
2. Spatial and temproal variability
3. Atmospheric motion
4. Development and decay
5. Severe thunderstorms
III. Tornadoes
IV. Hurricanes / Typhoons / Cyclones
1. Law of conservation of angular momentum
2. Formation and decay
3. Sources of energy
4. Structure - horizontal and vertical
MODULES THAT COVER THE BASIC LECTURE MATERIAL
- Thunderstorms and tornadoes [U. Illinois]
- Hurricanes[ U. Illinois]
FORECASTS AND GENERAL RESOURCES Each of these sites provide lots of information and links to many related sites. National Severe Storms Forecast center
- Hurricance Data (current and archive)
- Severe weather forecasts and reports around the world: Tornado and storm research organisation (links to many sites and information sources)
- National Severe Storms Lab: Information on the NSSL and links to other sites
- Storm prediction center: Locations currently being monitored and storm outbreaks
- Billion dollar weather disasters: Statistics and imagery of economically significant weather disasters which have affected the U.S.
TORNADOES
- Links to lots of related sites from U.Illinois
HURRICANES
- National Hurricane Center (NHC): Tropical prediction center. Follow menu to obtain information on current activity, advisories, forecasts and strike probabilities. Also information on past tracks and storm characteristics
- Current activity (select storm tracks, sea surface temperatures, etc)
- Images of current and previous events from University of Hawaii storm archives
HURRICANES
- National Snow and Ice Data Center: Description of major winter storms
- Current activity (select storm tracks, sea surface temperatures, etc)
- Images of current and previous events from University of Hawaii storm archives
IMAGES OF STORMSAn extensive archive of images of hurricanes and other storms