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Course Breakdown

4 LABS + 4 HOMEWORKS: 25%
10 FORECAST LABS: 20%
WXCHALLENGE FORECAST SCORES: 10%
WXCHALLENGE FORECAST DISCUSSIONS (2): 5%
MID-TERM: 15%
FINAL: 25%


Schedule

TUESDAY


THURSDAY





8/23 Lecture 1 Intro / Model Output Statistics
8/28
Lab 1
Model Output Statistics
8/30 Lecture 2 Surface Data
9/4
Lab 2
Surface Data, Weather Features (+ answers)
9/6 Lecture 3 Satellite Imagery (HW1)
9/11
Lab 3 Satellite Imagery
9/13
Lecture 4
Radar Imagery
9/18
Lab 4
Hurricane Forecasting (+ answers)
9/20
Lecture 5 Fronts, Forecasting Techniques and Upper Air (HW2)
9/25
Forecast 1
Pensacola, FL (+ answers)
9/27
Lecture 6 Pensacola, Sea Breeze & Upper Air
10/2
Forecast 2
Miami & Pensacola, FL
10/4
Exam MID-TERM EXAM
10/9 Forecast 3
Billings, MT 10/11
Lecture 7 Mountain weather & Upper Air Dyanamics I
10/16 Lecture 8
Hurricane Forecasting 10/18 Forecast 4 Albany, NY
10/23 Forecast 5 Louisville, KY 10/25
Lecture 9
Upper Air Dynamics II (HW3)
10/30
Forecast 6 Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy
11/1
Lecture 10
Soundings
11/6
Forecast 7
Astoria, OR
11/8 Lecture 11
Convection (HW4)
11/13 Forecast 8
Northern Hemisphere
11/15 Lecture 12 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
11/20 Forecast 9
Home Town Thanksgiving Forecast
11/22
No Class
Thanksgiving
11/27 Forecast 10
Syracuse, NY
11/29 Lecture 13 Winter Weather

TUESDAY 12/11 Exam FINAL EXAM (2:00-4:30)