USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH WEATHER

USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH WEATHER

Christopher G. HerbsterApplied Aviation Sciences

Debbie SchaumApplied Aviation Sciences

Susan SharpAeronautical Science

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, Florida

Instructors will leave with internet resources to aid in teaching interpretation and application of weather phenomenon.

Our Goal

How do you teach

weather?

Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

• METAR

• TAF

• AREA FORECAST

• WINDS ALOFT

• PROG CHARTS

• STABILITY

• THUNDERSTORMS

• HAZARDS

• RADAR

• SATELLITE• GROUP ACTIVITY?

Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Surface Weather Observations and Reportshttp://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm

Handy Decoder Keys:http://wx.erau.edu/reference/text/metar_code_format.pdfhttp://wx.erau.edu/reference/text/metar_decode_key.pdf

ADDS: METARs Pagehttp://adds.aviationweather.gov/projects/adds/metars/

Texas A&M Weather Page http://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/weather/ weather_interface.html

METAR

Interpreting Surface Observation Symbols: a quick overviewhttp://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/sfcobs.rxml?hret=/guides/maps/sfc/obs/sfcobs.rxml

Weather Station Modelhttp://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/index.html

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Station Models

TAF Decoderhttp://aviationweather.gov/static/help/taf-decode.shtml

Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)http://adds.aviationweather.gov/

TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST

Area Forecast, AIRMETS, SIGMETSAviation Weather Center Official Forecast Products

http://aviationweather.gov/

Area Forecast / Airmets, Sigmets

CHARTSNWS FAX CHARTShttp://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html

Upper Air Charts Explanationhttp://www.met.fsu.edu/CUDOS/rawin.html

FDsWinds and Temps Aloft http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/fdwinds/

WINDS ALOFT

PROG CHARTS

Low Level SIGWX Progshttp://aviationweather.gov/products/swl/

NWS Louisville: Convective Parameters and Indiceshttp://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/indices.htm

“The Cumulus Cloud” Applethttp://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/makeCU.html

“Change the Stability” Applethttp://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/thermogram.html

“Create Thunderstorm Cloud” Applethttp://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/tstm.html

STABILITY REVIEW

WIND

SHEAR ZONE

WIND

WIND SHEARWIND SHEAR

Thunderstorms/hazards

Thunderstorm structurehttp://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/guides/mtr/svr/comp/up/home.rxml

Microburst - windshear and downburstshttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/events/windshear.html

Microburst graphicshttp://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/wwhlpr/microburst.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/svr/comp/wind/home.rxml&prv=1

Glideslope

X

The aircraft encounters point X, where it enters the microburst zone; a headwind causes it to rise above the normal glideslope. At the center of the microburst, point Y, there is a downdraft causing the aircraft to sink.The aircraft now enters the most lethal zone, point Z, where a sudden tailwind causes the aircraft to lose airspeed.

Y

Z

Downbursts

Severe Storms

Severe Storm/Tornado http://zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/arrott2/media/maxtornado.ram

PressurePressure Activity:http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/prs.rxml

AirmassAir Masses Activity:http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/arms.rxml

Frontal animationsPrecipitation Along Fronts Activity:http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/fpr.rxml

Frontal Dynamics

Icing Assessment Using Surface and Pilot Observationshttp://www.meted.ucar.edu/icing/pcu62/pcu622/start622.htm

Icing Hazards

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/rad/home.rxml

Radar Meteorology

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)

and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites(POES)

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/sat/home.rxml

Satellite Meteorology

Food for thought

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