The ATMO 203 Class Page

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Instructor:

James Tobin
Office: 1012B O&M Bldg.
Office hours: Wednesday, 12:30-2:00; Thursday, 11:00-12:30; or by appointment

Fall 2007 Syllabus
Course Schedule

Lab 4 Map

Lab 6 300 mb Map
Lab 6 500 mb Map
Lab 6 700 mb Map
Lab 6 850 mb Map

Section 501: Monday & Wednesday, 10:20-11:10 (O&M 1107)
Section 502: Monday & Wednesday, 11:30-12:20 (O&M 1107)
Section 503: Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00-10:50 (O&M 1107)

Two helpful links:
Real-Time weather and model data page provided by NCAR
Current Model Output Statistics (MOS) page provided by the NWS

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Enter WxChallenge Forecast	Check WxChallenge Standings
Weather Challenge Home Page

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THE FORECASTING PROCESS

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Current Weather:

Radar	Satellite
Surface	Profiler
Soundings	UA Charts

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Model Forecasts:

• UCAR forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, and MM5)

• COD forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, NGM, ECMWF, and UKMET)

• NCEP forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, and NGM)

• Unisys forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, NGM, and ECMWF)

• Meteostar forecast page (ETA, GFS, MM5, NGM, and ECMWF)

• MRF MOS Output by State

• FSL Forecast Soundings (RUC and MAPS)

• NIU Storm Machine Forecast Soundings (ETA, MESOETA, GFS, RUC, and NGM)

• Meteostar Forecast Soundings (ETA)

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Finding/Interpreting Data:

List of Station Identifiers (TAMU)	List of Station Identifiers (UCAR)
List of METAR abbreviations	Decoding METAR observations (1)
How to read surface map data	Decoding METAR observations (2)
How to read upper air map data

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Other Helpful Links:

National Weather Service	IWIN
CDC Map Room Products	NCEP Models: Current Status
Tropical Prediction Center	Storm Prediction Center
Useful Acronyms	Operational Numerical Models

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Fun Links:

MODIS Imagery	OSEI Imagery
TAMSCAMS Home Page	TASC Home Page
Time zone	USA 50 States
TAMU Weather Broadcasting Group Home Page

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