USING THE INTERNET
TO TEACH WEATHER
USING THE INTERNET
TO TEACH WEATHER
Christopher G. Herbster
Applied Aviation Sciences
Debbie Schaum
Applied Aviation Sciences
Susan Sharp
Aeronautical Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, Florida
Our Goal
Instructors will leave with internet
resources to aid in teaching
interpretation and application of
weather phenomenon.
How do you
teach
weather?
Presentation Outline
Outline
• METAR Presentation
• STABILITY
• TAF
• THUNDERSTORMS
• AREA
FORECAST
• HAZARDS
• WINDS ALOFT
• PROG CHARTS
• RADAR
• SATELLITE
• GROUP ACTIVITY?
METAR
Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Surface
Weather Observations and Reports
http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm
Handy Decoder Keys:
http://wx.erau.edu/reference/text/metar_code_format.pdf
http://wx.erau.edu/reference/text/metar_decode_key.pdf
ADDS: METARs Page
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/projects/adds/metars/
Texas A&M Weather Page
http://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/weather/
weather_interface.html
Station Models
Interpreting Surface Observation Symbols: a
quick overview
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/sfcobs.rxml?hret=/gui
des/maps/sfc/obs/sfcobs.rxml
Weather Station Model
http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/index.html
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115
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TERMINAL AERODROME
FORECAST
TAF Decoder
http://aviationweather.gov/static/help/taf-decode.shtml
Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/
Area Forecast / Airmets, Sigmets
Area Forecast, AIRMETS, SIGMETS
Aviation Weather Center
Official Forecast Products
http://aviationweather.gov/
WINDS ALOFT
CHARTS
NWS FAX CHARTS
http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html
Upper Air Charts Explanation
http://www.met.fsu.edu/CUDOS/rawin.html
FDs
Winds and Temps Aloft
http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/fdwinds/
PROG CHARTS
Low Level SIGWX Progs
http://aviationweather.gov/products/swl/
STABILITY REVIEW
NWS Louisville: Convective Parameters and
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/indices.htm
Indices
“The Cumulus Cloud” Applet
http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/makeCU.html
“Change the Stability” Applet
http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/thermogram.html
“Create Thunderstorm Cloud” Applet
http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/tstm.html
WIND SHEAR
WIND
SHEAR ZONE
WIND
Thunderstorms/hazards
Thunderstorm structure
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/guides/mtr/svr/comp/up/home.rxml
Microburst - windshear and downbursts
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/events/windshear.html
Microburst graphics
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/wwhlpr/microburst.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/svr/c
omp/wind/home.rxml&prv=1
Downbursts
X
Y
Z
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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.
Severe Storms
Severe Storm/Tornado
http://zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/arrott2/media/maxtornado.ram
Frontal Dynamics
Pressure
Pressure Activity:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/prs.rxml
Airmass
Air Masses Activity:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/arms.rxml
Frontal animations
Precipitation Along Fronts Activity:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/crclm/act/fpr.rxml
Icing Hazards
Icing Assessment Using Surface and Pilot Observations
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/icing/pcu62/pcu622/start622.htm
Radar Meteorology
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/rad/home.rxml
Satellite Meteorology
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
(GOES)
and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
(POES)
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/sat/home.rxml
Food for thought
The End!