USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH WEATHER

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USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH WEATHER
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USING THE INTERNET TO TEACH WEATHER

• Christopher G. HerbsterApplied Aviation Sciences
  
• Debbie Schaum
• Applied Aviation Sciences
• Susan Sharp
• Aeronautical Science
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Daytona Beach, Florida

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Our Goal
Instructors will leave with internet resources to
aid in teaching interpretation and application of
weather phenomenon.
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How do you teach weather?
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Presentation Outline
Presentation Outline

• METAR
• TAF
• AREA FORECAST
• WINDS ALOFT
• PROG CHARTS

• STABILITY
• THUNDERSTORMS
• HAZARDS
• RADAR
• SATELLITE
• GROUP ACTIVITY?

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METAR
Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Surface
Weather Observations and Reports http//www.ofcm.g
ov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm Handy Decoder
Keys http//wx.erau.edu/reference/text/metar_cod
e_format.pdf http//wx.erau.edu/reference/text/me
tar_decode_key.pdf ADDS METARs
Page http//adds.aviationweather.gov/projects/adds
/metars/ Texas AM Weather Page http//www.met.
tamu.edu/personnel/students/weather/ weather_inter
face.html
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Station Models
Interpreting Surface Observation Symbols a quick
overview http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/
sfcobs.rxml?hret/guides/maps/sfc/obs/sfcobs.rxml
Weather Station Model http//profhorn.meteor.wisc
.edu/wxwise/station/index.html
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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/
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Area Forecast / Airmets, Sigmets
Area Forecast, AIRMETS, SIGMETS Aviation Weather
Center Official Forecast Products http//aviation
weather.gov/
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WINDS ALOFT
CHARTS NWS FAX CHARTS http//weather.noaa.gov/fax/
nwsfax.html Upper Air Charts Explanation http//w
ww.met.fsu.edu/CUDOS/rawin.html FDs Winds and
Temps Aloft http//aviationweather.gov/products/n
ws/fdwinds/
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PROG CHARTS
Low Level SIGWX Progs http//aviationweather.gov/p
roducts/swl/
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STABILITY REVIEW
NWS Louisville Convective Parameters and
Indices http//www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/indic
es.htm The Cumulus Cloud Applet http//profhorn
.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/makeCU.html Chang
e the Stability Applet http//profhorn.meteor.wis
c.edu/wxwise/thermo/thermogram.html Create
Thunderstorm Cloud Applet http//profhorn.meteor.
wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/tstm.html
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WIND SHEAR
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Thunderstorms/hazards
Thunderstorm structure http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.ed
u/(gh)/guides/mtr/svr/comp/up/home.rxml Microburs
t - windshear and downbursts http//www.srh.noaa.g
ov/jax/events/windshear.html Microburst
graphics http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/wwhlpr/
microburst.rxml?hret/guides/mtr/svr/comp/wind/hom
e.rxmlprv1
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Downbursts
X
Y
Z
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.
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Severe Storms
Severe Storm/Tornado http//zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ar
rott2/media/maxtornado.ram
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Frontal Dynamics
Pressure Pressure Activity http//ww2010.atmos.ui
uc.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
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Icing Hazards
Icing Assessment Using Surface and Pilot
Observations http//www.meted.ucar.edu/icing/pcu62
/pcu622/start622.htm
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Radar Meteorology
http//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/rad/ho
me.rxml
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Satellite Meteorology
Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellites (GOES) and Polar Orbiting
Environmental Satellites (POES) http//ww2010.atmo
s.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/sat/home.rxml
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Food for thought
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The End!
The End!