Chumpson Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 With the help of the OU Student Chapter of the AMS, I will be conducting a 9-week workshop on tornado forecasting, beginning the evening of Tuesday 3 February 2015 and running through Tuesday 21 April 2015 at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. Each session will start ~7:30pm and will run about 90 minutes (with a short break). Topics:1. 2/3 Weather maps, soundings, and synoptic meteorology2. 2/10 Severe storm ingredients: moisture and lapse rate sources3. 2/17 Severe storm ingredients: lift and vertical shear sources4. 3/3 Supercell and tornado conceptual models (+ parameters)5. 3/10 Synoptic and mesoscale tornado patterns6. 3/24 Convective mode7. 4/7 Tornado parameter climatology8. 4/14 Numerical models9. 4/21 Real-time forecasting exerciseThe workshop will be open to anyone that wants to attend, so feel free to share this information with anyone else you think might be interested. Also, we will attempt to live stream the sessions for anyone that can't make the trek to Norman. More details as they become available... Rich Thompson - SPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900hurricane Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Cool, thanks! I'll totally watch the live streams if I'm not otherwise occupied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WES1023 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Cool, thanks! I'll totally watch the live streams if I'm not otherwise occupied. Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chumpson Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Here's the formal announcement: https://www.facebook.com/212222899921/photos/a.10150965385554922.528071.212222899921/10153615041009922/?type=1 Each session will be streamed live via YouTube, and archived sessions will be available for viewing later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex910 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I am very interested in this seminar. Thank you having this available for live stream. Looking forward to the class/presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex910 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 This will be a great refresher course as we approach spring in the next couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Bump reminder that this starts tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxradar 30623 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Well I hope I don't forget to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Certainly looking forward to watching this on YouTube once it is archived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Great introductory class today, went over a lot of material and very effectively so. I particularly liked the curved flow/"2 quadrant" explanation and how the RFQ of the jet really isn't a very bad place to look for tornadoes (providing the setup supports them of course). More subtle ascent within this region vs. the LFQ could possibly sustain a longer period of supercell storm mode, example cases such as 4/14/12 coming to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 They got the recorded stream up right afterward... can be found here: (The lecture starts 19 minutes in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Agree with Vortex, great refresher for upcoming season. Actually remembered and watched last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRVTS Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 General question to weather board folks.. I am helping my daughter to find a good weather related science project. I thought something on tornado prevention might be an interesting topic. I know there has been recent work being done to the effect of using satellites or other devices to interrupt to formation of the tornado. Does anyone know if the idea of directing lightning (for example attracting lightning with a laser which is being studied as a whole different topic) into the tornado to interfere with the downdraft of cool air has been considered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkviking Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Bump... Appreciate these lectures despite no Met background. While I would like to truly master something like a sounding, I get enough of feom this to certainly be a better educated weenie. Also, we are on the verge of spike in seasonal activity and that -PNA might help put this course knowledge to some use.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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