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University of Oklahoma
College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
School of Meteorology
METR 4403/5403
Application of Meteorological Theory to Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting
Spring 2024
Course Meeting Times : Monday, Wednesday 10:00-11:15am
Location: NWC 1350
Logistics for office hours of Dr. Xue: Office hours will generally be in person in Ming Xue's office NWC 2502, but if needed Zoom session can be arranged using the following link:
Send me an email before hand in that case.
SPC Instructors: Andrew Moore, Andrew Lyons, and Harry Weinman
Emails: andrew.moore@noaa.gov, andrew.lyons@noaa.gov, and harry.weinman@noaa.gov
Office hours: by appointment
We will use Canvas for posting assignments, grades and other functions
Mode of class
Classes will be held in-person in NWC 1350. Course materials, including additional readings and videos, will be posted at the class website or on canvas. Prerecorded lecture videos will be used in lieu of holding make-up classes, as needed. If you are not able to attend a regular in-person class period because you are sick or because of other legitimate reasons, you will be able to attend virtually. If you cannot attend a regular in-person class period, please contact me ahead of time to let me know, and obtain the Zoom link. The two midterm exams and final exam will be held in-person in NWC 1350, so everyone should plan to attend in person on these days.
Jan 17, 2024: Introduction and Ingradients for Severe Storms
Jan 24, 2024: Skew-T Diagram and Parcel Theory
Jan 29, 2024: Lapse Rate Tendency
Jan 31, 2024: QG Height Tendency
Feb 5, 2024: QG Omega Equation
Feb 7, 2024: Synoptic Excercise
Feb 12, 2024: Vertical Wind Shear
Feb 14, 2024: Hodograph - Part I
Feb 19, 2024: Hodograph - Part 2
Feb 21, 2024: Mode of Convection
Feb 26, 2024: Fire weather forecasting
Feb 28, 2024: Forecast Discussions
Mar 4, 2024: Exam 1 Review
Mar 11, 2024 Supercell Dynamics and Pressure Perturbations - Part I
Mar 13, 2024: Supercell Dynamics and Pressure Perturbations - Part II
Mar 25, 2024: Forecase Exercise 1
Mar 27, 2024: Forecase Exercise 2
April 1, 2024: Tornadogenesis
April 3, 2024: TC tornadoes
April 8, 2024: Severe Composit Parameters
April 10, 2024: Tornado Climatology
April 15, 2024: Derechos
April 17, 2024: Review for Exam 2
Lecture materials below are from last year and are to be updated.
Jan 23, 2023: Parcel Theory and Skew-T Diagram - Canceled due to weather
Jan 25, 2023: Upper Air and Surface Map Analysis
Feb 1, 2023: Quasi-Geostrophic Omega Equation
Feb 6, 2023: Quasi-Geostrophic Height Tendency Equation, Frontogenesis, Jet Streak
Feb 8, 2023: Severe Weather Ingradients - More details and applications
Feb 13, 2023: Vertical wind shear
Feb 15, 2023: Hodograph-1
Feb 20, 2023: Hodograph-2
Feb 22, 2023: Convective Modes
Feb 27, 2023: MCS Forecasting
Mar 1, 2023: Forecast Decision
Mar 6, 2023: Exam 1 Review
Mar 6, 2023: Evening Review Session
Mar 20, 2023: Forecast Excercise: Blast From The Past
Mar 22, 2023: Vorticity Equations
Mar 27, 2023: Pressure Perturbation Equations
Mar 29, 2023: Tornado Climatology (Andrew Moore)
Apil 3, 2023: Tornadogenesis (by Kelton Halbert)
Apil 5, 2023: TC Tornadoes (by Harry Weinman)
Apil 10, 2023: Tornado Parameters (by Andrew Moore)
Apil 17, 2023: Fire weather forecasting (by Andrew Lyons)
Apil 19, 2023: Review for Exam 2
Apil 26, 2023: Real time forecast excercise-1
May 1, 2023: Use of CAMS for severe weathere forecasting
May 3, 2023: Forecast excercise-2
Textbooks:
None required.
Recommended: Markowski, P. and Y. Richardson: Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes. Wiley-Blackwell, 430pp
Web Resources:
A video lecture series created for this class is available online at the following website: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/spcousom/. These videos contain nearly all of the material covered in this course and will serve as a valuable student resource.
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