Metr 503

Spring 2005

Name _________________________

Date __________________________

Meteorology 503

Spring 2005

Lab 1 and Homework 1

Setting the Synoptic History – Review of Metr 403 Concepts

Schedule:

10 – 11:15 AM Chart Preparation;

11:15-Noon Student Presentations

1. All labs are to be kept in a three hole binder. Turn in the binder when

you have finished the Lab.

2. Show all PROCEDURE. No credit given if only

answer is provided.

3. Unless otherwise noted, you may work together. But remember, YOU

are the one who will be responsible for understanding the material for

exams and when you are out in the profession. So STRIVE to

understand what you are doing. Don't let someone else do your

thinking for you.

Overview of Assignment

This is an exercise in developing a synoptic overview for the United States of the two day period January 25 and 26, 2005. The exercise has two parts.

The first part is an “under pressure” visual aid preparation and presentation of different facets of the synoptic pattern over the United States over those two days, with each student in the class responsible for a portion of the presentation and discussion.

The second part is a write-up of your portion, that will be turned in next Monday at the beginning of class. The writeup should be neat, typed on a word processor, and submitted in a folder of some sort. It should be written in the correct AMS format.

It need not be long…perhaps two or three pages of text, with the text referring specifically to the charts you used in your class presentation.

Procedure

Each student should get standard charts they would need (for example, eta_thick or eta_vort, or fax ua_500, or sfc plots of data etc.), but also should include other wxp generated analyses or plots as necessary (for example, to estimate differential vorticity advection, you need something besides the chart at one level).

Discussion

Each student should be able to discuss the synoptic pattern or dynamic controls for vertical motion (depending upon the charts they have been assigned), based upon what we learned in M403. Each student should use correct terminology in preparing his or her presentation.

Standard Charts
Jan 25 and 26	00 UTC	12 UTC
	eta_thick	eta_thick
	eta_vort	eta_vort
	wxp sfc data	wxp sfc data
	fax ua_500	fax ua_500
	fax ua_300	fax ua_300
Analyses
Michele	SFc Analysis at 00 UTC for 25 Jan
Austin	SFc Analysis at 12 UTC for 25 Jan
Julio	SFc Analysis at 00 UTC for 26 Jan
Stan	Differential Vorticity Advection Centered at 700 mb for 25 January
	and Temperature Advection Centered at 700 mb
Chris Medjber	Temp Advection and Fronts for 00 and 12 UTC 26 January
Chris Meherin	Differential Vorticity Advection Centered at 700 mb for 26 January
	and Temperature Advection Centered at 700 mb
Kathryn	Temp Advection and Fronts for 00 and 12 UTC 25 January
Linh	Mid and Upper Tropospheric Evolution (300 and 500) for both days
Justin	SFc Analysis at 12 UTC for 26 Jan