Midterm 2: Material covered since Midterm 1.

• "Thermal" Pressure Sysems
• Hurricanes (See Hurricane Topic List in Hurricane Past Links section)
• "Dynamic" Pressure Systems
  • Wave Cyclones (as a specific example of a "dynamic" low)
• Fronts (warm, cold, stationary)
• Dry Line
• Instability/Stability
• Common/Single Cell Thunderstorm
• Severe Thunderstorm Climatologies (when do they occur?) and Meaning and Intepretation of Convective Outlooks and Probabilistic Tornado, Straight Line Wind and Hail Outlooks
• Either PBS Special or National Geographic Article AND the 8 minute internet National Geographic summary of the Samaras Research
• Accumulated Since Beginnning of Semester:
  • Interpretation of Weather Map and Charts, Make Your Own Weather Map Page, Satellite and Radar Imagery
  • Use of Websites: US Navy Tropical Cyclone Page, Storm Prediction Center, Satellite loops and imagery from the NWS and from US Navy etc.