Weather 101 Segments from 2012
January
January 3rd – Weather Observations (ASOS)
January 10th – ASOS limitations and parameters measured
January 16th – History of Upper Air Observations in the US
January 23rd – History of Upper Air Observations in the US part 2
January 30th – History of Upper Air Observations in the US part 3
February
February 7th – Interesting facts of Upper Air Observations
February 13th – Rain
February 20th – Synoptic
February 27th – EML (elevated mixed layer)
March
March 7th – Geography measurement history
March 12th – UTC, Z time, and daylight-saving time
March 19th – jet stream (repeat topic)
March 26th – real time weather maps (station model plots basics)
April
April 2nd – Hurricane season experimental services for 2012
April 9th – Phenology
April 16th – NWS Website design refresh (2012)
April 23rd – Interesting Lightning facts
April 30th – Satellites
May
May 7th – hail formation characteristics
May 14th – Hailstone growth
May 21st – 2012 Hurricane season names and tropical cyclone overview
May 29th – Storm Surge values separated from storm rating categories
June
June 4th – What is storm surge?
June 12th – SLOSH Model
June 18th – Tropical Cyclone size
June 26th – Rip Currents
July
July 2nd – Glories
July 9th – Bermuda/Azores high and ring of fire
July 16th – Red Flag Warnings (Fire weather vs. costal wind)
July 23rd – Troughs and ridges
July 30th – Sun spikes on radar
August
August 6th – Roost rings on radar
August 14th – Smoke plumes on radar
August 21st – Wind farms on radar
August 27th – Traffic on radar
September
September 4th – Anomalous propagation on radar
September 10th – Albedo
September 17th – Albert J. Meyer
September 24th – Pressure scales (pascals)
October
October 1st – Norwegian cyclone model
October 8th – Types of low-pressure systems
October 15th – Types of high-pressure systems
October 22nd – Reasons for the seasons
October 29th – Global air circulation overview and Hadley cell
November
November 5th – Feral and polar cells
November 12th – Radial Velocity
November 19th – Liquid precipitation
November 26th – Frozen precipitation
December
December 3rd – Obscurations
December 10th – Snow cover’s role in temperature forecasts
December 17th – Mackerel skies and mare’s tails
December 24th – Tilts of troughs
December 31st – Tilts of troughs (repeat)
