Weather 101 Segments from 2013

January

January 7th – Dual Polarization overview Audio Player

January 14th – Dual-Pol products part 1 (Reflectivity, Velocity, Spectrum Width)Audio Player

January 21st – Dual-Pol products part 2 (ZDR)Audio Player

January 28th – Dual-Pol products part 3 (CC)Audio Player


February

February 4th – Dual-Pol products part 4 (KDP)Audio Player

February 11th – Dual-Pol products part 5 (HCA)Audio Player

February 18th – Application of Dual-Pol products (winter weather)Audio Player

February 25th – Application of Dual-Pol products (heavy rain)Audio Player


March

March 5th – Application of Dual-Pol products (hail)Audio Player

March 12th – Application of Dual-Pol products (TDS)Audio Player

March 19th – Weather Folklore (Crickets chirping and temperature, salt clumps and wood frames swelling)Audio Player

March 25th – Dew Point DepressionAudio Player


April

April 1st – MOS (Model Output Statistics)Audio Player

April 8th – Rule change to the definition of tropical systemsAudio Player

April 15th – Other hurricane center product changesAudio Player

April 22nd – TOTO (ways to measure tornadoes)Audio Player

April 29th – Stick-netsAudio Player


May

May 5th – Lightning (repeat topic)Audio Player

May 13th – History of lightning researchAudio Player

May 27th – Normal forms of lightningAudio Player


June

June 10th – Unusual forms of lightning (bead and ball) Audio Player

June 17th – Unusual forms of lightning 2 (bolt from the blue and TLEs (Sprites, jets, elves))Audio Player

June 24th – Cold PoolAudio Player


July

July 1st – Sucker Hole (short-lived spell of good weather)Audio Player

July 8th – Tropical (Easterly) wavesAudio Player

July 15th – Cape Verde HurricanesAudio Player

July 22nd – TUT low (refresher)Audio Player

July 29th – QLCS vs Squall LineAudio Player


August

August 5th – Isaac Monroe ClineAudio Player

August 12th – Tornado pressure dropAudio Player

August 19th – Banner cloudsAudio Player

August 27th – GOES 12 retirementAudio Player


September

September 2nd – GOES historyAudio Player

September 9th – GOES R seriesAudio Player

September 16th – ABIAudio Player

September 23rd – Piebalds and TheodolitesAudio Player

September 30th – How Theodolites were usedAudio Player


October

October 7th – Weather folklore (glass barometer)Audio Player

October 14th – Rip Currents (repeat topic)Audio Player

October 21st – More on Rip CurrentsAudio Player

October 28th – SynopticAudio Player


November

November 4th – Sting JetAudio Player

November 11th – Jet StreamsAudio Player

November 18 – Discovery of Jet StreamsAudio Player

November 25th – Formation of Jet StreamsAudio Player


December

December 2nd – Hard FreezeAudio Player

December 9th – Blue NortherAudio Player

December 16th – El Nino and La NinaAudio Player

December 23rd – Winter type weather (sleet)Audio Player

December 30th – “Normal” temperatureAudio Player