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