Weather 101 Segments from 2013
January
January 7th – Dual Polarization overview
January 14th – Dual-Pol products part 1 (Reflectivity, Velocity, Spectrum Width)
January 21st – Dual-Pol products part 2 (ZDR)
January 28th – Dual-Pol products part 3 (CC)
February
February 4th – Dual-Pol products part 4 (KDP)
February 11th – Dual-Pol products part 5 (HCA)
February 18th – Application of Dual-Pol products (winter weather)
February 25th – Application of Dual-Pol products (heavy rain)
March
March 5th – Application of Dual-Pol products (hail)
March 12th – Application of Dual-Pol products (TDS)
March 19th – Weather Folklore (Crickets chirping and temperature, salt clumps and wood frames swelling)
March 25th – Dew Point Depression
April
April 1st – MOS (Model Output Statistics)
April 8th – Rule change to the definition of tropical systems
April 15th – Other hurricane center product changes
April 22nd – TOTO (ways to measure tornadoes)
April 29th – Stick-nets
May
May 5th – Lightning (repeat topic)
May 13th – History of lightning research
May 27th – Normal forms of lightning
June
June 10th – Unusual forms of lightning (bead and ball)
June 17th – Unusual forms of lightning 2 (bolt from the blue and TLEs (Sprites, jets, elves))
June 24th – Cold Pool
July
July 1st – Sucker Hole (short-lived spell of good weather)
July 8th – Tropical (Easterly) waves
July 15th – Cape Verde Hurricanes
July 22nd – TUT low (refresher)
July 29th – QLCS vs Squall Line
August
August 5th – Isaac Monroe Cline
August 12th – Tornado pressure drop
August 19th – Banner clouds
August 27th – GOES 12 retirement
September
September 2nd – GOES history
September 9th – GOES R series
September 16th – ABI
September 23rd – Piebalds and Theodolites
September 30th – How Theodolites were used
October
October 7th – Weather folklore (glass barometer)
October 14th – Rip Currents (repeat topic)
October 21st – More on Rip Currents
October 28th – Synoptic
November
November 4th – Sting Jet
November 11th – Jet Streams
November 18 – Discovery of Jet Streams
November 25th – Formation of Jet Streams
December
December 2nd – Hard Freeze
December 9th – Blue Norther
December 16th – El Nino and La Nina
December 23rd – Winter type weather (sleet)
December 30th – “Normal” temperature
