17 - 18 October 1996

Midwest Cold Season Synoptic Storm

This storm was selected as an example of "classical" cyclone development with structures similar to the Norwegian conceptual model of storm development.

• Synoptic Discussion
• Get the Data
• Sample Model and Satellite Images

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  Sea Level Pressure 1000 mb Temps and Winds
  500 mb Heights Abs. Vorticity
  IR Satellite Image

• Surface maps for doing surface analysis
  • 00 UTC 17 Oct 96
  • 06 UTC 17 Oct 96
  • 12 UTC 17 Oct 96
  • 18 UTC 17 Oct 96
  • 00 UTC 18 Oct 96
• Unidata Workshop Laboratory Exercises
• Hand Drawn surface analysis coming soon
• Sample Exercises
• Sample Diagnostic Fields

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This work is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Department of Undergraduate Education through grant number 9554957.

For more information, contact Lynn McMurdie at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351640, Seattle, WA 98195-1640; (phone)206-685-9405 mcmurdie@atmos.washington.edu (Updated: 25 July 2000)