IAP 12.310: Introduction to Weather Forecasting

Links: Synoptic Laboratory - http://paoc.mit.edu/synoptic Tank experiments - http://paoc.mit.edu/labguide NWS (National Weather Service)  - http://weather.gov HPC (Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) - http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fcst2.shtml Intellicast - http://www.intellicast.com Unisys - http://weather.unisys.com ECMWF- coverage maps UCAR (Meted): NWP Models Previous guest speakers -   Harvey Leonard (channel 5) Mish Michaels (channel 4) Barry Burbank (channel 4) Pete Bouchrad (channel 7)

Handouts (for readings): C.R. Celius and H.J. Frentz: A basic Meteorology Exercise Manual Text Books (for reference): Ahrens: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Enviroment (Brooks/Cole) Wallace and Hobbs: Atmospheric Science - An Introductory Survey (Academic Press)