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Air Masses, Fronts and Storms

Earth ScienceChapter 19

Pages 528-554

Academic Excellence ShowcaseThursday, May 29

• Two points credit for each talk you attend in Phil Wade’s session 9:00 to 11:30 AM, in NS 103

• One point credit for every four Earth Science posters you investigate in the Pacific Room of Werner Center

• Must submit worksheets/ summaries and attendance tickets of each talk or poster for credit

• Link to worksheets, instructions and proceedings http://www.wou.edu/~brownk/ES106/AcademicExcellenceShowcase.2008.pdf

Canadian Air mass Air masses

Buffalo NY snow Lake Effect Snow belts

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Maritime Polar Air Mass Warm Front

Cold Front Occluded Front—onset

Occluded Front—developed Occluded Front—dissipation

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Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone

Mid-latitude Cyclone 1

Mid-latitude Cyclone 2 Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone

Mid-latitude Cyclone 3 Mid-latitude Cyclone 4

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Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone

Mid-latitude Cyclone 5

Mid-latitude Cyclone 6 Development of Mid-latitude Cyclone

May 22, 2006 IR map

• Link to water vapor animation at righthttp://www.goes.noaa.gov/WCIR3.html http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/wcvs.html

Mature Mid-latitude cyclone—sat photo

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Airflow aloft Mature Mid-latitude Cyclone diagram

Weather Scientist Weather pattern animation

Storms, continued

Earth ScienceChapter 19

Pages 539-554

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html

Cumulus clouds

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Cloud of vertical development Development of cumulonimbus

Lightning frequency US

Lightning storm

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html

Storm mortality chart Tornado features

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Tornado development--roll Tornado development—begins to go vertical with updraft

Tornado development—vertical cyclone Supercell

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/suprcell.htm

Tornado development--summary Tornado—distance photo

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Tornado frequency—US Tornado—close photo

Tornados--Illinois Tornado damage--pole

Tornado damage--town microburst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

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Dry Microburst

Accessed on Wikipedia, from NWS slideshow on weather spotting

Tropical cyclone:

Hurricane Katrina—satellite image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

Cross section of tropical cyclone P3 Orion Hurricane Hunter

Pacific Windflow from satellite Hurricane Ivan from satellite

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Hurricane Frances Hurricane Fran--1996

Path of Katrina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Katrina_2005_track.png

Before Camille Storm Surge--1969

After Camille storm surge—1969 Camille storm surge—side-by-side