ATMO 580: Tropical Meteorology



State of the Tropics: Dates in lavender will not take place in lieu of research presentations


Date Large-scale tropics Tropical Cyclones
Friday Aug 28 Ritchie Ritchie
Friday Sep 4 Ritchie Ritchie
Friday Sep 11 Bill Scheftic Simona Olson
Friday Sep 18 Mike Stovern Bill Cassell
Friday Sep 25 Mason Quick Diana Stovern
Friday Oct 2 No State of the Tropics No State of the Tropics
Friday Oct 9 Genevieve Valliere-Kelley Jason Ninneman
Friday Oct 16 Nate Johnson Bill Scheftic
Friday Oct 23 Simona Olson Mike Stovern
Friday Oct 30 No State of the Tropics No State of the Tropics
Friday Nov 6 Bill Cassell Mason Quick
Friday Nov 13 Diana Stovern Genevieve Valliere-Kelly
Wednesday Nov 18 Jason Ninneman Nate Johnson


Responsibilities:


Large-Scale Tropics:

Describe the large-scale flow in the tropics (Pacific and Atlantic) in both the upper- and lower parts of the atmosphere. Useful charts include 200- and 850-hPa streamlines or wind vector plots, mean sea-level pressure charts, vertical wind shear charts, satellite IR, VIS, WV imagery.



Tropical Cyclones:

Describe all TC activity in the tropics (Pacific and Atlantic). For each TC describe current motion and intensity (use forecast center predictions to help you out - JTWC or JMA for the w N-Pac and NHC for E N-Pac and Atl) and project the future motion and intensity basing your forecast on actual environment factors. Useful charts include 200- and 850-hPa streamlines or wind vector plots for diffluence/confluence patterns, vertical wind shear charts (for adverse shear conditions), satellite WV imagery for dry air.