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AWOC Winter Weather Track Course Material Directory

Important News

Development and delivery of the FY13 AWOC Winter Weather Track was not funded. However, these training materials are provided for your local training initiatives to use as you see fit. A punch list of needed changes needed have been provided so you know which content is most likely out of date. Click on the panels below to expand (contract) them and view details of the course content. Certicates of completion will not be provided by WDTB for those completing courses in the NWS Learning Center during FY13.

Most Recent Version of Course

IC Winter 1: Orientation

Presentations

Lesson 1.1: Orientation to the Winter Weather Track of AWOC
- Facilitator/Student Orientation 2010-11 - now completed by Instructor Led Training

Student Handouts & References

IC Winter 2: Products and Services

Presentations

Lesson 2.1: Why Certain Products are Issued (4.92 MB ZIP)
Lesson 2.2: WFO/HPC Collaboration (5.24 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

IC Winter 3: User Needs to Mitigate Societal Impacts - Road Weather

Presentations

Lesson 3.1: IC Overview (4.01 MB ZIP)
Lesson 3.2: Weather Impacts & Surface Transportation Management Strategies (11.6 MB ZIP)
Lesson 3.3: Tools for Monitoring Road Weather (10.2 MB ZIP)
Lesson 3.4: The NWS-Ground Transportation Partnership (6.09 MB ZIP)
Lesson 3.5: Comparing Timelines of NWS Products & Ground Transportation Mitigation Strategy Implementation (4.97 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

IC Winter 4: Climatology

Presentations

Lesson 4.1: Climatological Patterns
- Part 1: ENSO (5.2 MB ZIP)
- Part 2: MJO (6.5 MB ZIP)
- Part 3: Teleconnections (6.6 MB ZIP)
Lesson 4.2: Building and Applying a Climatology
- Part 1: Building a Climatology (7.84 MB ZIP)
- Part 2: Applying Climatic Anomalies to EPS Data (5.99 MB ZIP)
Lesson 4.3: Microclimates: Interaction of Synoptic Pattern with Local Terrain (6.31 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

Optional Exercises (required for the platinum development plan)

Microclimatology exercise contributions from the field

IC 5: Precipitation Forcing Mechanisms and Associated Diagnosis of Winter Weather Systems

Presentations

Lesson 5.1: Using Potential Vorticity in Operations (27.3 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.2: Diagnosing Mesoscale Internal Forcing: Frontogenesis (8.47 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.3: The Effect of Stability on the Response to Internal Forcing in the Atmosphere (8.72 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.4: Examples of Frontal Precipitation Bands (8.53 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.5: Structure of TROWALS (7.90 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.6: Cool-Season Orographic Precipitation Processes and Prediction (13.1 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.7: Lake Effects (8.69 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

IC 6: Synoptic/Mesoscale Forecasting of Precipitation Type and Amount

Presentations

Lesson 6.1: Introduction to the Top-Down Methodology (25.8 MB ZIP)
Lesson 6.2: Precipitation Type Forecasting

Part 1: Baldwin and Ramer Techniques (5.81 MB ZIP)
Part 2: Borgouin Method and Partial Thickness Technique (6.20 MB ZIP)

Lesson 6.3: Using Ensembles in Winter Weather Forecasting (11.3 MB ZIP)
Lesson 6.4: The Ingredients Based Method for Forecasting Heavy Precipitation (4.69 MB ZIP)
Lesson 6.5: Forecasting Snow Totals

Part 1: Snow Ratio Basics, Climatology, and Snow Microphysics (5.74 MB ZIP)
Part 2: Snow Production, Conceptual Models, and Diagnostic Tools (6.65 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

IC 7: Monitoring System Evolution

Lessons

Lesson 7.1: Monitoring Model Accuracy (47.0 MB ZIP)
Lesson 7.2: Winter Weather Precipitation Estimation

Part 1: Winter Weather Precipitation Estimation (11.5 MB ZIP)
Part 2: Winter Weather Precipitation Estimation - Case Study (6.95 MB ZIP)

Lesson 7.3: suspended (see below)
Lesson 7.4: Diagnosing Unexpected Precipitation Areas (21.2 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

IC 8: Non-Precipitation Warning Considerations

Lessons

Lesson 8.1 Forecasting Severe Downslope Winds (17 MB ZIP)

Student Handouts & References

Lesson 8.1 Handout

IC 9: Winter Weather Simulations Using the WES

Simulations from FY12 have two traits that make them out of date:

lack dual-polarization radar data and
the data are in AWIPS-1 format.

WDTB staff are not available to assist you in facilitating the course.

Content from Earlier Versions of the Course

Suspended Lessons

FY 2006/2007 Versions:

Lesson 4.1: Climatological patterns (version 2006 for reference only)
- Part 1: ENSO (8.15 MB ZIP)
- Part 2: Madden-Julian Oscillation (8.65 MB ZIP)
- Part 3: Climatology - Teleconnections (6.51 MB ZIP)
- Part 4: Climatology - Using CPC/CDC Products (5.37 MB ZIP)
Lesson 5.1: Diagnosing Synoptic Scale Internal Forcing: A Review of QG Theory and Potential Vorticity (17.7 MB ZIP)
Lesson 7.3: Effective Use of Spotters and Webcams (5.43 MB ZIP)


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