The Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting Video Lecture Series -- Updated and Complete!
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/spcousom/
Are you interested in learning more about the practice and theory of severe thunderstorm forecasting from meteorologists at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service, and National Severe Storms Laboratory? Now you can access over 90 closed-captioned videos on severe thunderstorm forecasting from The Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting Video ...Lecture Series. This lecture series contains a broad range of topics: severe thunderstorm ingredients, subjective chart analysis and forecasting philosophy, supercells and tornadoes, mesoscale convective system motion, dual-pol radar meteorology, perturbation pressure, decision making in weather forecasting, vertical circulations, convection-allowing models and ensembles, southeast United States cool season severe weather/tornadoes and other low-buoyancy environments, and much more!
This video lecture series is a collaboration between the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, The University of Oklahoma, the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, and the NOAA Warning Decision Training Division. This is based on a three-semester-hour graduate-level course offered at The University of Oklahoma about applications of meteorological theory to the forecasting of severe thunderstorms (Meteorology 5403/4403: Applications of Meteorological Theory to Severe-Thunderstorm Forecasting). This course is led by SPC Forecasters Ariel Cohen and Richard Thompson, and University of Oklahoma faculty member Steven Cavallo. During each spring semester from 2015 to 2017, this course has provided an opportunity to bridge the academic and operational disciplines of meteorology, allowing students to learn from experienced forecasters who have performed research on a variety of topics. During spring 2017, many lectures comprising Meteorology 5403/4403 and other related lectures relevant to severe thunderstorm forecasting were recorded. YouTube links to these recordings and accompanying descriptions are provided at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/spcousom/.
Credit for recording and editing these videos goes to Ben Holcomb and Shawn Riley of The University of Oklahoma. OU student Daniel Cornish reviewed and edited most closed captions, and substantial appreciation is extended to OU graduate student Andrew Moore who served as a teaching assistant for Meteorology 5403/4403 during spring semester 2017. Keli Pirtle, NOAA Communications Public Affairs Specialist, and James Murnan, NOAA Weather Partners Audio/Visual Production Specialist, both contributed assistance in the preparation and outreach for this video series.
The graphic shown below was created by SPC Forecaster Joey Picca.
A Moderate Risk for severe thunderstorms continues across portions of Kansas and Oklahoma. Here are the updated Day 1 Convective Outlook and ongoing Severe Thunderstorm Watches. For additional information and the latest updates, please visit http://www.spc.noaa.gov/.
A look inside SPC Operations today... Meteorologists Bill Bunting and Ariel Cohen are reviewing observational data as John Hart prepares the first Severe Thunderstorm Watch of the day, in effect for portions of Kansas. A Moderate Risk is in effect.
A multi-media briefing from the Storm Prediction Center regarding the severe weather risk for this afternoon and evening is now available at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo.mp4
Moderate Risk in effect this afternoon and evening... Widespread severe and potentially destructive winds are forecast to accompany thunderstorms across parts of central, southern, and eastern Kansas into northern Oklahoma this afternoon into the evening. Severe storms with hail and wind will also be possible across a broad area from parts of West Texas to the upper Mississippi Valley, eastward to the Great Lakes region to the Southeast. For additional information and the latest updates, please visit http://www.spc.noaa.gov/.
