Blog:
Students will be required to contribute two posts to the http://weatherinw.wordpress.com blog during the semester for their NWS Forecast Office of choice. A blog should consist of both a weather analysis and a forecast. These should be done as part of a two-person team. I suggest you either work together, or split up duties between forecast and analysis. In addition to a regional forecast, the forecaster should make a specific forecast for a city or town in the forecast area. Blog posts should use at least 3 images that support their discussion. Annotated images are encouraged. Before you post for the first time you will need to take the following steps:
General instructions on posting
I provide a brief video on the logistics of using the wordpress site below
Class presentation:
The last 10 weeks of class a team of students will be given the first 5-10 minutes of class to complete a weather briefing and forecast. The National Weather Service and other agencies that base their decisions off short to medium term weather forecasts regularly perform these briefings. In groups of two you will be leading weather briefings during the semester, adding increasing levels of sophistication as we move throughout the semester and understand the workings of weather systems. These guidelines are designed to give you a framework from which you can develop a weather briefing. Student teams should coordinate and come prepared to class with a PowerPoint slide or equivalent.
Please coordinate with your forecast team to divide up the work and synthesize your results. For example, if there is a group of three the tasks could be divided as: (i) weather analysis, (ii) short-term forecast (e.g., nowcasting, next 6 hours), (iii) mid-range forecast (next 2-4 days). If there is no interesting short-term forecast, it might be useful to consider the long-range forecast (beyond 4 days).
Students will be required to contribute two posts to the http://weatherinw.wordpress.com blog during the semester for their NWS Forecast Office of choice. A blog should consist of both a weather analysis and a forecast. These should be done as part of a two-person team. I suggest you either work together, or split up duties between forecast and analysis. In addition to a regional forecast, the forecaster should make a specific forecast for a city or town in the forecast area. Blog posts should use at least 3 images that support their discussion. Annotated images are encouraged. Before you post for the first time you will need to take the following steps:
- Register at wordpress.com
- Send, or tell me, the email address that you used to sign on, and I will send you an invite to the blog
General instructions on posting
- To compose a post, select “write”
- Post title: NEEDS to include date/time stamp
- When posting pictures you will need to download the figures and upload them to the site. Direct hyperlinks are usually time dependent such that files are frequently overwritten (e.g., the 24hr forecast map of precipitation changes in time).
- Please check for spelling and grammatical errors before posting
- You can always save your post and continue at a later time, “save” button on right hand side.
- Students are encouraged to contribute via comments – at least constructive comments.
- As master and commander of the blog, I retain the rights to edit posts where necessary.
I provide a brief video on the logistics of using the wordpress site below
Class presentation:
The last 10 weeks of class a team of students will be given the first 5-10 minutes of class to complete a weather briefing and forecast. The National Weather Service and other agencies that base their decisions off short to medium term weather forecasts regularly perform these briefings. In groups of two you will be leading weather briefings during the semester, adding increasing levels of sophistication as we move throughout the semester and understand the workings of weather systems. These guidelines are designed to give you a framework from which you can develop a weather briefing. Student teams should coordinate and come prepared to class with a PowerPoint slide or equivalent.
Please coordinate with your forecast team to divide up the work and synthesize your results. For example, if there is a group of three the tasks could be divided as: (i) weather analysis, (ii) short-term forecast (e.g., nowcasting, next 6 hours), (iii) mid-range forecast (next 2-4 days). If there is no interesting short-term forecast, it might be useful to consider the long-range forecast (beyond 4 days).
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