ES 10: 12 Feb 2001 Lecture

 

 

 

Handout

Lecture handout

Additional links

http://www.ucar.edu/ucar/

NCAR/RAP weather - check out satellite, surface (contour plots), which show the various parameters that describe the weather for today. Low pressure systems are rainy, and high pressure systems have clear sky. Also, note the wind directions into lows versus highs.