WEATHER FORECASTING RULES, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES

by GEORGE ELLIOTT
1st edition, 1988, 154 pages, $17.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-171-5

 

Weather Forecasting is a practical guide to weather forecasting. The rules, techniques and procedures have been tested and are considered valid by the meteorological community. No attempt is made to explain the physics or dynamics that are responsible for the meteorological parameters. The book is broken up into various main sections, each dealing with a unique meteorological occurence. The subsections deal with very specific behaviors of the synoptic element being considered.

Much of the manual contains rules of weather forecasting, Remembering that rules don't always work, the best method to use is the combination of various rules, techniques and of course the computer forecast. High correlations between rules and the computer are the best, but with time you may find that a certain rule is better than the computer, or the computer is better than a certain rules. Try to integrate as much of the manual into one forecast. Use only one section of the manual when dealing with a synoptic situation that may encompass various meteorological parameters. Make sure that all the parameters are timed as well as can be expected using the procedures outlined in the book and the computer guidance..

Section 1:  UPPER LEVEL FEATURES
Troughs
Closed Lows Aloft
Cut-Off Lows
Ridges
Blocking Highs and Ridges

Section 2  SURFACE FEATURES
Low Presssure Areas
High Pressure Areas
Fronts
Isotherms, Winds and Clouds
Isallobar Fields

Section 3  GENERAL MAP ANALYSIS

Section 4  ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON
Height Parameters
Thickness Criteria
Vorticity
Isobar and Contour Curvature
Isentropic analysis
Moisture, Overrunning, Cloud Tempertures and Turbulence

Section 5  SPECIFIC WEATHER
Drizzle
Fog
Methods for predicting Rain vs. Snow
Freezing Rain
Ice Storms
Forecasting heavy Rain
Pre-Trough Winter Precipitation Forecasting
Predicting Heavy Snow
Lake Effect Snows
General Thunderstorm Forecasting
Forecasting Precipitation Amounts

Section 6  TEMPERATURE FORECASTING
Forecasting high Temperatures
Forecasting Low Temperatures
Forecasting Record Breaking Heat and Cold

Section 7  SATELLITE IDENTIFICATION

Section 8  TROPICAL STORMS

Section 9  SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING

Section 10  CALCULATIONS

GLOSSARY

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