Southeast Alaska Spotter Course

Contents

1. Spotter Course
   
   
2. Welcome
   
   
3. Course Outline
   
   
4. Juneau Forecast Office
   
   
5. Juneau Forecast Area
   
   
6. Office Forecast Programs
   
   
7. Public Forecasts
   
   
8. Basic Definitions
   
   
9. Public Watch/Warning and Advisory Criteria
   
   
10. Aviation Forecasts
    
    
11. Marine Forecasts
    
    
12. Marine Forecast Categories
    
    
13. Hydrologic Services
    
    
14. Fire Weather
    
    
15. Data Acquistion
    
    
16. WSR-88D
    
    
17. U.S. Radar Locations
    
    
18. Biorka Radar Site
    
    
19. Satellite Positions
    
    
20. Sample GOES 10 Imagery
    
    
21. Sample POES Imagery
    
    
22. Upper Air Soundings
    
    
23. Inflation Building
    
    
24. Preparing the Weather Balloon
    
    
25. Launching the Balloon
    
    
26. ASOS –
    
    
27. ASOS Data
    
    
28. Data Buoy Positions in Alaska
    
    
29. Data Buoy Positions in Florida
    
    
30. Why do we need spotters?
    
    
31. Spotter Reporting Criteria
    
    
32. Facts about lightning
    
    
33. Distance from Storm
    
    
34. Waterspouts
    
    
35. Waterspout!
    
    
36. Hail
    
    
37. Heavy Rain
    
    
38. Estimating Wind Speeds
    
    
39. Flooding
    
    
40. A Reminder About
    
    
41. Flash Flood Hazards
    
    
42. Minor Flooding
    
    
43. Facts About Landslides
    
    
44. Mudslide Awareness
    
    
45. Debris Flow
    
    
46. Damaging Mudslide
    
    
47. Freezing Rain
    
    
48. How to Measure Snow
    
    
49. Southeast Alaska
    
    
50. Pressure Gradient Force
    
    
51. Air Circulation
    
    
52. Gap Flow
    
    
53. Airmasses and Flow Regimes
    
    
54. Low pressure near Yakutat
    
    
55. Low pressure southwest
    
    
56. Low pressure inland to the
    
    
57. Low pressure inland and south
    
    
58. Basic Ingredients for Precipitation
    
    
59. Low Level Moisture
    
    
60. Instability
    
    
61. Lifting Mechanisms
    
    
62. Lift from instability
    
    
63. Lift forced by fronts
    
    
64. Lift forced by terrain
    
    
65. Heavy Rain
    
    
66. The Arctic front
    
    
67. Weather Information
    
    
68. Additional Weather Information Sources
    
    
69. More Weather Info.
    
    
70. Slide 70
    
    
71. Spotter Contact Info
    
    
72. ...Coming Attractions...
    
    
73. The End!
    
    

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Last updated:
January 03, 2002 (Thursday)

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