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Ridges and Troughs with Bad Puns

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Sources:

  • https://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints2/457/
  • https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/winds/JetStream_Stuff/300_200_chart.htm
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights
  • https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/Miscellaneous/chart_comparison/chart_comparison.htm#COMPARISON
  • https://blog.weather.us/why-do-upper-level-ridges-result-in-warm-weather/
  • https://www.keyc.com/2020/06/16/upper-level-ridge-our-hot-temperatures/
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/lecture_notes/sep26.html
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/lecture_notes/ul_charts/ul_charts_pt2.html
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/lecture_notes/ul_charts/colored_p118a.html
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/lecture_notes/sep05.html
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/lecture_notes/sep12.html
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/coming_up/week_3/lect9_upper_level_charts.html
  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l6_p8.html

Compressional Warming

Sources:

  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo300/node/7
  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo300/node/8
  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo300/node/666
  • http://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/atmo/chapter/chapter-5-atmospheric-stability/
  • https://texasstormchasers.com/2021/09/19/first-fall-cold-front-arrives-this-week/
  • http://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/atmo/chapter/chapter-5-atmospheric-stability/
  • https://liu.physics.ucdavis.edu/Phy9b/Thermo.pdf
  • https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biological-engineering/20-110j-thermodynamics-of-biomolecular-systems-fall-2005/lecture-notes/l04.pdf
  • https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/earth-system/conduction
  • https://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/sm1/lectures/node56.html
  • http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/firlaw.html#c1
  • http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/adiab.html#c1
  • https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/status/1439335329404686338/photo/2

Why Is It Hot Before a Cold Front?

Sources:

  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l7_p5.html
  • https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/weather-fronts
  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l6_p8.html
  • https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Trough
  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo3/l6_p9.html
  • https://www.meted.ucar.edu/labs/synoptic/sfc_fronts/print.php
  • http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/sfc/pair/prestmp.rxml
  • http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo170a1s1/coming_up/week_3/lect8_sfc_map_analysis.html
  • https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/UASfcManualVersion1.pdf
  • https://www.weather.gov/media/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/winds/FireWx_General_Winds/FireWx_General_Winds.pdf
  • http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/trough.rxml?hret=/guides/maps/sfc/pair/prestmp.rxml
  • https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-mtblog-2009-02-why_does_it_get_so_hot_before-story.html
  • https://www.kxan.com/weather/compressional-heating-why-temperatures-warm-before-they-cool/
  • https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/constant_intro
  • https://mrcc.illinois.edu/resources/glossary/index.jsp#c
  • https://apollo.nvu.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter6/adiab_warm.html
  • https://www.weather.gov/media/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/winds/atmospheric_circulations/Atmospheric_Circulations.pdf

Meteo Heroes

References:

  • https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo300/node/667
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Forecast_System
  • https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/mdlbias/biastext.shtml#GFS
  • https://www.weather.gov/ama/heatindex
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_echo
  • https://www.weather.gov/impacts/examples
  • https://www.weather.gov/safety/tornado-ww
  • https://twitter.com/ChikageWeather/status/1358157599024308224