Educational Resources.
- The Weather Prediction – Weather prediction education by providing information on weather data interpretation and forecasting methods.
- NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Division – Has training for anything involving the warning process at the NWS. Some meteorology background is recommended.
- Meted – Hundreds of modules/videos covering nearly all aspects of the geosciences provided by UCAR. Great for all levels of knowledge in the field.
Rich Thompson is a lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. He has shared his knowledge of tornado forecasting in a 9 part series of videos. Definitely worth the watch.
Rich Thompson's Tornado Forecasting Workshop (More advanced)- Class 1: Weather Maps, Soundings, and Synoptic Meteorology
- Class 2: Severe Storm Ingredients: Moisture and Lapse Rate Sources
- Class 3: Severe Storm Ingredients: Lift and Vertical Shear Sources
- Class 4: Supercell and Tornado Conceptual Models (+ Parameters)
- Class 5: Synoptic and Mesoscale Tornado Patterns
- Class 6: Convective mode – Synoptic and Mesoscale Tornado Patterns
- Class 7: Tornado Parameter Climatology
- Class 8: Numerical Models
- Class 9: Real-time Forecasting Exercise
. Ariel Cohen and Rich Thompson's Severe Thunderstorm Ingredient Lectures
- Class 1: Main Ingredients For Organized Severe Thunderstorms
- Class 2: Lapse Rate Tendency Equation
- Class 3: Conservation of Mass
- Class 4: Moisture and the Return Flow Cycle
- Class 5: Effects of Inland Mixing on Moisture
- Class 6: Effects of Evapotranspiration
- Class 7: Source and Evolution of Lapse Rates
- Class 8: Synoptic Influences on Vertical Wind Shear
- Class 9: Jet Streaks and Vertical Wind Shear
- Class 10: Lee Cyclogenesis and Vertical Wind Shear
- Class 11: Synoptic Lift Sources
- Class 12: Mesoscale Lift and the Dryline
- Class 12: Synoptic Review
- Class 13: Skew-T Diagram Basics
- Class 14: Hodograph Plots
- Class 14: Observational Data Quality
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Weather Safety Resources
Tornadoes and Thunderstorms
Hurricanes and Tropical Weather
Winter Weather
Flooding
Other Guides
Hurricanes and Tropical Weather
Winter Weather
Flooding
Other Guides