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1. LOWER TROPOSPHERIC RELATIVE HUMIDITY
2. UPPER LEVEL LOWS
3. ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH MID-LATITUDE CYCLONES
4. THE FORECASTING OF DEW
5. THE FORECASTING OF FROST
6. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CHARACTERISTICS
7. FORECASTING ICING ON ROADS
8. CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-LYING FOG
9. DEW / FROST THICKNESS FUNCTIONS
10. THE IMPORTANCE OF FRICTION
11. THE SEA BREEZE
12. COLD FRONT MODIFICATION
13. MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE STRENGTHENING
14. PRESSURE TROUGHS AND SHORTWAVES
15. FORECASTING SYNOPTIC SCALE PRECIPITATION
16. DEWPOINT AS A FORECASTING TOOL
17. WIND AS A FORECASTING TOOL
18. CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
19. UNDERSTANDING LATENT HEAT
20. IMPORTANT CLIMATOLOGICAL FACTORS
21. SOIL MOISTURE AND FORECASTING
22. RADIATION FOG INGREDIENTS
23. TORNADO SAFETY
24. LOWER TROPOSPHERIC ANALYSIS
25. FORECASTING USING THE 500 MILLIBAR CHART
26. JET STREAM ANALYSIS
27. CORIOLIS FORCE INTERPRETATION
28. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO INSTABILITY
29. BASIC EQUINOX DEFINITION
30. TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF THE TROPOSPHERE
31. SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE RATE
32. UPWIND AND DOWNWIND DEFINED
33. AN ADIABATIC VERSUS A DIABATIC PROCESS
34. ALBEDO AND THE ENERGY BUDGET
35. THE SOIL MOISTURE'S IMPACT ON WEATHER PREDICTION
36. THE 6 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN OUTSIDE COMFORT
37. METEOROLOGICAL SENSOR TYPES
38. ISOPLETHS DEFINED
39. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND HEAT
40. ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
41. WARMING AND COOLING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE
42. SUPERCELL TYPES: LP, CLASSIC, HP
43. SEVERE WEATHER VERSUS FRONTAL TYPE
44. THE MOISTURE TONGUE DEFINED
45. (IN)STABILITY TYPES DEFINED
46. SEVERE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT
47. DOWNDRAFT TYPES: FORWARD FLANK AND REAR FLANK
48. VEERING AND BACKING WIND DEFINED
49. BAROTROPIC AND BAROCLINIC DEFINED
50. THE 3 MOTIONS WITHIN A TORNADO
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51. VISIBILITY AND TORNADOES
52. RISING AIR PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
53. THE HYDROLAPSE DEFINED
54. LIFTED INDEX INFORMATION
55. SEVERE WEATHER ENHANCERS
56. VORTICITY BASICS
57. FLASH FLOOD THREAT
58. TILTING OF TROUGHS ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE
59. DEWPOINT AND WETBULB DETAILS
60. FORECAST MODEL DATA INPUT
61. SMALL SCALE PRESSURE CHANGES
62. THE HYDROSTATIC EQUATION
63. SMALL SCALE WEATHER INFLUENCES
64. GRAVITY WAVE DEFINED
65. WHAT IS DPVA?
66. INCREASING FORECASTING KNOWLEDGE
67. ATTRIBUTES OF A BROADCAST METEOROLOGIST
68. THE PURPOSE OF A FORECAST
69. THE ART OF FORECASTING
70. FORECAST VERIFICATION
71. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION FORECAST
72. CATCHY PHRASES FOR BROADCAST METEOROLOGISTS
73. CONVERSIONS USING THE DOMINANT TEMPERATURE SCALES
74. KNOTS, PLUS OTHER WIND INFORMATION
75. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF Z TIME
76. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISOBARS AND ISOHYPSES
77. ASSESSING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES AND HEIGHTS
78. THE ISALLOBAR AND HEIGHT CHANGE CONTOURS
79. SURFACE VERSUS UPPER AIR STATION PLOTS
80. SNOW AND CLEAR SKIES
81. THE ART OF INTERPOLATION
82. LOCATING FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
83. USEFULNESS AND USELESSNESS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
84. THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE AND BEING RESPECTED
85. WHAT CAUSES WIND?
86. MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASS
87. MARITIME POLAR AIR MASS
88. DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND WEATHER FORECASTING
89. CONTINENTAL POLAR AIR MASS
90. CONTINENTAL TROPICAL AIR MASS
91. ARCTIC AIR MASS
92. HIGHLAND AIR MASS
93. TEACHING BASIC WEATHER
94. OCCLUDED FRONTS
95. USING MOS DATA
96. DYNAMIC SYNOPTIC SCALE RISING MOTION
97. THE 540 LINE AND PRECIPITATION TYPE
98. THE ZERO DEGREE ISOTHERM
99. THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY
100. RIDDING THE JET STREAM
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101. VERTICAL VELOCITY ON THE 700 MB MODEL PROGS
102. THE 1000 MB FORECAST MODEL PROG
103. THE 850 MB MODEL PROG
104. THE 500 MB MODEL PROG
105. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY PROG
106. THE LIFTED INDEX PROG
107. THE SURFACE PRESSURE/PRECIPITATION/THICKNESS PROG
108. THE 300 MILLIBAR PROG
109. USING MODEL PROGS FOR FORECASTING
110. THE GFS MODEL
111. DOWNSLOPING WIND
112. UPSLOPING WIND
113. EVALUATING TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE
114. APPLYING TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO FORECASTING
115. ANALYZING A STRONG LOW PRESSURE ON MODEL PROGS
116. ISENTROPIC LIFTING (UPGLIDE)
117. PET PEEVES AND BOTHERSOME METEOROLOGY
118. A LITTLE SUNSHINE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
119. CLOUDS ACT LIKE A BLANKET?
120. WHICH WAY IS UP?
121. WEATHER EXCITEMENT
122. THE DIFFERENT FORECAST MODELS
123. CHANGE IN PRESSURE, DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE WITH HEIGHT
124. MELTING OF HAIL AS IT FALLS
125. WHAT IS A DIRTY HIGH PRESSURE?
126. WHAT IS AN INVERTED TROUGH?
127. WHAT IS A "NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH"?
128. WHAT IS MEANT BY A "VERTICALLY TILTED TROUGH"?
129. WHAT IS A LEE-SIDE TROUGH (LOW)?
130. WHAT IS A THERMAL TROUGH (RIDGE)?
131. WHAT IS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH?
132. WHAT DO THE TERMS DIGGING AND DEEPENING MEAN?
133. WHAT IS A SHEAR AXIS?
134. WHY DOES SURFACE CONVERGENCE OCCUR WITH LOW PRESSURE?
135. WHAT IS A CLASSIC EVENT?
136. WHAT IS A RETURN FLOW?
137. WHAT IS OMEGA FORCING?
138. DEFINING CHART, PANEL, PROG, ANALYSIS, IMAGE, MODEL, ect.
139. RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILORS WARNING
140. WEATHER AND MILITARY STRATEGY
141. INGREDIENTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
142. SOME PERSPECTIVE ON GRAVITY
143. DIFFERENT TERMS FOR A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE WITH HEIGHT
144. THE OMEGA BLOCK
145. NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MID-LATITUDE SEASONS
146. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
147. CAPE AND LI USING GOES SOUNDER
148. READING THICKNESS LINES
149. HOW IS CONVERGENCE DISPLAYED ON THE GRAPHICAL MODELS?
150. WHAT IS A SQUALL LINE?
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151. FORCE FIELDS AND DONUT HOLES
152. WAA VS. LOCAL HEATING ON THE 850 MB FORECAST MODELS
153. THE JET STREAM AND SUPERCELLS
154. A WEATHER FOLKLORE PHRASE INTERPRETED
155. CARBON DIOXIDE VS. WATER VAPOR AS GREENHOUSE GASES
156. WHY DOES THE PGF POINT FROM HIGH TO LOW PRESSURE?
157. WHAT IS A VARIABLE WIND?
158. THE INVERSION
159. ZONAL AND MERIDIONAL FLOW
160. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LCL AND CCL
161. WHY THE MALR IS NOT A CONSTANT?
162. POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE AND THETA-E
163. NEGATIVE BOUYANCY AND THE CAP ON SKEW-T
164. ELEVATED CONVECTION
165. THE EL AND MPL
166. PREDICTING HAIL WITH THE SKEW-T
167. PREDICTING WINTER WEATHER WITH THE SKEW-T
168. THE HYDROLAPSE
169. OPERATIONAL USES OF THE LAYER SLICE METHOD
170. SHORTCUT TO CALCULATING WET-BULB
171. THE COL
172. FORECASTING SEVERE WEATHER USING SKEW-T
173. SATURATION VS. ACTUAL MIXING RATIO
174. HURRICANE INDUCED TORNADOES
175. WIND SHEAR AND SUPERCELLS
176. EXACT LOCATION OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
177. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER'S CONVECTIVE OUTLOOKS
178. THE REX BLOCK
179. USING PERCENTAGES IN FORECASTS
180. LOCATING DOWNSLOPING AND UPSLOPE WIND USING THE MODELS
181. READING FORECAST DISCUSSIONS
182. STAGES AND ATTAINMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
183. THE SOUND OF THUNDER
184. HOW DO CLOUDS DISSIPATE?
185. WHY DO MOST THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR IN LATE AFTERNOON?
186. CALCULATING RELATIVE HUMIDITY
187. WIDESPREAD VERSUS WIDELY SCATTERED
188. BOMBOGENESIS
189. CLOUD COVERAGE METHODS
190. EXPLAINING DEWPOINT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE PUBLIC
191. THUNDERSTORM GLACIATION
192. WHY IS FOG MORE COMMON IN RURAL AREAS?
193. CALCULATING WINDSHEAR AND SHEAR VORTICITY
194. CALCULATION OF EARTH, SHEAR AND CURVATURE VORTICITY
195. INTERPRETATION OF UVV ON SYNOPTIC MODELS
196. EVAPORATIONAL COOLING
197. THE EFFECT OF VORTICITY ADVECTION ON HEIGHT CHANGE
198. THE VOLUME OF A RAINDROP
199. THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND PRESSURE GRADIENT
200. THE CLOSED LOW
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201. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION (GRASS VERSUS CONCRETE)
202. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION (INFLUENCE OF PREVIOUS WEATHER)
203. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION (DAY VERSUS NIGHT)
204. SNOW ACCUMULATION (INFLUENCE FROM TEMPERATURE PROFILE)
205. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION (INTENSITY AND DURATION)
206. THE SLEET STORM
207. THE COOLING EFFECTS OF SURFACE SNOW COVER
208. THE RATE OF A SNOWFLAKE MELTING AS IT FALLS
209. TYPES OF ICE TO SCRAPE OFF THE CAR
210. THE RATE AT WHICH RAIN FREEZES IN A FREEZING RAIN EVENT
211. MELTING RATE OF A SNOWFLAKE (ON WATER VS. LAND)
212. THE LEVEL IN THE TROPOSPHERE WITH THE GREATEST HEIGHT FALLS
213. LENGTH OF DAY AND NIGHT AT THE EQUINOXES
214. CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY DEFINITION AND EXAMPLE
215. WHY THE SUN AND MOON LOOK BIGGER WHEN NEAR THE HORIZON
216. COMPARING THE DENSITY OF AIR TO WATER
217. DEFINING A "VORT MAX" AND A "VORT LOBE"
218. HOW QUICKLY CAN PRECIPITATION SATURATE THE AIR?
219. SUNBURN / TANNING MYTHS EXPOSED
220. WHY IS THE TEMPERATURE AT 32 F DURING WET SNOW?
221. RAPID MORNING BAROTROPIC WARMING
222. CAN IT BE TOO COLD TO SNOW?
223. OPERATIONAL INTERPRETATION OF 500 MB DPVA
224. RAINBOW TIDBITS
225. WHY CAN IT BE VERY COLD ON A SUNNY DAY?
226. HOW CAN TEMPERATURES WARM ON A CLOUDY DAY?
227. INTERPRETATION OF AVERAGE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE
228. WHY DOESN'T GRAVITY PUSH CLOUDS TO THE GROUND?
229. WHO IS A METEOROLOGIST?
230. CAN ICE MELT WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS SUB-FREEZING?
231. RANGE FOLDING AND THE DOPPLER DILEMMA
232. WHICH PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE BEST DETECTED BY RADAR?
233. WHAT HAPPENS DURING VELOCITY ALIASING AND RANGE FOLDING
234. WHAT HAPPENS DURING DUCTING?
235. HOW DOES RADAR DETECT PRECIPITATION PARTICLES?
236. CAN RADAR DETECT A TORNADO?
237. RADAR CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCELLS
238. WHAT IS A HOOK ECHO?
239. WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF CLEAR AIR MODE?
240. RADAR RADIAL VELOCITY TYPES
241. WHAT IS THE DOPPLER SHIFT?
242. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF A TVS ICON?
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