Home Page for Geog. 4240, Meteorology 

Dr. Kent McGregor

 Three typhoons operating in the same area of the Pacific at the same time.

• WX map more density: sfc_map.html
• Exam #1 Study Guide
• Lab Exam Study Guide
• Exam #3 Study Guide, 3rd hour exam of the semester
• Final Exam Study Guide
• The Station Model
• Forces that Affect Atmospheric Motion
• Consequences of the Earth's Rotation
• Atmospheric Motion: The Basics
• Write up on Conditions with Low and High Pressure
• Gasses in the Atmophere
• Powerpoint of Special Properties of Water as pdf file. Includes Gasses that Makeup the Earth's Atmosphere
• Earth-Sun Relations
• The Seasons
• Earth-Sun Relations and Atmosphere Term List
• The Simple Thermal Circulation Cell (Land and Sea Breeze)
• Powerpoint of Atmospheric Pressure, Land and Sea Breeze, Global Circulation
• Powerpoint of Energy, Radiation and Earth-Sun Relations
• The Energy Balance
• Energy Balance: Fill in the Blank Exercise
• Fundamentals of Weather
• Weather Rules
• Write up on Calculating Relative Humidity
• Term List for Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
• The Mid-latitude Cyclonic Storm
• Term List for Cyclonic StormsConditions with Low and High Pressure
• Powerpoint of Westerly Winds, Trof, Ridge, Cyclone and Anticyclone and connect between upper-level features and surface features.
• Powerpoint on The Cyclonic Storm System, Air Masses, Lifting and Cooling including To Get Rain.
• Writeup on Cloud Seeding
• Powerpoint on  Clouds, Cloud types, and Altitude
• Powerpoint showing Additional Photos of Clouds
• Powerpoint on Adiabatic Processes including reading adiabatic graphs.
• Writeup on Stability and Instability
• Writeup on  on  How to Calculate the Lifted Index
• Powerpoint on Types of Precipitation
• Powerpoint on  Mid-latitude Cyclonic Storm Systems, Relationship to Dynamics Aloft and Severe Weather
• Powerpoint on  Severe Weather, Tornadoes and the Double Vortex Model
• Powerpoint on  Severe Thunderstorms and More Internal Dynamics
• Term List for Severe Thunderstorms and Hurricanes
• Write Up on the Double Vortex Model
• Powerpoint on Katabatic Winds and Fronts as Convegence Zones
• Powerpoint on Hurricane Formation Factors and Computer Model
• Powerpoint on Tracks of Hurricanes Wilma, Ike and Gustav
• Powerpoint on Hurricane Damage to Buildings and Better Construction
• Write Up on thunder and Lightning