MTEOR 311 WEEK 13 SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Week 13 - Thickness and Thermal Wind

Look at the evolution of 1000-500 mb thickness in the current 48 hr Eta forecast plots. What can you say about the mean temperature tendencies in this layer of the atmosphere over Iowa? Over the East Coast? Over the Rockies?

• 12-hr Eta sea-level pressure and 1000-500 mb thickness
• 24-hr Eta sea-level pressure and 1000-500 mb thickness
• 36-hr Eta sea-level pressure and 1000-500 mb thickness
• 48-hr Eta sea-level pressure and 1000-500 mb thickness