MTEOR 411/511 WEEK 2 SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Week 2 - Hurricanes and Tropical Weather Systems

Key concepts: sea surface temperature and depth of warm layer, wind shear, triggers, mid and upper-level humidity

Forecasting issues: short-term- steering, influences on large scale, intensity problems; long-term- El Nino, SSTs, sea level pressure trends, African rainfall, decadal cycles