Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

Introduction:

Objectives:

1. Identification of various orographic clouds
2. Satellite interpretation for various events where orography played a significant role.

Topics:

• Mountain clouds (lee-wave, cirrus, wall)
• Severe downslope winds
• Orographic convergence zones
• Gap winds
• Impact of orography on convection

Training Session Options:

NOAA/NWS students – to begin the training, use the web-based video, YouTube video, or audio playback options below (if present for this session). Certificates of completion for NOAA/NWS employees can be obtained by accessing the session via the Commerce Learning Center.

1. Audio playback (recommended for low-bandwidth users) – This is an audio playback version in the form of a downloadable VISITview and can be taken at anytime. Create a directory to download the audio playback file (134 MB) from the following link: Download Exe After extracting the files into that directory click on either the visitplay.bat or visitauto.bat file to start the lesson. If both files are present, use visitauto.bat
2. YouTube video:

References / Additional Links:

• Talking points  are available for this lesson and may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time.
• Real-time CRAS model output
• Synthetic imagery from the NSSL WRF-ARW and NAM Nest