ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC SCIENCES 100:
WEATHER & CLIMATE (3 credits)

Summer 1996

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The First Day of Class -- WELCOME!

Come join us on a weather adventure this summer.

Ed Hopkins

DID YOU KNOW??

This Date in Weather History

JUNE 17TH

HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS

...1882...

A tornado traveled more than 200 miles across the state of Iowa killing 130 persons. The tornado touched down about ninety miles west of Grinnell, and struck the town and college around sunset, killing sixty persons, and causing more than half a million dollars damage. Traveling at nearly 60 mph, the tornado hit Mount Pleasant about 11 PM causing another half a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)

...1989...

Unseasonably cool air, responsible for 37 record lows in the central U.S. on the 15th and 16th, including a low of 33 degrees at Valentine, NE on the 15th, overspread the eastern U.S. ending a three day siege of severe weather. (The National Weather Summary)

--From the files of Weather Facts at the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

Course Syllabus

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Lecture Notes

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Homework Exercises

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Last revision 16 June 1996

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