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Weather Discussion

Weather Discussion. Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Bill Read to retire as Director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). National Hurricane Center Directors: Gordon Dunn, 1965 - 1967 Robert Simpson, 1967 - 1973 Neil Frank, 1973 - 1987 Bob Sheets, 1987 - 1995 Robert Burpee, 1995 - 1997

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Weather Discussion

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  1. Weather Discussion Wednesday, January 18, 2012

  2. Bill Read to retire as Director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) National Hurricane Center Directors: Gordon Dunn, 1965 - 1967 Robert Simpson, 1967 - 1973 Neil Frank, 1973 - 1987 Bob Sheets, 1987 - 1995 Robert Burpee, 1995 - 1997 Jerry Jarrell, 1998 - 2000 Max Mayfield, 2000 - 2007 Bill Proenza, January - July, 2007 Ed Rappaport (interim), July 2007 - January 2008 Bill Read, 2008 - 2012 • Who’s next in line? • Dr. Ed Rappaport – Deputy Director of NHC since 2000 • James Franklin – Branch Chief of the NHC Hurricane Specialists Unit • Dr. Chris Landsea – NHC Science and Operations Officer since 2005 • Dr. Rick Knabb – Tropical Weather Expert for The Weather Channel

  3. La Niña Cyclone (January 11, 2012)

  4. Total Rainfall for January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)

  5. January EF-2 Tornado in Rutherford County, NC!

  6. January EF-2 Tornado in Rutherford County, NC!

  7. Mobile Home Vulnerability

  8. 500-mb Analysis (12Z on 1/12 – Thursday Morning)

  9. U.S. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/12 – Thursday Morning)

  10. N.C. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/12 – Thursday Morning)

  11. GSO Sounding (12Z on 1/12 – Thursday Morning)

  12. GSO Back Trajectories (12Z on 1/12 – Thursday Morning)

  13. 500-mb Analysis (00Z on 1/13 – Thursday Night)

  14. U.S. Surface Analysis (00Z on 1/13 – Thursday Night)

  15. N.C. Surface Analysis (00Z on 1/13 – Thursday Night)

  16. GSO Sounding (00Z on 1/13 – Thursday Night)

  17. 500-mb Analysis (12Z on 1/13 – Friday Morning)

  18. U.S. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/13 – Friday Morning)

  19. N.C. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/13 – Friday Morning)

  20. GSO Sounding (12Z on 1/13 – Friday Morning)

  21. GSO Back Trajectories (12Z on 1/13 – Friday Morning)

  22. Minimum Temperatures on 1/13 – Friday Night

  23. Snow Flurries!

  24. 500-mb Analysis (00Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  25. 500-mb Vorticity (00Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  26. U.S. Surface Analysis (06Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  27. N.C. Surface Analysis (06Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  28. GSO Sounding (00Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  29. GSO Back Trajectories (00Z on 1/15 – Saturday Night)

  30. Radar Imagery (16Z on 1/17 - Tuesday Morning)

  31. Radar Imagery (16Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  32. Water Vapor Imagery (15Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  33. 500-mb Analysis (12Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  34. U.S. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  35. N.C. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  36. GSO Sounding (12Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  37. GSO Back Trajectories (12Z on 1/17 – Tuesday Morning)

  38. Radar Imagery (01Z on 1/18 – Tuesday Night)

  39. 500-mb Analysis (00Z on 1/18 – Tuesday Night)

  40. U.S. Surface Analysis (00Z on 1/18 – Tuesday Night)

  41. N.C. Surface Analysis (00Z on 1/18 – Tuesday Night)

  42. GSO Sounding (00Z on 1/18 – Tuesday Night)

  43. 500-mb Analysis (12Z on 1/18 – Wednesday Morning)

  44. U.S. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/18 – Wednesday Morning)

  45. N.C. Surface Analysis (12Z on 1/18 – Wednesday Morning)

  46. GSO Sounding (12Z on 1/18 – Wednesday Morning)

  47. A Day of Downsloping (16Z on 1/18)…

  48. Major Northwest Snowstorm

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