2. ITS ALL ABOUT THE UPLIFT

3. D. Hardin WEATHER Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift Fair-weather cumulousCumulous Cumulonimbus Anvil head

4. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift Doppler radar Downburst Doppler image of downburst WEATHER

5. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift Doppler image of tornadic event WEATHER

6. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation La Plata, MD – April 28, 2002 Force 5 tornadic event WEATHER

7. POLAR TROPICAL D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift WEATHER LATE WINTER EARLY SUMMER

8. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift WEATHER

9. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Convectional uplift Bolt from the blue WEATHER

10. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Orographic uplift Chinook wind WEATHER

11. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Orographic uplift WEATHER Farmville, VA 44 rain 27.4% days clear/43.8% cloudy Forks 119 rain 14% days clear/65.5% cloudy 58.1% days with some rain Seattle 37 rain 15.9% days clear/61.9% cloudy Yakima 8 rain 29.9% days clear/ 44.9% cloudy Pullman 21 rain Spokane 17 rain 23.6% days clear/ 52.3% cloudy IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER! Palouse biome

12. Uplift & Precipitation Orographic uplift D. Hardin WEATHER Palouse biome IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER!

13. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Orographic uplift WEATHER Marine West Coast Salt Lake or Wasatch Oasis

14. D. Hardin Uplift & Precipitation Orographic uplift WEATHER Northeast Trade Winds

15. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Air masses over Virginia * Continental Arctic Maritime Polar D. Hardin WEATHER Continental Polar Jet Stream Maritime Tropical

16. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Jet Stream and transient disturbances COLD & DRY WARM & MOIST LH D. Hardin WEATHER

17. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Transient disturbances Top view Side view Anticyclone H H Cyclone L L D. Hardin WEATHER

18. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Jet Stream and transient disturbances COLD & DRY WARM & MOIST D. Hardin HL WEATHER

19. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Transient disturbances & weather fronts COLD & DRY WARM & MOIST D. Hardin HL COLD FRONT WARM FRONT WARM FRONT WEATHER

20. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Cold front D. Hardin WEATHER

21. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Warm front D. Hardin NimbostratusAltostratusCirrostratusCirrus WEATHER

22. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Stationary front D. Hardin WEATHER

23. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Occluded front D. Hardin WEATHER

24. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Weather map June 27, 2011 D. Hardin WEATHER

25. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Weather map June 28, 2011 D. Hardin WEATHER

26. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Weather map June 29, 2011 D. Hardin WEATHER

27. Uplift & Precipitation Cyclonic/Frontal uplift Weather map June 30, 2011 D. Hardin WEATHER