1. The Weather that Makes the Dots TESSE 22 July 2008 Eric Kelsey Institute for the Study of Earth, Ocean and Space - UNH

2. 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000 Age (yr BP) 300 500 400 600 180 200 220 240 260 280 Temp. in F° CO 2 Concentration Projected Concentration After 50 More Years of Unrestricted Fossil Fuel Burning Temperature Cycle over 7 Glacial Cycles CO 2 [ppmv]

3. 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000 Age (yr BP) 500 400 600 Projected Concentration After 50 More Years of Unrestricted Fossil Fuel Burning Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Seasonal Temperature Cycle over 7 Years?

4. 0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000 Age (yr BP) 500 400 600 Projected Concentration After 50 More Years of Unrestricted Fossil Fuel Burning Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Diurnal Temperature Cycle over 7 Days?

5. Temperature at Mount Washington, NH June 2007

6. Climate vs Weather climate- Meteorological elements that characterize the average and extreme conditions of the atmosphere over a long period of time at any one place or region of the earth's surface. (Environment Canada) weather- The state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness. (Massachusetts Dept. of Education)

9. Fractals

10. Fractals - fronts Supercell Thunderstorm Extratropical cyclone warm cool warm cool

11. Supercell in southeast NH July 18, 2008 Prompted issue of Tornado Warning for Durham and surrounding towns Supercell with small hook-echo

13. Storm Reports Storm Prediction Center

14. US water vapor imagery If above link doesn’t work you can get it here: http://rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite

15. How do clouds form?

16. Cool air until it is saturated - also, radiative cooling until air reaches saturation: fog

17. Cohos Trail near Dixville Notch orographic uplift

18. What weather phenomena impact New England weather and climate?

19. Time and Space Scales of Weather Phenomena

20. Common Storm Tracks Alberta Clipper Colorado (Lee) Low Coastal Track moist warm, moist warm cold, dry

21. Orographic Effects

22. Seabreeze

23. Ocean & Lake Effect Snow Short-lived, localized events

24. Gulf Stream & Gulf of Maine SSTs NOAA

25. Westerly Mid-latitude Winds

26. Nor’easters, Coastal Storms Blizzard of Feb. 2006 Energy gained from contrast between cold-dry and warm-moist air masses

27. Hurricanes Hurricane Bob 1991

28. El Niño (Dec. 1997) La Niña (Dec. 2000) http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/lanina.html ENSO: Tropical Pacific SST

29. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensocycle/meanrain.html El Nino-Southern Oscillation: Tropical Pacific SST

30. North Atlantic Oscillation Variability on Order of Weeks +Warmer and less snow -Colder and more snow

31. Land Use Effects

32. Mount Washington

33. Fun Facts July: warmest month (ave high: 54F) 2nd driest month (8.02”) Least snowiest: 1.1” most ever 3rd highest temp (71F) 2nd least windiest: 25.3mph ave. Coldest month: January (14F ave high) Wettest: November (10.49” ave) Snowiest: December (55” ave) Coldest temp: -47F (Jan 1934) Windiest: Jan 46.3mph

34. Helpful Links Storm Prediction Center: spc.noaa.gov University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: rap.ucar.edu/weather National Weather Service nws.noaa.gov