Introduction to Severe Storms and Hazardous Weather

A. Introductory Principles

1. An Introduction to Severe Storms & Societal Impacts

2. Meteorological Primer, Part I: Pressure and Wind Relationships

3. Meteorological Primer, Part II: Moisture and Precipitation in Storms

4. Meteorological Observations and Forecasting

B. Weather Hazards Generated by Large-Scale Atmospheric Vortices

5. Structure, Energetics and Climatology of Extratropical Cyclones vs. Hurricanes

6. Genesis, Evolution and Intensification of Extratropical Cyclones and Hurricanes

7. Winter Weather Hazards: Arctic Air Outbreaks, Nor'easters, Blizzards, Lake Effect Snow and Ice Storms

8. Landfalling Hurricanes: Coastal and Inland Devastation

C. Severe Local Storms and Their Weather Hazards

9. Structure and Evolution of Ordinary Thunderstorms

10. Severe Thunderstorms, Emphasizing Supercells and Damaging Hail

11. Tornadoes: Structure, Evolution, and Genesis

12. Tornado Outbreaks, Detection, Warning and Societal Response

13. Violent Thunderstorm Downdrafts: Downbursts and Derechos

14. The Science of Flash Floods

D. Appendix - Heat Waves

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