Weather in the Whites Course
Through a partnership between the New Hampshire Community Technical College-Berlin and the Mount Washington Observatory, Professor Doyle Davis will provide resources and special information about particular weather common to the White Mountains. In four course sessions -- Friday February 24, Friday March 31, Friday April 28, and Friday June 2 -- held at the Observatory's Weather Discovery Center in North Conway, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM -- participants will learn basic meteorology with special emphasis on the weather in and around the White Mountain National Forest. A CD will be provided which will include a summary of the topics as well as a rich resource of information. Participants who participate in one or more sessions will receive a voucher for a free tour of the Mount Washington Observatory (participants are responsible for travel to and from the summit).
February: Properties of the Atmosphere, Meteorological Measurements, Weather Maps, Monitoring and Forecasting Weather, Cold Waves, Mountain Snowstorms
March: Atmospheric Stability, Methods of Heat Transfer, Solar Radiation, Freezing Precipitation and Ice Storms, Blizzards and Nor'easters
April: Wind and Weather, Forces Governing the Wind, The Development of High and Low Pressure Systems, the Jet Stream, Mountain Windstorms
June: Thunderstorms over Mountains, Hailstorms, Lighting, Downbursts, Tropical Cyclones, the Greenhouse Effect, Heat Waves, Greenhouse Warming and Global Climate Change, the Ozone Shield.
Call to register for monthly sessions or for the entire course. NHCTC-Berlin 1 800 445-4525
Each monthly session is $35; all four are available in a package for $80