ATMS 428 - Severe Weather Field Experience (3)

Participants travel to the Great Plains to forecast and observe severe weather. Operations are based in Norman, Oklahoma in the heart of tornado alley and close to the location of the climatological maximum in tornado frequency during mid-May. Norman is the home of the National Weather Center, which houses numerous NOAA and University of Oklahoma weather and climate programs including the Storm Prediction Center, the National Severe Storms Laboratory, and a National Weather Service forecast office. Participants receive tours of these and many other facilities, including television studios and private companies, and hear prominent speakers discuss important aspects of severe weather forecasting, graduate school applications, and internship opportunities. Prerequisite: ATMS 103 and permission of instructor. See department chair.