Lecture Week 6: Topics

Middle-latitude Cyclones

[REF: AJJ12 - Ch 12 / AJJ16 Ch 12 p 336-352]

• life-cycle of a mid-latitude cyclone
• Active Figure 12.1 (cyclogenesis)
• weather patterns
• vertical motions
• vertical structure
• Active Figure 12.6 (wave cyclone formation)
• development
• satellite analysis
• weather maps