Course curriculum

    1. What is Meteorology and Why Do We Study It?

    2. Module 1 Quiz

    1. Weather Patterns

    2. Difference Between Extratropical and Tropical Cyclones

    3. Extratropical Cyclones

    4. Baroclinic Instability

    5. Effects of Temperature Advection

    6. Typical Extratropical Cyclone Structure

    7. Tropical Cyclones

    8. Hurricane Categories

    9. Extratropical Transition

    10. Animation of Hurricane Sandy

    11. Air Masses & Fronts

    12. Geostrophic Theory & Cyclogenesis

    13. Module 2 Quiz

    1. Surface Observations

    2. Try This! - Test Your Skills

    3. METAR Code

    4. Zulu Time & METAR Decoding

    5. Zulu Time Exercise

    6. RAOBs

    7. Lapse Rates

    8. Lapse Rate Exercise

    9. Soundings

    10. Module 3 Quiz

    1. Sea-Breeze Fronts & Orographic Lifting

    2. Region-Specific Weather Pattern Video

    3. Chinooks

    4. Blue Northers

    5. Module 4 Quiz

About this course

  • $200.00
  • Learn about common weather patterns on the global scale, synoptic scale, and mesoscale. Understand the importance of data from weather balloons and surface observations and how it is interpolated to create your own weather maps. Other important concepts covered: Geostrophic Wind, Cyclogenesis and METAR code.

Will meteorology be your major?

Stuck on what will be your major in college but you know you find joy and awe in watching the weather? Take this course to build your confidence: choose meteorology.

  • Open to all age groups (beyond teens and YA's)

  • Be more than a weather watcher and consumer of news

  • Confidently decide if weather forecasting is your next career

Meet Your Instructor

James Klueppel Jr.

Chief Citizen Scientist for Velatropa24Ventures CO

James, Kin 72, Yellow Resonant Human, is Chief Citizen Scientist for Velatropa24Ventures CO (V24V) and LeadLink for V24V's GeoCulture AlphaNode. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology and has completed undergraduate research in the field as well as worked as a meteorologist to make life-saving forecasts. It is now his job to prepare the next class of weather forecasters for an education and career in the field.

Fuel your passion for scientific research

Weather Forecasting, Citizen Science and more.

Enroll today