Spring 2027

Mesoscale Meteorology

Mesoscale Meteorology synthesizes atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, and microphysics to explain the structure, evolution, and prediction of microscale, mesoscale, and cloud-scale weather.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Angela Rowe

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Synthesize fundamentals of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics to develop a state-of-the-art understanding of the theory behind how weather systems are formed, maintained, and evolve.

  • Apply adjustment theory to understanding of multiscale weather structures.

  • Analyze raw data and numerical prediction products directly available in real time or archived on the Internet to predict mesoscale and cloud scale weather.

  • Apply unconventional state-of the art observation tools, including ground- based, surface-based and mobile Radar, Lidar, aircraft, and satellite observational systems to diagnose and predict weather systems.

  • Identify clues regarding the substructure of weather, that conventional observations have neither the temporal or special resolution to resolve.

  • Recognize how data assimilation methods help build the unresolved structures into an analysis through marriage of numerical models, conventional and unconventional data.

  • Communicate diagnosis of current weather and forecasts of future weather to both scientific and broad audiences.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
ATMOCN 753

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANGELA ROWE is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Dynamics and thermodynamics of mesoscale, fogs, cumulus, severe storms, mountain meteorology, and tropical weather systems.
  • Application of multi-scale numerical methods and models for analysis and prediction.

Skills

  • Synthesize atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, and microphysics to explain weather system structure and evolution.
  • Apply multi-scale numerical methods and models for weather analysis and prediction.
  • Analyze raw data and numerical prediction products to predict mesoscale and cloud scale weather.
  • Apply observation tools such as Radar, Lidar, aircraft, and satellites to diagnose and predict weather systems.
  • Communicate weather diagnoses and forecasts to scientific and broad audiences.

Grades

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ATMOCN 753 · Spring 2027

Mesoscale Meteorology

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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