ATOC4500 Lecture Notes Synoptic weather lab (Roger Pielke; CSU) Synoptic weather lab (Roger Pielke; CSU) Lectures Laboratory Worksheets 1 Overview 2 Fundamentals 3 Kinematics Surface observations METAR code Wx symbols Isopleth WS1 Surface chart 4 Atmospheric Forces Upper-air charts WS2 850 mb 700 mb 500 mb 250 mb 5 Fronts and Air masses 6 Remote sensing 7 Thermodynamics Vertical profiles WS3 HodographSkew-T/log-p (zoom)