Senior Comprehensive Exam—Weather Briefing Example

This is an example of what you will see during the weather briefing portion of the comprehensive exam. You will have two hours to review the maps listed in the drop-down menus on the left and to put together a presentation for your weather briefing.

In this example, today is Friday and you are making a forecast for the weekend. You have available observations and analyses up to the current time of 1200 UTC on Friday. Your forecast will span the 48-hour period from now until 1200 UTC on Sunday. This event takes place during climatological spring. Your forecast is for the city of Nashville, Tennessee.