Participants will be able to identify fronts, drylines, outflow boundaries, and other windshift lines on a weather map. Participants will be able to synthesize current weather data with forecasts, guidance and special statements from the National Weather Service in order to estimate time-of-arrival for wind shifts. Participants will learn climatological patterns wich affect wind direction and speed, including the development of the nocturnal low-level jet. Participants will learn the concepts of atmopsheric stability and mixing and their relation to disperal rates. Participants will be able to monitor preciptation and its potential to react with chemicals.