Below are the WES-2 Bridge Exercise videos associated with WDTD's Fundamentals of AWIPS Course. YouTube links with closed captions are available for each video. Text transcripts (download and view in a text editor) are also provided as reference for those with disabilities or as reference following practicing with these videos on WES-2 Bridge. The most important part of the training is to follow along with the same case and actually practice doing the tasks on WES-2 Bridge, so make sure to have your WES-in-the-Cloud instance running and ready to go when you begin these training videos. When you have completed each section below (the six videos in W2B Exercise 1: CAVE Basics, for example), make sure to mark yourself complete for the corresponding item in the CLC. 

Accompanying reference material for the entire course can be found at the FAC homepage.

  1. Getting Started
    • Starting WES-2 Bridge in Case Review Mode (YouTube | Text)
  2. W2B Exercise 1: CAVE Basics
  3. W2B Exercise 2: D2D Radar-Related Tools
  4. W2B Exercise 3: D2D Integrated Radar Environmental Sampling
    • Integrated Radar Environmental Sampling (YouTube | Text)
  5. W2B Exercise 4: D2D Panel Combo Rotate and All Panel Sampling
  6. W2B Exercise 5: D2D WarnGen
    • Issuing a Severe Thunderstorm Warning (YouTube | Text)
    • Issuing a Severe Weather Statement (YouTube | Text)
  7. W2B Exercise 6: D2D Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction
    • FFMP Basic Source and Guidance Display (YouTube | Text)
    • FFMP Basin Trends and D2D Interaction (YouTube | Text)
  8. W2B Exercise 7: D2D System for Convection Analysis and Nowcasting
  9. W2B Exercise 8: D2D SCAN Digital Mesocyclone Detection