Earth science--Test 4, weather websites
Here are some websites to get you started. Remember, make sure you understand fronts before moving on! Some weather topics may be covered under more than one section. For instance, I don’t have them labeled, but hail info may be found under some of the ‘thunderstorm’ websites.
FRONTS
*Fronts
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/af/frnts/home.rxml
*Fronts (also has info about tornadoes and thunderstorms)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/front.html
*Front animation
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
GENERAL WEATHER INFORMATION
*Predicting Weather (info on all weather topics--links as well)
http://www.ussartf.org/predicting_weather.htm
*All weather topics
http://www.weatherquestions.com/
*Weather info
http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/weather/index.html
CLOUDS
*Clouds (types of)
http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html
*Cloud info
http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html
*Clouds (predicting weather)
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appg.php
TORNADOS
*Tornado (how it works)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
*Tornado facts
http://www.noaa.gov/tornadofaqs.html
*Tornado info
http://www.stormwarn.com/rants/tornados.html
LIGHTNING
*Lightning (how it works)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightning.htm
*Lightning (click on links for more info)
http://www.chaseday.com/lightning.htm
*Lightening
http://www.wxdude.com/page5.html
HURRICANES
*Hurricanes (how it works)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm
*Hurricane info
http://whyfiles.org/073hurricane/2.html
*Hurricane tracking
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
THUNDERSTORMS
*Thunderstorms (how they work)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado2.htm
*Thunderstorms (types of)
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/type/home.rxml
*Thunderstorms (stages of)
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/tstorms/stages.html
HAIL
http://www.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/meteorological-terms/hail-info.htm
http://www.weathermod-bg.eu/pages/obr_en.php
www.erh.noaa.gov/cae/svrwx/hail.htm
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/factsheets/Hail.html (this one’s ‘largest hailstone’ fact is out of date)