Weather Resources for Weather Tech Activities

For All Activities:

Weather Wisdom sites:

• Winter Weatherlore and Folklore Forecasts
• Weather Channel Glossary

Activity 1: Forecasting in the Past

Task 4: The Weather Diary:

• The Weather Channel
• NOAA

Activity 2: Forecasting Today

Task 3: Forecasting Today

• The Weather Channel
• The National Weather Service

Activity 3: Reading Hi-Tech Weather Maps

Task 3: Interpreting and Creating Hi-Tech Weather Maps

• The Weather Channel
• The National Weather Service
• More Interesting Sites on Weather Maps
  • Surface Weather Charts
  • European Weather Charts
  • Kids As Global Scientists: Precipitation Real-Time Activity

3A. How Doppler Radar Works

Task 2: Worksheet 3A:1 All About Radar

• Step 1 (University of Illinois Project, Weather World 2010)
  • WSR-88D Radar Imagery
    
  • Short Term Forecasting
• Step 2 (University of Illinois Project, Weather World 2010)
  • Sending and Receiving Signals
  • Scattering of a Radar Pulse
  • Radar Picture
• Step 3 (University of Illinois Project, Weather World 2010)
  • Locating a Target
    
  • Effects of the Earth's Curvature and Atmospheric Refraction
• More interesting sites on Radar:
  • Radar FAQs
  • Doppler Radar

3B. Weather Satellites: GOES and Polar Orbiting

Task 2, Worksheet 3B:1: NOAA
Task 2, Worksheet 3B:2: NOAA
More interesting sites on Weather Satellites

• NOAA
• GOES
• Space Science and Engineering Center: Real Time Data

Activity 4: Analyzing Weather Data

Task 3, Step 1

• The Weather Channel Glossary
  
• NOAA
  
• The Weather Channel
• Another interesting site on Jet Stream Analysis and Forecasts.

Activity 5: Air Pressure

Task 4, Air Pressure and Winds

• The Weather Channel
• WW2010 Weather Project of the University of Illinois on Air Pressure

Activity 5A: Interpreting Weather Symbols

Task 2, Reading Weather Symbols

• Common Weather Symbols
• Cloud Cover
  
• Wind
  

Task 3, Step 1

• The Weather Visualizer
  
• The Weather Channel

Activity 6: Moving Air

Task 3, Step 3

• The Weather Channel
• More Interesting Sites on Air Masses and Fronts
  
  • Occluded Fronts
    

Activity 6A. Forecasting Model

Task 3, Worksheet 6a:1: The Weather Channel

Activity 7. Clouds and Weather

Task3, Worksheet 7:1, Cloud Hunt

• Cloud Catalog: WW2010 WEATHER PROJECT
• Cloud Types: WW2010 WEATHER PROJECT
• Cloud Types: Cloud Descriptions
• Cloud Photographs: Photos
• More Interesting sites on clouds:
  • Find out about fog
  • Cloud Match

Activity 7A: Dew Point and Humidity

Task 4, Worksheet 7A:1, Linking Humidity, Dew Point and Weather

• The Weather Channel
• Heat Index Chart

Activity 8: Precipitation

Task 4, Making Predictions, Step 1

• The Weather Visualizer
  
• The Weather Channel
• More Interesting Sites on Precipitation: World Weather USA TODAY

Activity 9: You're the Meteorologist

Task 3, Weather Reporting: Planning and Preparation

• The Weather Channel
• Interesting Information on Weather Careers:
  • Radio and Television News Research
    
  • Career Directions
    
  • Broadcast Employment Services
    
  • Careers in Meteorology
    
  • Q&A About Careers in Meteorology

Activity 10: Reporting the Weather

Task 3, Weather Reporting: Planning and Preparation: The Weather Channel