Severe Storm Links
Storms bring rain, sometimes causing floods and mudslides. They can bring gusts of winds that blow down trees and cause accidents. They can be thunderstorms, with lightning that causes brush fires or hail as big as golf balls. They can be blizzards with blinding snow. If storms make the headlines, you'll hear about it at Planet Diary.
Try these Planet Diary Severe Storm Activities:
- Exploring Storms With Weather Maps
Check out how changes in air pressure and movements of weather fronts are related to the development of storms. Try your skill at interpreting information on weather maps. - Thunder and Lightning
Learn about the causes of electrical disturbances in the atmosphere. Find out about different kinds of lightning and the connection between thunder and lightning. - El Niño and Weather Extremes
Explore the relationship between El Niño and global weather extremes such as droughts and floods.
NOAA Severe Weather Warnings
See the latest National Weather Service warnings for severe thunderstorms, winter storms, and floods, as well as tornadoes and hurricanes. Most warnings come with specific recommendations for action. You should, however, be familiar with safety procedures well before an event occurs.
USA Today Weather
USA Today has excellent coverage of national and world weather. Check out these articles:
- Resources: Thunderstorms
- Wind and hail main criteria for severe thunderstorms
- Anatomy of a mud slide
- Understanding storms and fronts
- Coastal storms confound forecasters
- Lines of thunderstorms generate rain, hail, wind
- Winter weather glossary
- How winter storms bring rain, ice and snow
- How tropical, extratropical storms are different
- Resources: Lightning science and safety
Storm Watch
Track approaching storms and check out frequently updated weather maps.
WW2010 Current Weather
This comprehensive weather site from the University of Illinois offers up to the minute weather and storm information.
Lightning
How many times was Park Ranger Roy Sullivan struck by lightning? Learn this and many other fascinating lightning facts in this article from the Exploratorium, a science museum in San Francisco.
The Weather Channel
USA Today Weather
CNN Weather
Weather Underground
All of these sites provide great coverage of daily weather conditions.
WW2010 Online Curriculum
Find comprehensive weather-related instructional resources and activities from the University of Illinois' excellent WW2010 site.
Schoolday Activities
The Weather Channel offers a variety of weather activities and resources.
