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Water in the Atmosphere

 

 

Clouds & Precipitation Pacific Disaster Center
FL Satellites Weather Maps
Jet Stream Weather Maps Pdf
National Weather Service

Weather & Climate Pdf

   

 

Weather Patterns

Air Masses are huge bodies of air that have similar temperature, humidity and air pressure.  When two air masses meet they form a front.

Types of Fronts:   Cold Front, Warm Front, Stationary Front, Occluded Front

Low- and High-Pressure Systems

 

Weather Maps

     

Topographical Maps

Google Maps TerraServer
Map Builder Topographic Maps
Mapping Resources Weather Fronts
Samples World Map

 

 

Severe Weather

Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes

Beginnings of a Hurricane

Desert dust blows off the west coast of Africa and over the Canary Islands in Nov. 2006.

Credit: The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. [More]

Birth of a Hurricane. Click to view a Closed Captioned Video.

FL Satellites NASA Hurricane Tracking
How Stuff Works: Hurricanes Pacific Disaster Center
Hurricanes Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Hurricane Fact Sheet Weather Fronts
Hurricane School Weather Maps

 

Classifying Climate

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Data: World Temperatures according to the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction

 

 

150 Years of Global Warming and Cooling 

Global Warming & Cooling
Climate & Weather Animations  

 

Wonderworks Orlando, FL

Wonder Works   Orlando, FL

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