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El Nino

El Nino: Hot Air over Hot Water
What exactly is El Nino and why was it all over the news? This Franklin Institute site will explain this weather phenomena, its history and how scientists are studying it.

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General Weather Sites

Franklin's Forecast
Ben Franklin once wrote, "Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise." This site, from the Franklin Institute Science museum, offers facts and activities to help you become weatherwise. Learn the story of El Nino, make your own weather station, or interpret RADAR maps to predict weather.

The Old Farmer's Almanac
Nearly two hundred years before TV meteorologists predicted the weather, Americans turned to the Almanac for weather predictions, tide tables, planting charts and more. Today, the Almanac has its own Web site that still offers weather forecasts along with information about the moon phases, tides, seasons and more.

For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise
In this site for kids, the folks at NASA explain their work studying our home planet. Using satellites and high altitude airplanes, NASA scientists study the weather and its changes over time. Here, you can learn about El Nino or get the facts about hurricanes.

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Meteorology

Online Meteorology Guide
Everything you ever wanted to know about meteorology can be found at this University of Illinois site. See optical effects caused by light and particles in the air, find out why flash flood deaths outnumber those from tornadoes, and learn how weather forecasters make their predictions.

Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page
This site has a little of everything on storms, the elements of weather, and weather forecasting. Created by a TV meteorologist, the Wild Wild Weather Page offers tons of well-organized information, tools, quizzes, activities, and a teacher's area.

Weather Wiz Kids
Meteorologist Crystal Wicker presents weather facts, games, experiments, quizzes, jokes, and more. Wicker is the morning meteorologist for WVUE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana.

AccuWeather
In addition to weather forecasts around the world, this site offers RADAR and satellite maps updated hourly. Don't understand something? Click over to the Virtual Weather School for answers.

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Storms

Severe Weather Safety Guide
What would you do if a tornado struck? Where is the best place to go in a lightning storm? What would you put in a winter storm survival kit? On this site, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides some solid tips for staying safe in stormy weather.

Twister!
What are tornadoes? How do we predict them? How can we protect ourselves from them? This Why Files archive gives you the full story, then lets you test your knowledge with a quiz.

500 Years of Atlantic Hurricanes
This timeline of hurricane history starts with Christopher Columbus and spans 500 years of hurricane activity. Read about the first pilot to fly into the eye of a hurricane, or find out about a 1928 hurricane that killed 2,000 people.

The Theater of Electricity
At the Boston Science Museum, you can see lightning generated indoors using a Van de Graaff generator. See photos of the generator in action, learn about lightning, or try a lightning quiz at this site.

Nova Online: Flood!
See a two-story farmhouse being swept away by a river in the Great Flood of 1993. This site tells the story of that flood and others. You can even flood your desktop with some watery background graphics.

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Weather Tools

Weather Calculators
These calculators will allow you to convert temperatures, wind speeds, air pressure, and precipitation. You can also calculate wind chill, heat index, and relative humidity.

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