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

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
Note – STEP 1 has changed. Follow the directions below.

Click SURFACE PRODUCTS. Scroll down to “Surface Observations: and click the map for your region. Print this map. Then continue to STEP 2.

• Surface Products
  
• The Weather Channel
  

Note – Worksheet 5A:1: STEP 3 of the worksheet has changed. Follow the directions below.

To correctly show the weather symbols for each of the cities you must convert the sea level pressure reported by the WEATHER CHANNEL from inches of mercury to millibars of pressure. Use the following formula (Note: X = inches of mercury) In/0.02953

Activity 6: Moving Air

Task 3, Step 3

• The Weather Channel
• More Interesting Sites on Air Masses and 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 Types: WW2010 WEATHER PROJECT
• Cloud Types: Cloud Descriptions
• More Interesting sites on clouds:
  • Find out about fog

Activity 7A: Dew Point and Humidity

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

• The Weather Channel

Activity 8: Precipitation

Task 4, Making Predictions, Step 1

• 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
    
  • Broadcast Employment Services
    
  • Q&A About Careers in Meteorology

Activity 10: Reporting the Weather

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

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