About Rainbows - An excellent scientific description of rainbows, by Beverly Lynds.
About Temperature - An excellent scientific discussion of temperature and thermometers, including a section on the temperature of the universe. By Beverly Lynds.
Climate Graphs for U.S. Cities - Click on a city and state, and several plots are displayed showing average maximum and minimum daily temperature (and extremes), precipitation and snowfall.
Cloud Boutique - Explanations and detailed pictures of some basic cloud forms. From the Meteorology Program at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire.
The EXPLORES! Teacher's Resource Guide - Instructional activities and resources for teaching about meteorology, meteorological satellites, and related information.
El Nino: The Data - Get detailed data (charts & graphs) concerning the global and localized affects of El Nino. Don't just swallow what the weather person tells you is happening, check the data!
PSC Weather Center Interactive Map - Click on any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico to get current weather forecasts. From Plymouth State College. Other weather maps are available from their home page.
Weather Forecasting - Describes how to forecast temperatures and precipitation. From the University of Michigan.
Weather Observations - The procedure for making weather observations, emphasizing different kinds of clouds. From the University of Michigan. 
One Sky Many Voices - The OSMV-KGS program, an eight week program, explores basic weather concepts through the gathering and posting of local data, data comparisons and communicating with mentor scientists and peers. 
What is an El Nino? - El Nino is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe. Among these consequences are increased rainfall across the southern tier of the US and in Peru, which has caused destructive flooding, and drought in the west Pacific, sometimes associated with devastating brush fires in Australia.

 

Last updated 6/20/06