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Online Reference - Weather

Weather:

National Weather Service -The US government's site for local, national, and international weather. Includes Current Conditions of weather worldwide and active weather warnings in effect.

The Weather Channel From the TV Weather Channel. Gives global weather stories, seasonal links, forecast, weather maps, and current local forecasts for US cities.

UM Weather(Weather Underground) Forecast any US city weather also includes marine weather and tides from the University of Michigan. Weather Underground shows global weather conditions.

Interactive Weather Information Network from the U.S. National Weather Service. Includes local weather, world weather, audio, video...

United States Weather Pages Weather information for the US, searchable by zip code or location. Includes severe weather info; links to an almanac; a glossary with definitions of meteorological terms, and detailed information for specific locations with the sun and moon rise and set times and phases.

World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data Climate data including average temperatures, rainfall, and pressure at home and around the world. About 85,000 climate records are online for tens of thousands of places.

Reading Weather Maps Learn how to read weather maps with data collected on Earth's surface and above; the differences between Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit temperatures; and how to convert local time to the standard time used by meteorologists. From the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Unisys Weather For the person who's really into meteorology: satellite, surface, upper air, and radar images and date. Many different forecast models. Was the Weather Processor at Purdue.

National Data Buoy Center Click a highlighted region to get the weather and sea state data being reported by automated marine stations around the world.

Extreme Weather and Climate Events Site tracks the worst of the weather. U.S. coverage includes hurricanes; heavy rainfall; temperature extremes and drought; tornadoes; billion dollar disasters; storm reports by state; and radar composites. Global coverage (1991-to current year) From the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

 
 
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