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Cartoon illustration of firefighters looking toward a wilfire.

How Do Wildfires Spread?

Click the image above to find out!

Cartoon illustration of the US capitol in a snow environment with the text 'Polar Vortex? What is it and why does it make things so cold?'

What Is a Polar Vortex?

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A hill of snow.

What Is Lake-Effect Snow?

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Cartoon illustration of a satellite with a face and shrugging arms above Earth with the text 'Why Don't Satellites Fall Out of the Sky?'

Why Don't Satellites Fall Out of the Sky?

Check out this video to find out!

illustration of a weather forecast

How Reliable Are Weather Forecasts?

It depends on how far in advance you’re trying to forecast!

An image of a weather forecast map from the National Weather Service.

How to Read a Weather Map

Learn what all of those symbols mean for tomorrow's weather!

an illustration of the sky and the ground that says Zap!

Play ZAP!

Hang out in a cloud and make some lightning in this fun game!