Topics
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The Most Extreme Weather in America
Check out five of the most extreme storms in US history and see what they looked like from the view of a NOAA weather satellite!
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Classroom Activities
PDF versions of our favorite activities!
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Be Ready to Help
Ever wonder how you can help out?
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How Big Was Typhoon Haiyan?
Satellite images show just how huge it was.
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Weather Tricktionary
Are you a weather guru?
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What Causes Lightning and Thunder?
What is the source of all the blinding light and earth-shaking sound?
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What Is a Derecho?
And why are they so destructive?
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When disaster strikes!
Families need to know where to find the stuff they need.
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What Causes Tornadoes?
These are the most violent storms on Earth. Can we forecast them even better?
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What Is the Polar Vortex?
And how does it cause such a freeze?
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How Does a Hurricane Form?
And what does Category 5 mean?
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What Is the Coriolis Effect?
And what does it have to do with hurricanes?
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How Do Snowflakes Form?
How does water form such intricate designs up there in the clouds?
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A Brief History of Lightning Detection
Really? A tool to detect lightning? It's pretty hard to miss, isn't it?
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Postcards
Printable postcards to download and display.
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Hurricane Simulation
Explore the relationship between sea surface temperatures and hurricane strength.
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What Is a Gust Front?
Fast winds that fall from thunderstorms
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SciJinks Glossary
Learn a bunch of weather terms!
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What Is La Niña?
Learn about this weather pattern.
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Make Lightning with ZAP!
You're an updraft! In this game, build up charges within a storm cloud!
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Hi, I'm JPSS!
I’m a high-tech weather satellite that orbits our planet.
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How to Read a Weather Map
What do those symbols mean for tomorrow’s weather?
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What Is a Nor'easter?
Learn about this type of storm that forms along the East Coast of North America.
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What Is a Firestorm?
Some wildfires grow so large that they can create their own weather system.
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How Reliable Are Weather Forecasts?
It all depends on how far in advance you’re trying to forecast!
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Video: Why Don't Satellites Fall out of the Sky?
How do they all stay up there?
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What Is a Dust Storm?
Learn all about these walls of dust that can be miles long and several thousand feet high.
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Video: What Causes a Thunderstorm?
All thunderstorms have the same basic ingredients. Watch this video to learn more!
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What Are High and Low Pressure Systems?
Is air super heavy?
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Storm Surge
One of the most dangerous parts of a hurricane.
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Posters
Print them small or print them large. You choose!