Winter Weather Glossary
"When the weatherman issues a heavy snow warning, he’s telling us that he expects at least six inches of snow on the ground in the next twelve hours but without any significant wind. A blizzard warning, on the other hand, would be falling snow accompanied by gusts of winds blasting at thirty-five miles an hour. At this USA Today page, you’ll learn all the official winter weather terminology, as defined by the National Weather Service."
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Windmills
"Since the seventh century, man has built windmills to grind flour and pump water. As steam power developed, however, it became less and less economical to rely on the fickle wind. Today we are left with a "tiny fraction of the elegant structures that once extracted power from the wind. These remaining windmills, scattered throughout the world, are a historic, and certainly very photogenic, reminder of a past technological age." Although this site focuses primarily on the windmills of England, it includes extensive links to windmills around the world. ""
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Wind Power
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Wind Power
""Uneven heating of the Earth’s surface causes the wind to blow. Many societies have long taken advantage of this energy to travel great distances and perform diverse tasks such as grinding, sawing and pumping water. Modern wind turbines using advanced technologies are able to produce electricity for homes, businesses, and even utilities." For middle- and high-school students, this overview of wind power presents the history, theory and application of wind power today. Windmills"
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Wind Energy
"To convert wind to electricity, the blades of a wind turbine (a modern windmill) turn a shaft that is attached to a gear transmission box. This transmission box increases the turning speed of the shaft that connects to the generator that creates electricity. California produces more electricity from wind than any other state. And even though California’s wind turbines do not operate year round (winds must be blowing at least twelve miles per hour to generate electricity), California’s wind turbines generate enough electricity to power a city the size of San Francisco for a year."
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Wilson Snowflake Bentley
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Weathercation
Reviewed June 22, 1999 by a reader from Louisville, Kentucky who is affiliated with the site. Weathercation "making weather education fun!" is an informative, colorful site designed with free easy-to-understand weather facts and products to help educators teach elementary students basic meteorological concepts. Suggest a Site Previous Home
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Weather.com
February 18, 2004: From Veronica, age 11, a reader from Del Mar, CA. "I like Weather.com because it is always accurate, and I can trust it when I travel. I like the ten-day forecasts."
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Weather Dude
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Weather Channel Tropical Update
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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