USA Today: Hurricane Basics
"Hurricanes are classified into different categories according to the Saffir-Simpson scale. Hurricane basics in easy-to-understand language plus outstanding graphics and animations put this site at the top of the list. It is chock-full of links to articles on hurricane science, storm history, hurricane safety and hurricane hunters. Follow the hyperlinked text to get the meat of this USA Today site."
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USA TODAY: What is El Niño?
"Known for their excellent national weather coverage, this El Niño report from USA TODAY does not disappoint. Illustrated with animated graphics, you’ll find all the basics here from how El Niño began and how it works, to El Niño’s history and some weather predictions. "
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Wind Power
"From the windmills of yesterday, to the wind turbines of today, the wind has long been harnessed as an energy source. In fact, because it is a clean and renewable resource, the use of wind energy is increasing worldwide. In honor of Windmill Day (celebrated the second weekend in May by both the English and the Dutch), here’s an introduction to Wind Power."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Weather
"We certainly have had a lot of weather lately. Makes me wonder how much weknow about the weather. What do meteorologists and climatologists really do? Tosatisfy my curiosity and yours, I went searching. This is what I found."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Snow
"Snow (in just the right amounts, at just the right time) is loved by all. But what exactly is the fluffy cold stuff, and how is made? Today’s winter tour examines the subject of snow through the eyes of scientists, weathermen, and multimedia artists. Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!"
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Hurricanes
"The official Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico hurricane season starts on June 1, ends on November 30, and averages seven named storms. Once a tropical storm exceeds wind speeds of thirty-nine miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) gives it a name. Names are given out in alphabetic order from rotating lists of male and female names. Between 1950 and 1978, hurricanes were given girl names. But before that, hurricanes were numbered, not named."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: El Niño
"Usually the Earth’s warmest water can be found in the western Pacific, with the east-to-west trade winds pushing the warm water toward Indonesia. Every so often, however, the trade winds weaken and the warm water ends up sloshing eastward against the coast of South America. These oceanic changes cause disruptions in jet-stream winds and effect global weather conditions. This is the occasional weather pattern known as El Niño."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Acid Rain
"Tales of rain drops that remove the color from automobiles sound like science fiction, but unfortunately are not. The good news is the problem of acid rain (or more accurately acid deposition) can be curbed by simple steps of conservation. April 22 is Earth Day. So when you are finished browsing today’s sites, turn off your computer, turn off the lights and go enjoy the daylight! <!--"
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Sun-Sentinel: How Snow Crystals Get Their Shape
"Although snow flakes have been studied for hundreds of years, it was not until 1920 that it was discovered why snow flakes are always six sided. This short Shockwave animation illustrates how frozen water molecules connect to make hexagon-shaped snow crystals and snowflakes. Afterwards, look for the just-for-fun Build a South Florida Snowman link in the bottom of the middle column."
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StormFax Weather Almanac
"The 1982/1983 El Niño was the most devastating weather event of this century, causing disasters on nearly every continent. Africa, Australia and Indonesia suffered droughts, dust storms and brush fires. Peru was showered with eleven feet of rain in areas where six inches was normal. What will this year’s El Niño bring? At the bottom of the Almanac page, you’ll find links to two U.S. maps showing expected temperature and rainfall variations for the coming season. You’ll see the anticipated cold spell across the entire South (from the Pacific to the Atlantic), with warmer than usual temperatures expected in the central North from Montana to Kansas."
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