SUBJECT

PAGE

Part I.    Introduction to Weather

3

Part II.   Introduction to Severe Weather

34

Chapter 1.    Tropical Cyclone

35

Chapter 2.    Thunderstorms

62

Chapter 3.    Lighting

89

Chapter 4.    Summary of Severe Weather

105

Part III.  Weather Maps and Data, Satellite/Radar Images

108

Chapter 1.     Meteorological Time, Map Projection and US Topography

109

Chapter 2.     Surface Observations

114

Chapter 3.     Upper Air (Rawinsonde) Observations

123

Chapter 4.     Weather Satellites and Satellite Images

132

Chapter 5.     Doppler Radar and Radar Images

140

Part V. Severe Weather Awareness in Western Carolinas and                Northeastern Georgia by NWS/GSP

157

List of Internet Links

171

Online Learning

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//

NOAA (comprehensive)

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//atmos/ll_water.htm

Lesson Plans

http://www.estofex.org/guide/

Forecasting severe thunderstorms

http://lightningwizard.estofex.org/ConvectiveWeatherMaps.pdf

Guide to convective weather maps

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml

UIUC (real-time data)

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/index.html

AMS (Datastream project)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/   

NOAA SPC (severe weather)

http://www.comet.ucar.edu/       

UCAR COMET (technical)

http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary

AMS glossary of meteorology

http://theweatherprediction.com/

Comprehensive and technical

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/index.asp

Real-time satellite images

http://severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu/

UIUC (severe weather)

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/

Remote sensing

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/sage/

Geosciences

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/OnePagers.html

NOAA information sheets

http://www.globe.gov/fsl/workshop/registration.pl?&lang=en

Globe program

http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/

Australian Bureau of Meteorology

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/

NSSL, Severe Weather

http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/index_e.cfm

Environment Canada

http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/eog/course_format.html

Comprehensive subjects

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/corfidi/nswwsvrfcstg_slides/index.html

Intro to severe weather forecasting PPT

Outreach sites for Teachers and Kids

http://www.weather.gov/om/edures.shtml#classroom

NOAA NWS

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html

NASA

http://storms.meas.ncsu.edu/teachers/index.php

NCSU

http://www.met.fsu.edu/orgs/explores/resources.html     

FSU

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/   

U of Wisconsin

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/lessons/  

NOAA NSSL

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/outreach.php  

High Plains Regional Climate Center

http://www.education.noaa.gov/teachers1.html

NOAA

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/

UCAR

http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizarea.htm

FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/plan/index.shtm

FEMA

http://climate.ok.gov/outreach/

Oklahoma state

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/EducationOutreach.html

NESDIS

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teachers/

UK

http://www.weather.gov/os/severeweather/index.shtml

Severe weather awareness

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

Tornado Q $ A

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

NASA

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml

NOAA NWS

http://www.ucar.edu/learn/

UCAR

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/weather-camp/

PSU

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satmet/

CIMSS (satellite meteorology)

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

NESDIS

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

NOAA SPC

http://www.weather.gov/os/brochures.shtml

NOAA brochures

http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p3

Southern Appalachian Mountains

REAL TIME WEATHER DATA/MAPS/IMAGES

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

NOAA HPC

http://w1.spc.woc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/

SPC mesoscale anaylysis

http://wxmaps.org/pix.html

Technical weather data

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/

All weather data, comprehensive

http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/

College of Dupage

http://www.met.fsu.edu/CUDOS/rawin.html

Rawinsonde data

http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/index.php

OSU Weather

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic2/

Tropical cyclone

http://weather.unisys.com/

Analysis and forecast data

http://www.lightningwizard.com/maps/usa.html

Convective weather maps

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rucmeteograms/

Forecast meteograms

https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/weather/met/met_home.html

Global weather by USA Air Force

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/goes-west_goes-east.asp

GOES satellite images

Historical/Archived Weather/Climate Data

http://www.inclouds.com/

Cloud pictures

http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/

NC climate

http://www.weathertap.com/      

Commercial data provider

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

Archived data (free for educators)

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimate/states.fast.html

US climate page

Meteorological Software

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/twiki/bin/view/CompSup/SoftwarePackages

Software/programming manuals

http://www.weathergraphics.com/

Software and books

http://climate.ok.gov/software/

WeatherScope

http://www.raob.com/

RAOB

Miscellaneous

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/climatechange/system/lesson1/resources.html

Climate change

http://www.sccoos.org/cc-EspTeachers.htm

http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/

Climate normals

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/

NOAA CPC

http://www.metservice.co.nz/about/about

http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html

http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/WeatherForecastingCertificate.shtml?cid=0706_GOOKLH6847_0607

Online meteorology certificate, fees

http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/CMOI/product_guide/docs/indicesdoc_e.html

Stability indices

http://www.universalclass.com/i/course/learn-meteorology-basics.htm

Requires registration and fees

http://www.met-elearning.org/moodle/

Requires registration

www.atms.unca.edu

For current METAR data

http://aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/

http://leonardo.met.tamu.edu/Weather_Interface/

For current print-quality plotted surface map

http://w1.spc.woc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s4/sfcmap.pdf

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/surface.rxml

For current plotted surface map

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/

For current MSLP (surface) maps

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfctxt.html

For archived MSLP (surface) maps

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/

For current/archived upper air maps

http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/uamap.html

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/obswx/maps/

Official NWS DIFAX maps

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html

Current upper air maps

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/

http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/index.html

For current and archived print-quality sounding plots and data

http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/uamap.html

For current sounding plots and data

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/

http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/index.html

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundings/

http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/main.php?pageloc=upperair

For current satellite images

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satellite.php

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/satellite.rxml

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/

Interactive composite maps

http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/compmap/

National interactive radar mosaic, both standard and enhanced (ridge) versions)

http://radar.weather.gov/index_lite.htm

National interactive radar mosaic

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar_tab.php

National radar images and loops

http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rad_us.html

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=gsp&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no