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Weather Pathfinder 
KEYWORDS
weather,
meteorology, hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, nor'easter, climate, forecasting, blizzards, floods,
humidity
REFERENCE
BOOKS
Complete Weather Resource (3 vols.) REF 551.5 ENG
Dangerous Weather (4 vols.-Tornadoes, Blizzards, Hurricanes, Droughts)
REF
551.57 ALL
The World Almanac REF
317.3 WOR
Weather Watch: Month-by-Month Guide to World Weather
(12 vols.) REF 551.6 WEA
WEBSITES
Federal
Emergency Management Agency
Search this site that provides official information
related to all disasters.- Check out the Disaster
Area section of FEMA for Kids.
Stormy
Weather
The title says it all. Quote from this page: "No weather
is ill, if the wind be still."
U.S.
National Weather Service
The
interactive site that offers continuous updates related to our nation's
weather. The graphics are slow to download.
National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
You used this site last year when you
studied the oceans. They also provide information about weather.
The Disaster Area
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management
Agency) provides excellent overviews of various disasters including weather.
Extreme Science:
How's the Weather?
A former NASA scientist, Elizabeth Keller, maintains this
site about extreme weather events.
Weather Maps
You may select you area from this beginning link.
Charts of monthly weather temperatures for many cites are provided.
Climate Research
International Research Institute for
Climate Prediction is devoted to researching changes in the earth's climates.
This site includes world maps of yearly precipitations and monthly temperatures
among others.
UM Weather
The University of Michigan provides
weather information for more than
800 locations. This site has live
weather cams.
Earthweek
Earthweek uses information found in
newspapers from around the world to report on extreme weather conditions.
Chart or graph these extreme conditions.
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