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A
A-Z for educational weather info [NOAA]
Advection Fog
Aerosols
Aircraft icing research, forecasts
Airmasses (Part 1)
Airmasses (Part 2)
Alberta Clippers
Anafronts
Anemometers
Aneroid barometers
Apparent temperature (°F)
Atmospheric stability
Auroras

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B
Barometers
Barometric pressure corrections

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C
Cape Hatteras storm zone
Careers in meteorology
Centigrade-Fahrenheit conversions
Cloud Boutique
Clouds (Satellite observation of)
Codes used for weather observations and forecasts
Cold air damming
Cold fronts (part1)
Cold fronts(part2)
Computer models (part1)
Computer models (part2)
Condensation and evaporation
Convective caps [USA TODAY]
Convective caps (formation)
Convective complexes
Convective complexes (formation)
Coriolis effect [USA TODAY]
Curvature (affects on weather)
Cutoff lows in the upper atmosphere

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D
Dangers of heat and humidity
Dart leaders (lightning)
Degree days (heating and cooling)
Derechoes (lines of windy thunderstorms)
Disasters (costs of) [USA TODAY]
Doppler radar [USA TODAY]
Downbursts
Downslope winds [USA TODAY]
Drizzle and rain (telling the differences)
Drought
Drylines
Dynamic and latent cooling

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E
Elevation & temperatures
El Nino
El Nino index
El Nino & global weather patterns
Evaporation and condensation
Extratropical cyclones

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F
Flood outlook
Fog (advection)
Fog (radiation)
Fog (steam)
Forecasts
Forecasts (long-range)
Fronts (cold), (stationary), (warm), (occluded)

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G
Greenhouse effect (part1)
Greenhouse effect (part2)
Guide to weather forecasting

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H
Hail (formation)
Hail (more info)
Heat burst in Oklahoma, May 22-23, 1996
Heat bursts (causes)
Heat and humidity dangers
High pressure areas (influences on weather)
History, weather events
How clouds keep ground warmer at night
How highs and lows interact with each other
How mountain winds can bring warmth
How the weather works index
Humidity and its role in atmospheric stability
Humidity definitions , calculations
Humidity
Hurricane information index
Hurricane history
Hurricane hunter airplanes
Hurricane safety
Hurricane science
Hurricane season, 1995
Hydrology homepage

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I
Icing and aviation

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J
Jet streams
Jet stream curves (influences on surface weather)
Jet stream, wind homepage

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K
Katafronts

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L
Lake effect snow Latent heat
Latent heat, types and specific values
Latent and dynamical cooling
Lawn-watering index tells when and how much to water
Lightning
Long-range forecasts index
Longest days aren't the warmest
Low pressure areas

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M
Maps and navigation (general)
Meridional flow of upper air winds
Mesoscale convective complex (MCC) (part1)
Mesoscale convective complex (MCC) (part2)
METAR code used for weather observations
Meteorological measurements homepage
Microbursts
Midwest, Southern tornadoes, April 1996
Modernization of the National Weather Service
Moon rise and moon set times
Mosquito infestation forecasts
Mountains offer a cool retreat in August
Mountains often receive heaviest rain
Mountain weather homepage
Mud slides can result from prolonged rain
Multicell cluster thunderstorms
Multivortex tornadoes

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N
(USA) National Weather Service
Natural disasters (how to prepare and cope)
Negative tilt troughs breed intense storms
Northern Hemisphere snow totals since 1972
Northern lights

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O
Ocean sciences links
Oceans, how they form sea breezes
Ocean weather and waves
O'Hare Airport ground icing experiment
Online weather almanac index
Ozone information
Ozone levels dip during winter of 1995-96

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P
Plains July heat compared to all-time records
Proverbs about weather
Precipitation definitions
Pressure gradient force

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Q

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R
Radar
Rain gauge Ridges (affects of)

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S
The Saffir-Simpson hurricane category scale
Saharan dust crosses the Atlantic Ocean
Salt Lake City, Brighton, Utah show how much more snow mountains receive
Satellites [GOES Project]
Satellites, how they observe clouds
Sea breezes
Sea level pressure, conversion from station pressure
Self-destruct sunshine caused by cold air aloft
Severe thunderstorms
Spring 1996 weather pattern
Summer rain begins as ice
Sunburn danger from ultraviolet light

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T
TAF code used for aviation terminal forecasts
Teachers' earth and ocean sciences links
Teachers' home page
Temperature
Temperature
Thunderstorm index
Tides
Tornadoes
Tornado chasing
Tornado index
Tornado monthly record in May 1995
Tornado, severe storm outbreak April 1996
Troughs (influences on weather)
Troughs, how they spawn intense storms

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U
Ultraviolet forecasts (NWS)
Upper air disturbances
Upper air disturbances (causes of self-destruct sunshine)
Upper air ridges
Upper air troughs
Upslope winds cool, bring fog, rain, snow
USA MAX temperature records, all 50 states
USA MIN temperature records, all 50 states

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V

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W
WeatherNet4 Educational Page [NBC4, DC]
Water, the six phase change processes
Weather and climate of 1995 index
Weather and climate of 1996 index
Weather deaths decreasing over the decades
Weather forecasting, how it's done
Weather forecasting technology index
Weather history
What weather warnings and watches mean
When summer reaches its peak
Wildfires, latest danger forecast
Wind
Wind chill index
Wind, how aerovanes measure it
Wind vane and cup anemometer used to measure wind
Winter of 1995-96, temperature and precipitation amounts, rankings
Winter of 1995-96, NOAA report on why it turned out as it did
Winter weather homepage
Why indoor air is dry in winter
Why longest days are not the warmest
Why wind blows

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X

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Y

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Z
Zonal flow of upper air winds

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BETHLEHEM 19/05
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CALVINIA 25/06
CAPE ST LUCIA 26/12
CAPE TOWN 23/11
CLANWILLIAM 30/07
DE AAR 25/10
DURBAN 25/13
EAST LONDON 23/14
ERMELO 17/04
FAURESMITH 21/04
FICKSBURG 21/08
GEORGE 23/11
GRAAF-REINETT 23/06
GRAHAMSTOWN 23/10
HERMANUS 21/14
JOHANNESBURG 19/05
JOUBERTINA 23/11
KIMBERLEY 25/10
KLERKSDORP 25/08
KOMATIPOORT 29/13
KROONSTAD 25/07
LADYSMITH 23/04
LANGEBAAN 21/04
LEPHALALE 26/08
LYDENBURG 18/04
MAFIKENG 24/11
MUSINA 25/10
NELSPRUIT 27/11
NEWCASTLE 23/08
OUDTSHOORN 27/09
PAARL 23/14
PHALABORWA 26/11
PIETERMARITZBURG 27/10
PLETTENBERG BAY 24/09
POLOKWANE 19/04
PORT ALFRED 23/13
PORT ELIZABETH 23/14
PORT ST JOHNS 23/14
POTCHEFSTROOM 25/07
PRETORIA 23/09
QUEENSTOWN 24/07
RICHARDS BAY 27/17
ROBERTSON 25/11
RUSTENBURG 23/10
SASOLBURG 24/08
SKUKUZA 28/14
SOWETO 19/04
SPRINGBOK 23/14
STILBAAI 23/13
SUTHERLAND 20/05
TZANEEN 19/08
ULUNDI 27/11
UMTATA 22/07
UPINGTON 29/13
VEREENIGING 21/04
VREDENDAL 31/08
VRYBURG 24/10
WELKOM 25/08
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