Weather Phenomena

Provides GOES satellite views of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins, plus archives of past notable hurricanes.

Start page for Pacific typhoon information.

How glaze ice forms and where these storms occur, as well as the effects, both good and bad.

Independent advocate of lightning safety for people and structures. Includes information about their services, lighting strike incidents, safety guidelines, and a reference section of general and technical information.

Non-profit organization founded to bring together amateur and professional severe weather scientists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge.

Tornadoes, weather watchers, fact sheet statistics for every state, and links to the Disaster Center states pages.

Twisters, tornadoes and Storm photos with educational information.

Explains how air masses form, the principle classifications that influence the continental United States, and the formation of fronts between them.

Explains how the Earth's rotation results in three circulations, the Hadley, Ferrel and Polar cells.

Article describing why fog occurs, how it is formed and the different types.

Comprehensive warning statements, satellite images, and storm projections from the University of Michigan.

Current hurricane/tropical information for Central Florida. Up to the minute updates and discussion.

Severe weather information and photos. They also feature news and weather information for several different weather events including floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter weather.

Tropical weather information,forecasts and weather information for Florida and beyond. Doppler radar, live weatherstation, live cams and NOAA weather radio from Ft. Pierce, Florida.

Coordinated research effort of universities and government agencies measures effects of hurricanes using mobile towers and sensors on retrofitted houses.

A case study of Florida's Emergency Management system since Hurricane Andrew.

Official site of the Hong Kong Observatory, in English and Mandarin. Warning services, storm tracking, forecasts, and descriptions of the effects on people, the economy, public health, and social effects. With an archive of famous storms of the past.

Description of what hurricanes really mean along the Gulf Coast near Tampa, and suggestions about preparedness and evacuation.

Devoted to investigations and experimental modeling of the ball lightning and some related phenomena.

Lots of articles and links, including "how to make your own ball lightning".

A simple search window for querying the latest available U.S. hurricane warning and report.

The Philippines' first site on tropical cyclones.

The Texas county presents press releases, recovery information, government documents, and forms.

Java applet that lets one add hurricane advisories from the National Hurricane Center to a web page.

Investigation of the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast. Complete online video, interviews, timeline, analysis, teacher's guide, web resources and chat.

Web design and computer consultant provides her website to assist storm victims. Includes help with locating relatives, missing persons, and relief links.

Here's how to help victims of Katrina. Avoid being scammed. How to be sure your contributions go where you intend.