tropical rain

Explore this website and discover the wonders of lightning, thunder and rain. Students will have an opportunity to read a summary of the book "Lightning and Other Wonders of the Sky" and participate in some activities that correspond...

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Acid Rain."

This page has a map of the United States with a key for precipitation. The key tells you the estimated precipitation for previous day.

An image of "After the Rain", created by Salomon Van Ruysdael in 1631 (Oil on wood, 56 x 86,5 cm).

An image of "Rain Shower in Patenkirchen", created by Heinrich Burkel in 1838 (Oil on canvas, 45 x 61 cm).

An image of "The Old Church at Moret in Rain, Seen from the Transept", created by Alfred Sisley in 1894 (Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm).

An image of "Le Grand Pont, Rouen, Effect of Rain", created by Camille Pissarro in 1896 (Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm).

An image of "Rue Saint-Honore, Effect of Rain", created by Camille Pissarro in 1897 (Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm).

An image of "Tuileries Garden in Rain", created by Camille Pissarro in 1899 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm).

An image of "Jockeys in the Rain", created by Edgar Degas from 1880-81 (Pastel, 46 x 55 cm).

An image of "Umbrellas in the Rain", created by Maurice Brazil Prendergast from 1898-99 (Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 356 x 530 mm).

An image of "Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway", created by Joseph Mallord William Turner before 1844 (Oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm).

An image of the inadequate shelters constructed to protect Haiti's population from the heavy rain that followed the 2010 Earthquake

An image of "Landscape before the Rain", created by Lodewijk De Vadderz (Oil on oak, 32 x 45,7 cm).

This interactive map of the US is color coded to show the quantity of rain received throughout the country. Selections can be made to focus on certain areas and certain time frames.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations and the instruments that measure them. Here you can find a photograph of a solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site....

This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides full coverage of information on the Tomb. Be sure to click on the Vietnam War hyperlink for the full story of the Vietnam War Unknown. Site also provides excellent pictures.

Reasons for concern, soil degradation, gravity and compaction, rain, wind, and remedies for saving cropland are just a few of the many topics explored in this all encompassing site.

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Observe various severe weather phenomena in this image gallery from WGBH. Weather is the combination of factors -- temperature, wind, snow or rain, and sunlight and clouds -- that happen in a specific place at a specific time. Sometimes...

View a global map from NASA's Earth Observatory showing total rainfall from January 1998 to November 2008.

Simulation provides details of hurricane parts, hurricane formation, and hurricane movement.

Site provides information on what the current weather conditions are around the world. Discover where it might be snowing or raining or where it is sunny.