Usa Today Weather: Understanding Forecasting

Decide whether weather is changing! A two-part activity first challenges classes to review the differences between weather and climate. Once finished, individuals then analyze historical data to determine if climate change is happening...

Weather forecasts for all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and the islands of American Samoa and Guam. These enable students to do comparison studies and/or receive current weather forecasts.

Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.

USA Today presents a regularly updated archive of El Nino and La Nina stories, descriptions, and overviews. An excellent resource to learn what these storms are, how they began, and their onging history.

Discusses air pressure, fronts, and storm formation. Links on page to well-illustrated and animated additional information.

Describes the ways in which wind direction and barometric pressure can be used by the amateur weather forecaster to make predictions about the weather.

Your advanced class will paint a picture of a particular weather condition. In this painting lesson plan students describe elements of art in pieces of artwork. They analyze the weather and seasons in the artwork. The students use paper,...

This article describes the basics of understanding today's weather radar and radar images. It also explains factors that influence radar images including ground clutter, beam blockage, bow echos, and virga.

Interactive media is used to explain the differences between high pressure and low pressure weather systems.

This article is a guide to understanding humidity and related weather concepts. Includes helpful definitions of multiple terms.