What You Need To Know About...

...Weather

1. The Basics

3. Hurricanes
4. Tornadoes
9. Books & Gear
10. Useful Links

 

The Basics

1.01 What is "Weather?"

Weather is the word to describe all of the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of the planet.  This includes wind, rain, snow, temperature, and many other things.

1.1 What is "precipitation?"

Rain.

 

Hurricanes

3.1 What is a hurricane?

It's a severe tropical storm with winds of at least 74 MPH.

3.2 How do hurricanes get their names?

The World Meteorological Association gives them their names.  There are two predetermined lists, alphabetical, that the service has each year.  One list for the Atlantic, one for the Pacific. So each hurricane that they identify gets the next name on the list.  The names alternate men and women -- currently we're watching hurricane Dennis.  The next hurricane in the Atlantic will be hurricane Emily.

Tornadoes

Books

9.1 Weather for Dummies

Useful Links

10.1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - The Government Weather folks.
10.2 Wikipedia - Weather
10.3 Frequently Asked Questions About Tornadoes

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