Weather Research Centertm 5104 Caroline St. Houston, Texas 77004 Phone: 713-529-3076 Fax: 713-528-3538 E-mail: wrc@wxresearch.com Interesting Sites (For teachers, parents and children) Atlantic Tropical Weather Center http://www.atwc.org/ Atmospheric Optical Effects (UIUC) http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/optics/html/optics.html Autumn Hall http://users.deltanet.com/rblough/ Careers in Meteorology http://www.atm.geo.nsf.gov/AMS/pubs/careers.html Dan’s Wild Wild Weather Page http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/ El Niño @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/elnino/ FEMA for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/ Flash Flood; 3-10; WGME TV Portland http://www.homeworkcentral.com/files.htp?fileid=31338&use=hc Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale http://www.stormfax.com/fujita.htm Homework Central http://www.homeworkcentral.com Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) http://weather.gov or http://iwin.nws.noaa/gov Lightning Storms (Intra-Cloud, Inter-Cloud, Cloud to Ground and Red Sprites-Blue Jets) http://seaccd.sccd.ctc.edu/rdowns/storms.html Maps & Geography @ nationalgeographic.com http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/maps_geography/index.cfm Metric and English Unit Conversions http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/science/Conversion.html NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ Riddles of a Changing Climate@nationalgeographic.com http://tectonic.nationalgeographic.com/2000/physical/climate/index.cfm StormFax http://www.stormfax.com Storm Prediction Center http://www.spc.noaa.gov/ The Seasons http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/LESSONS/seasons.html The Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia http://www.weather.com/breaking_weather/encyclopedia/ The Wind: Our Fierce Friend http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html Tropical Prediction Center - National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Weather Dude http://www.nwlink.com/~wxdude/