There are many sites on the internet which have images of hurricanes (past and current), weather systems and current weather. Below are some of the sites which you might want to view and use with students as they collect information, create multimedia reports and learn about hurricanes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View the path of a hurricane

If you have a Java-enabled browser (such as Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above or Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 or above), you can use the Java Hurricane Tracker to view the paths followed by storms of the past and to track any new storms with up-to-the-minute position and windspeed data. This is from the WRAL Channel 5 station in NC (http://www.ncstormtrack.com/tracker/)

Photographs of Hurricanes

NOAA Central Library Historical Image Collection contains many pictures of to help illustrate the damages that hurricanes create. Andrew, Camille and Hugo are featured.A search engine to locate photos is available.Providing credit is given, photos may be used in student projects.

Forecasts and Archives of Images

Unisys Weather page links to Hurricane data, image archives, satellite images, and current forecasts for anywhere in USA. (http://weather.unisys.com/)

Classic Hurricanes Page This link includes gifs and movies as well as brief information and tracking gif of these famous hurricanes: Andrew (1992), Hugo (1989), Gilbert (1988). (http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/classic.html

CoVis Java Weather Machine This is a Java applet that allows creation of your own weather maps, as well as access to current weather conditions for selected cities on the North American continent.(http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/java/weather1.0/)

Yahoo Weather Map and Images allows you to select from a variety of maps to display informtion from around the world.If you are interested in quickly finding maps of the US to show for comparision try the Satellite images of the US and radar images which are updated frequently. A city and state can be selected from these pages for a current forecast. (http://weather.yahoo.com/images.html)

Intellecast Large, colorful map showing current conditions. Links to the World Weather Page and to information about the jet stream, almanac, and other types of data as well as weather animations are also included.
(http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/radar/)

CNN Radar images of N. America at CNN (http://cnn.com/WEATHER/NAmerica/satellite_image.html). Images from around the world are also available from their main weather maps and images page.

Real Time Weather Data from the GOES Satellite - National Statellite Images (http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/latest_vis.jpg)

Geostationary Satellite Server displays images from the GOES satellites. Select the region of interest from the thumbnails presented on the main page or look at images in the archives.(http://www.goes.noaa.gov/)

EarthWatch Weather on Demand-SkyWatch - Here you can create custom images for the region of the earth you want. (http://www.earthwatch.com/SKYWATCH/skywatch.html )

Weather Channel Radar Images showing doppler radar for US cities and selected international cities.
( www.weather.com/weather//radar/natrad_450x284.html)

Track hurricanes using the Discovery Online Hyper Hurricanes tracking site.The full globe satellite image is updated hourly to track current hurricanes.Watch hurricanes develop in real time, both in the Atlantic and Pacific, through this satellite's view of the western hemisphere. Weather satellites, such as the one that supplies this image, GOES-8, help scientists track and study massive air and cloud movements.

 

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May, 1999
Carla Schutte,Technology Specialist
Moton Elementary School
Brooksville, Florida