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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Looking for a full-color, labeled water cycle diagram? You found one! From evaporation to precipitation to plant uptake and everything in between, it's all here and beautifully illustrated. 
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National Weather Service: Weather Fatality, Injury and Damage Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Web site that contains detailed statistics involving natural disasters by year and type of disaster. Statistics are available in .pdf format.
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Massachusetts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.
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The National Weather Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Site shows us the roles and responsibilites of the National Weather Service. Also provides further information and likely scenarios, questions, and potential problems.
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National Weather Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Official United States Weather Bureau source for weather maps and forecasts. Contains forecasts, maps, warnings, data, current conditions, and storm warnings.
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National Weather Service:climate Prediction Center: Daily Precipitation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Find real-time daily precipitation analysis for the United States, Mexico, and South America as well as accumulated precipitation maps for the past 30 or 90 days.
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National Weather Service: Precipitation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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National Weather Service: Basic Weather Spotters' Field Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in an Adobe PDF file, this publication teaches about basic weather phenomena and how to recognize advancing severe weather systems in real time.
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National Weather Service: Jet Stream: The Atmosphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the atmosphere, it's make-up, the layers, the hydrologic cycle and more. The National Weather Service presents this site, including learning lessons and review questions.
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National Weather Service: Jetsream: Synoptic Meteorology

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Weather Service presents this site on synoptic meteorology, large-scale weather systems. Learn about the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, including clouds, precipitation, winds and more. Also includes learning...
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Noaa: National Weather Service: The New Improved "Wind Chill Index"

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a wind chill table and wind chill calculator. There is also an explanation for the changes that have occurred for calculating wind chill.
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National Weather Service: Jet Stream: The Jet Stream

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of jet streams is explained on this site. Read about why jet stream winds blow from west to east, what the polar jet and subtropical jet are, the role that the rotation of the Earth plays, etc.
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National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The Online School for Weather discusses the world's major climate categories based upon general temperature profile related to latitude.