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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

 

Basic Weather Education

This website is designed to be an educational resource for teaching a unit on basic aspects of Earth's atmosphere and the weather. It can be used by students who want to go more in depth about a particular topic.

The website is divided into three main sections (see tabs at top of the page), with each section containing various topics explained with text and diagrams. Topics covered range from basic properties of the atmosphere (e.g. pressure, temperature, and dewpoint temperature) to thunderstorms and the greenhouse effect. 

Thank you to NWS Corpus Christi, Texas for sharing this with us!