The Websites listed below are good representatives of the thousands of weather-related sites available on the World Wide Web. Websites were selected because of their content, stability, and the quality of the Websites to which they link. The listing below does not imply endorsement by the sponsors or developers of this Website. The URLs for the links below were correct as of this Website's publication.


Selected Government Websites

National Weather Service Home Page

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS)
Central site for U.S. government weather information and links

Tropical Prediction Center / National Hurricane Center

NOAA/NWS
Current tropical storm/hurricane tracks (if any), forecasts, and historical data

Storm Prediction Center

NOAA/NWS
Tornado and severe thunderstorm outlook, statistics, and historical archive

World Meteorological Organization

United Nations
European Center forecasts and other world weather links

Selected University Websites

Space Science and Engineering Center

University of Wisconsin
Views from the different geostationary satellites and composite images from multiple satellites

CoVis Geosciences

University of Illinois
Resources and expertise for higher education and K-12 communities to support project-based inquiry in geoscience education

The Weather Underground

University of Michigan
A comprehensive listing of weather information on the Web, K-12 classroom projects, and current weather conditions

Selected K-12 Science Education Sites

National Science Education Standards

Developed by the National Research Council with NSF funding
First comprehensive science education standards at the national level, published in 1996

The GLOBE Program

NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory
Network of scientists, students, and teachers from over 5000 schools around the world working together to study the earth

The DataStreme Project

American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Science education enhancement for K-12 teachers interested in meteorology (offers graduate college credit)

Popular Commercial Websites

USA Today

The Weather Channel

MSNBC Intellicast Weather

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