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Weather References

Below are some references that will be helpful if you are doing a project or just curious about something.

Weather Calculator:  Automatic weather conversions and calculations.

Conversion Charts:  Charts for converting temperature, pressure and wind speeds.

Wind Chill and Heat Index Charts

Fujita Scale for Tornado Damage:  Includes links to photos of associated damage.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale

Beaufort Wind Scale

Psychometric Tables:  Used to obtain relative humidity, dewpoint, and vapor pressure from wet and dry bulb temperatures.

Weather Glossary:  Not sure what a weather-related term means?  Look it up here!

U.S. Naval Observatory:  Information on sun and moon rise and set times, moon phases, eclipses, seasons and other astronomical data.

Cloud Types:  Guide to classifying cloud types.

Weather Map Symbols:  Guide to interpreting surface observation symbols.

Hurricane Tracking Chart-Atlantic Ocean:  Print this chart and use coordinates found here to plot the track of a hurricane! (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Hurricane Tracking Chart- Eastern Pacific Ocean:  Print this chart and use coordinates found here to plot the track of a hurricane! (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.)