Meteorological Web Assignment

Dynamic Earth

 

  1. Head over to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/nhctour.shtml and let’s learn a bit about how hurricanes are watched over. (NOTE – You will need the latest version of Java to view the website)

-         Describe your favorite section of the tour and why you liked it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-         Why is this place important?

 

 

-         Was there much that was interesting on this tour? Why or why not?

 

 

 

 

  1. Now let’s head over to… http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml this is a website dedicated to explaining some key concepts of Meteorology.

 

-         What are the different methods of forecasting the weather?

 

 

 

 

 

 

-         What are the differences between the different types of thunderstorm?

 

 

 

 

-         What are the different components of a thunderstorm?

 

 

 

 

 

 

-         What is your favorite section of this webpage? Why (be specific and descriptive)?