Pick a hurricane or typhoon topic below to start a tutorial. You may complete the lessons in order or pick the weather event that interests you most.
Remembering hurricanes and the damages they cause are part of the process in gathering the history of hurricanes in the United States. This weather articles answers the question - 'How Long Do People Remember Hurricanes?'
Every year, the National Weather Service receives an extraordinary number of requests for statistical information on hurricanes and tropical storm systems. Reporters, students, teachers, businesses, and emergency management professionals all have unique needs to gather and understand storm data. If you have ever wondered how hurricanes form, where hurricanes strike, and other facts about hurrican…
Take a virtual tour of the National Hurricane Center with this interactive experience from the NOAA National Weather Service. This exciting tour explains how hurricane forecasting works and the ways weather from far away locations can cause massive cyclones in the United States and abroad.
Official National Weather Service Maps of the 1995-2006 Tropical Cyclone Storms in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with details on the path, intensity, and wind speeds of all named hurricanes and tropical storms. Each map is perfect for research and analysis purposes or for teachers in the classroom setting. Analyze hurricane and typhoon data trends as you track storms near the United States examining category level, eye location, and damages.
The online interactive hurricane tracker takes you on the path of Hugo, Andrew, Camille and more as you see the development from tropical depression, to tropical storm, and finally to hurricane.
Hurricanes, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Andrew, have intensity ratings measured in categories. Use this interactive timeline to show how much damage is caused by different hurricane categories.
Hurricane names are recycled. Find out which hurricane names have been retired and the names of Hurricanes through 2011!
Courtesy of: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Saffir-Simpson Scale is used to determine Hurricane intensity. Four factors illustrated are wind speed, air pressure, storm surge height, and damages.
Learn what you need to do during a hurricane or cyclone to stay safe and protect your property.
A 72 page training and reference manual on understanding hurricanes in the North Atlantic Basin. Although not for the average reader, there are excellent pictures and a full glossary of terms to help you understand Atlantic Hurricanes.
This 20 page booklet will teach you everything you want to know about hurricanes.
