Experiences in Inquiry – STORM Project Resources for the Middle and High School Classroom
Professor Alan Czarnetzki Email: Alan.Czarnetzki@uni.edu
STORM Project STORM’s Level 1 Classroom Activities: Activities Images
STORM’s Level 2 Classroom Activities: Activities Images
Resources for Surface Weather Observations
Time UTC Time Conversion Table
Basic Weather Map Symbols Complete Weather Symbol Chart
Satellite and Radar Images Interactive Surface Weather Map Generator
Cooperative Stations gives you access to daily local reports
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Forecasting Exercise
Climatology: Waterloo, Mason City, Des Moines,
Ottumwa Kansas City (MO)
Moline
(IL), Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Burlington Sioux City, Sioux Falls (SD)
Madison (WI), Milwaukee
(WI) St. Louis (MO),
Columbia (MO), Quincy (IL)
La Crosse (WI), Rochester (MN)
Persistence: Hourly Reports for Iowa in table format; from within the map, click on station of interest Other States
Maps of ‘Overnight Lows’ and ‘Daytime Highs’
NAM (North American Mesoscale model): Waterloo
Others: Mason
City Des
Moines Ottumwa Cedar
Rapids Dubuque Sioux
City Burlington
Moline
(IL) Madison
(WI) Kansas
City (MO) Milwaukee
(WI) Sioux
Falls (SD)
La
Crosse (WI) Rochester
(MN) St.
Louis (MO) Columbia
(MO) Quincy
(IL)
GFS (Global Forecast
System): Waterloo
Others: Mason
City Des
Moines Ottumwa Cedar
Rapids Dubuque Sioux
City Burlington
Moline
(IL) Madison
(WI) Kansas
City (MO) Milwaukee
(WI) Sioux
Falls (SD)
La
Crosse (WI) Rochester
(MN) St.
Louis (MO) Columbia
(MO) Quincy
(IL)
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Miscellaneous
National Weather Service Forecasts
Des Moines Office of the National Weather Service Davenport Office of the National Weather Service
La Crosse Office of the National Weather
Service
National Weather Service
Professional Societies in Meteorology
The American Meteorological Society
The National Weather Association Central Iowa Chapter
