D. Resources

(source: NWS, NOAA)

1. Education

Tutorials on Northern Latitude Meteorology, includes case studies on snow storms, blizzards, lake-effect storms and severe winter storms.

A Lake Effect Snows Primer gives the basics on how these heavy snowfalls occur.

2. Activities

Winter Severe Weather Quiz (Canadian content)

3. Other Useful Links

The National Weather Service site contains a list of winter weather terms.

Worst weather in the world. Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, claims to have the world’s worst weather. The location already boosts having the world’s fastest surface winds (231 mph!). Talk about a wind chill!

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather

Significant Canadian Severe Winter Weather Events-lists most memorable winter weather events.

Glossary of weather terms:

http://www.weather.com/glossary

American Meteorological Society journals online. A good source to search for recent articles on weather-related phenomena.

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