Links To Weather Answers

Last Updated: November 09, 2001

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Like my section on algorithms, the sites listed on this page provide in-depth information on specific weather topics.

Meteorological Articles by Joseph Bartlo
Features Joseph Bartlo's articles that explore in-depth many different weather topics.
USA Today's Weather Front Page
Aside from the usual weather forecasts and current conditions, they have a informative collection of educational pages including definitions of weather terms and formulas for heat index, wind chill, air density, humidity, and more.
About.com Weather
About.com's weather section features articles about weather happenings and a large collection of well organized links.
The Temperature, Humidity & Dew Point Often Needed Answers
Details how to figure humidity variables and discusses the science behind them. This document is periodically posted to the sci.geo.meteorology newsgroup.
The Weather Channel's Glossary
One of the best educational resources on The Weather Channel's website is their glossary of over 800 weather terms. Other educational material is available from their Education Index.
Discussion of Moisture/Humidity at the NWS Louisville, KY
Explains the terms related to moisture and humidity.
Thickness And Its Uses
A tutorial on the meaning of the term thickness, its uses, and how its computed.
Weather Calculator Script Files
The CGI scripts used by the weather calculator at the NWS El Paso site. Not the most understandable code, but it gets the job done.
Wind Chill Factors by Gene Nygaard
Explains what wind chill represents and how to find it in various units. If you like this article, make sure to read his other ones too.
National Weather Service (USA) Wind Chill page.
An Introduction To Windchill
Describes where the concept of wind chill came from and how it is calculated.
Ask Dr. Dewpoint from Intellicast
If you can forgive the space used by the frames for advertisements, review Dr. Dewpoint's answers to the few questions he has selected from his virtual mailbag.

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