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Science behind weather forecasting

The Met Office explains how they create weather forecasts

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/science

Weather forecasting

The tricky science behind the weather forecast - how it works and why it goes wrong.

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/in-depth/forecasting

SpaceWeather.com

This site gives daily information on solar flares, geomagnetic storms, Earth's aurora, and all forms of space weather.

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Streetline

Streetline collects live data from street-based sensors to tell users where empty parking spaces can be found via a smartphone app. An example of the internet of things

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http://www.worldsensing.com/products-cities.html

A Super Solar Flare

A look back at the biggest space weather event on record, the Carrington Event.

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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare/

Weather forecasting through the ages

NASA's brief history of weather forecasting, from Ancient greeks through to modern day satellite imaging.

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WxForecasting/wx.php

Allstar Network - Making a weather vane

Description of how to make a simple weather vane.

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http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment12.htm

Extreme weather gallery

Photographs of lightning, tornadoes, storms floods and other extreme weather.

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http://www.wvlightning.com/gallery.shtml

1 in 8 Chance of Catastrophic Solar Megastorm by 2020

A good article that looks at the chances and risks of a large space weather event on the scale of the Carrington Event.

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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/massive-solar-flare/

IMAGE - Auroral science

Information about the earth's magnetic field, solar wind, the magnetosphere, Van Allen belts and space weather from NASA's IMAGE mission.

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http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/
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