More info on thunderstorms:

• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tstorm/tstorm_formation.html Basic drawings
• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7t.html Good cloud photos, good description of processes, map of storm frequency
• http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/Metr304/Severedir/severe-wx-stu.html Description of lifting types with diagrams, neat little lesson with questions and answers
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6886880938991195179&q=thunderstorm&hl=en Google video of thunderstorm on radar near the Memphis airport

Other Rainfall Links

• http://www.afws.net/ IFLOWS Network--You can search for archival CT rainfall data
• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climatedata.html Substantial downloadable data from the National Climate Data Center
• http://www.weather.gov/ National Weather Service home page, national Doppler radar info on the radar tab
• http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
Old but nice page on clouds & precipitation from the University of Illinois

Anthony G Benoit  abenoit@trcc.commnet.edu
(860) 885-2386

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