The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting for 12 to 15 tropical storms to form during the season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Six to eight storms are predicted to become hurricanes with two to four storms developing into major hurricanes ranked as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir- Simpson scale of hurricane strength.
The National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
The NHC maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones from 15 May in the eastern Pacific and 1 June in the Atlantic through November 30. The Center prepares and issues forecasts, watches and warnings within text advisories and graphical products.
Hurricane Watch!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson076.shtml
Education World provides lessons and activities designed to help your students understand this powerful force of nature.
National Geographic Kids: Flying into the Eye of a Hurricane!
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/hurricane-profile/
Fly into the eye of deadly hurricanes: find information, facts and videos at National Geographic Kids!
Severe Weather: Hurricanes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/sevweath.html
Your weather team reviews the action of Hurricane Andrew (1992) in preparation for tracking, analyzing, and predicting the course of a new hurricane that may threaten North America this school year.
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