What is lightning?

As we study weather and take a look at all that it entails, one often asks, what causes the lightning we see in the sky?  What IS lightning?  Check out the following link and learn all about what lightning is.

Lightning

Leave a post about what you learned.  What is lightning?  What causes it to occur?  What was the most interesting thing you read on this site?  How far away can you see lightning?  What is cloud-to-ground lightning?  What is intercloud lightning?  What is high altitude lightning?  What is St. Elmo's Fire?  How can you tell how far away a storm is?  What are some lightning safety tips?

Mississippi River

And we thought we had it bad ....With all of the rain we have experienced within the past month we saw a lot of areas running into problems with flooding and landslides.
Check out the following links on what is happening in Memphis, TN.  What would you do if you were in this situation?

Mississippi River

Flooding

What's the weather??

Find a website in which you will be able to locate a 5-10 day forecast.  I would suggest using a site like, the weather channel, or wlwt.com, or wcpo.com.  What is the weather going to be like in the Cincinnati area over the next week?  How will this weather affect your plans and daily routines?  What is your favorite type of weather?  If Cincinnati doesn't have the weather you like, find an area you think does.  What is this location?

What causes tornadoes to form?

What are the ingredients for the perfect tornado?  Why is May the key month?  What is the difference between a super cell, a tornado and a wind shear?






Tornado 101

April Showers Bring May ???????????

If we have had a rainy April, what can we expect in May.  Click on the link below and see what we can expect for May.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on each city to see which one has had the most tornadoes and which one has had the most recent tornado?


May: A "tornadic" Month

Tornado Update

Go to Tornado Alley Live and watch the video from the tornados in late April.  After viewing the video then go to the link on Famed Tornado lesson learned.  What did we learn from this disaster?  What is our risk of a tornado today?  What should you do in the event of an impending tornado?  Where should you go in your home?   Have you talked about this with your parents?  Do you have a plan?  What do you think about the events of late April?


Tornado Alley Live

Endeavour

The space shuttle program is being phased out.  Endeavour is the second last shuttle to make a space flight.   When was it scheduled to launch?  Why was it postponed?  Who is the Captain?  Where do the astronauts stay as they await their launch?  Would you want to go into space?  Would you want to be part of the NASA space program?  What would you like to learn most about space?  What other space craft will be at the space station?  What are your thoughts about the space program?



Last Trip for Endeavour