School Resources

Meet a Meteorologist

School Talks - Find out how to schedule a visit to your school from a NWS Meteorologist.
Office Visits - Find out how to take a tour of our office and see our staff in action.
Ask a Meteorologist - Click here to send an email to our staff if you have a question for a meteorologist!

How to volunteer at the National Weather Service in Huntsville
USAJOBS - Looking to apply for a job with the NWS? Visit this site and search under 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'
Wikipedia - A bit about Meteorology and Careers in Meteorology.
American Meteorological Society's Database - List of Colleges with Meteorology Programs
American Meteorological Society's Career Center - Learn more about what meteorologists do and where they work.

Teaching/Weather Experiment Resources

Whiz Kid's Weather Experiements/Resource Page - Good source for simple weather experiments.
MetLink: Teaching/Weather Experiment Resource - Good source for more advanced weather experiments.
SciQuest - Experience Hands on Science.
Visit the Kid's Corner for more!

Jet Stream Online Weather School - The National Weather Service's Weather School for educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety.
NOAA - Information resource for various environmental phenomena.
NOAA/NASA Sci Jinks - Cool interactive website that teaches you about weather and other scientific phenomena.
Hurricane Origins (Courtesy of NASA) - 8 minute video about hurricane development and some of the NASA equipment that is improving forecasts.
Additional NASA Hurricane Videos - A series of videos from NASA looking more in depth at hurricanes.
Atmospheric Composition - Interactive diagram depicting pressure, temperature, within the layers of the atmosphere.
Visit the Kid's Corner for more!

Educational/Safety Posters

Tornado Safety in Schools Brochure & Poster (350kb PDF file) - The National Weather Service and local officials collaborated to bring comprehensive information to local schools on how to prepare for a tornado and what to do when a warning is issued.
"Significant Event" Posters - We have created posters for several significant weather events that have affected the Tennessee Valley, from the 1989 Huntsville tornado to the 1993 "Storm of the Century". You can download the posters here.


1993 Storm of the Century File Size: 617 KB	1989 Huntsville Tornado File Size: 2.1 MB	1974 Super Tornado Outbreak File Size: 1.1 MB	1963-64 New Year's Snow File Size: .3 MB

1951 Ice Storm/Blizzard File Size: 427 KB	4/27/11 Overview File Size: 6.08 MB	4/27/11 Bridgeport Tornado File Size: 2.17 MB	4/27/11 Cullman Tornado File Size: 3.67 MB

4/27/11 Hackleburg Tornado File Size: 3.27 MB	4/27/11 Higdon-Shiloh Tornado File Size: 1.96 MB	4/27/11 Dekalb Tornado File Size: 3.44 MB

Build Your own Tornado Machine

Tornado Machine Instructions (810kb PDF file): Instructions to build your own tornado machine.