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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Elevated fire weather conditions are also expected in the Great Basin. Flash flooding will be possible in Arizona and west Texas, especially in burn scars. Read More >

 

While we don't conduct tours for younger children under 12 here, there are several local science/weather opportunities for kids:

 

* NOAA's National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, MD has a NOAA Gateway exhibit and Science On a Sphere® 

 

* The Children's Science Center in Fair Oaks, VA

 

* The MD Science Center in Baltimore, MD