What’s the weather like in…?

Here is an interesting website where you can see weather station data for different locations in theUK:

http://weather.atomwide.com/Default.aspx

How do climates differ around the world?

Use this interactive map to compare climate graphs of different places around the world:

http://www.uwsp.edu/geO/faculty/ritter/interactive_climate_map/climate_map.html

What do warm and cold fronts look like animated?

Really useful animations showing what happens at warm and cold fronts:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

How does global weather vary annually?

A great site to play with and discover general changes in global weather in an average year:

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?File=39957

What does global climate look like animated?

A fantastic selection of animations, courtesy of the Universtiy of Oregon, USA:

http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/clim_animations/

What do energy budgets look like animated?

A very useful visual guide to energy budgets:

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?File=39954

What are the different layers of the atmosphere?

This animated website helps you discover the different layers of the atmosphere and their propeties:

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/atmosphere/index.html

How do they know when to grit the roads?

This webpage shows that there is quite a lot of technology involved in a simple act, such as gritting the roads.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7169361.stm

Why do we have seasons and what causes them?

This link takes you to a great Youtube animation about our planet’s seasons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHTA7S_JGk

There is another great animation here that explains seasons:

http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html