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See also: Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Weather
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Accuweather: Pittsburgh
Current weather, forecast, radar. -
National Weather Service Forecast Office: Pittsburgh
NOAA forecast for the Pittsburgh area. -
National Weather Service Climate for Pittsburgh
This new site provided by the US Government offers historical climate data for the Pittsburgh area. -
National Weather Service Climate Report for Pittsburgh
Look here for today's, yesterday's, and previous days' weather data, including maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, and snowfall. -
Weather Channel: Pittsburgh and Vicinity
yesterday's weather, current weather, 10 day forecast, monthly averages, airport & flight delays, pollen count, interstate traffic, and more
Return to the topSelected Books
De Villiers, Marq
Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather
QC931.D48 2006
This book is the story of humankind's long struggle to understand wind and weather, from the wind gods of ancient times to early discoveries of the dynamics of air movement to high-tech schemes to control hurricanes.
Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather
QC931.D48 2006
This book is the story of humankind's long struggle to understand wind and weather, from the wind gods of ancient times to early discoveries of the dynamics of air movement to high-tech schemes to control hurricanes.
DiClaudio, Dennis
Man vs. Weather: How to Be Your Own Weatherman
QC995.4.D53 2008
A humorous and practical guide to the history and science of understanding the weather by a real humorist who measures the sun's radiation in terms of commemorative Elvis candles.
Man vs. Weather: How to Be Your Own Weatherman
QC995.4.D53 2008
A humorous and practical guide to the history and science of understanding the weather by a real humorist who measures the sun's radiation in terms of commemorative Elvis candles.
Dunlop, Storm
Firefly Guide to Weather Forecasting: All the Information You'll Need to Make Your Own Weather Forecast
QC995.4.D86 2008x
Guide to Weather Forecasting covers every aspect of making a forecast and is a handy resource to understanding the professionals' daily weather predictions.
Firefly Guide to Weather Forecasting: All the Information You'll Need to Make Your Own Weather Forecast
QC995.4.D86 2008x
Guide to Weather Forecasting covers every aspect of making a forecast and is a handy resource to understanding the professionals' daily weather predictions.
Hamblyn, Richard
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
QC921.H35 2001
The story of how Luke Howard, a young Quaker Englishman, in 1802 came up with the endearing names we use today: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus.
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
QC921.H35 2001
The story of how Luke Howard, a young Quaker Englishman, in 1802 came up with the endearing names we use today: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus.
Huler, Scott
Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
QC933.H85 2004
"Less a piece of science writing than a writer's meditation on science, this gem of a book is equal parts history, mystery, textbook and memoir, as much a story about how we think about the wind as it is about the wind itself, and deserves a wide audience among readers interested in writing, nature and history." -- Publishers Weekly
Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
QC933.H85 2004
"Less a piece of science writing than a writer's meditation on science, this gem of a book is equal parts history, mystery, textbook and memoir, as much a story about how we think about the wind as it is about the wind itself, and deserves a wide audience among readers interested in writing, nature and history." -- Publishers Weekly
Mergen, Bernard
Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900
QC983.M43 2008
Historian Mergen explores weather's impact on American culture over the past century, including the government's campaigns to promote its weather service, and the marketing of weather in the media.
Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900
QC983.M43 2008
Historian Mergen explores weather's impact on American culture over the past century, including the government's campaigns to promote its weather service, and the marketing of weather in the media.
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin
The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
QC921.P75 2006x
This was a British bestseller so you know it is easy to read. Pretor-Pinney is also founder of the The Cloud Appreciation Society.
The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
QC921.P75 2006x
This was a British bestseller so you know it is easy to read. Pretor-Pinney is also founder of the The Cloud Appreciation Society.
Reynolds, Ross
Firefly Guide to Weather
QC981.R494 2005x
Written for all readers, this book explains how weather phenomena actually develop and how to predict them. The book also explores the validity of weather folklore.
Firefly Guide to Weather
QC981.R494 2005x
Written for all readers, this book explains how weather phenomena actually develop and how to predict them. The book also explores the validity of weather folklore.
Web Sites
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American Meteorological Society: Glossary of Meteorology
This is the electronic version of the second edition of the Glossary with more than 12,000 weather terms. -
Earth Observatory
The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet, particularly its climate and environmental change. -
Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet
Earthweek is a weekly syndicated newspaper feature that highlights natural phenomenon and man-made events affecting the environment during the current week. It is available online for printing out. There are also links to current news articles from around the world related to the environment. -
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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National Climatic Data Center
NCDC archives 99 percent of all NOAA () data and also collects data from around the globe. The Center has more than 150 years of data on hand with 55 gigabytes of new information added each day--that is equivalent to 18 million pages a day.- Extreme Weather and Climatic Events
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Paleoclimatology
The study of past climates. -
PhotoLibrary
The NOAA collection includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton.
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National Climatic Data Center
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Weather.gov
This short URL will take you to the National Weather Service (NOAA).-
Glossary
This glossary contains information on more then 2000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by the NWS. You can search or browse alphabetically.
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Glossary
Pennsylvania
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National Weather Service: Eastern Regional Headquarters
The Northeastern US is broken up into several larger subregions. Besides Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is covered by:-
Cleveland Ohio
For western and northwestern counties of PA - Philadelphia
- State College PA
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Cleveland Ohio
NOAAWatch - Severe Weather
There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms today across parts of central and eastern Oklahoma southward through much of central Texas.
(Friday February 03, 2012)
