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Metro and state map. Click on "read watches, warnings, and advisories" for details.

Enter zip code/city - or click on an area from the map.

For Georgia - Winter Storm Watch – Issued when the potential exists for 2 inches or more of snow in 12 hours, or 4 inches or more of snow in 24 hours. Also issued for potential of a quarter inch or more of freezing rain, or half an inch of sleet. Winter Storm Warning – Issued when a combination of snow, blowing snow, sleet, and/or freezing rain is likely to exceed warning criteria. Warning criteria are those detailed in the Winter Storm Watch. Winter Weather Advisory – Issued when a combination of snow, sleet, and/or freezing rain is likely to have an impact, but is not expected to reach warning criteria.

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22 pages.

Cloud types. Pdf is linked; jpg is at: http://www.weather.gov/om/brochures/cloudchart.jpg

For hurricanes, earthquakes, and severe storms.

From the Red Cross

From the CDC. Detailed lists of what to put in an emergency kit, and what to pack.

For satellite or infrared -- From "Data & Tools", select Satellite Imagery, then Visible or IR.

Current activity charts, forecast models.

Several models displayed.

For the Atlantic Basin. From NOAA.

List for 2020 to 2025.

From NOAA's National Hurricane Center. 50 pgs
Charts, by decade, starting on p. 33.
Appendix A, listing by year, starting on p. 42.

Summaries of 36 major hurricanes, from 1900 to 2008. From NOAA.

1851-2010. From NOAA. Also links to Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1996.

U.S. Local Climatological Data (day--by-day); Storm Data, U.S. Annual Climatological Summary - and more. From National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

"U.S. Records", "U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters", and more. From NOAA.

Book (250 pages) from NOAA. 6th revision, 2009.
Charts, year-by-year.

Enter the name of the hurricane, and see the track (plus density, details, and storm report). From NOAA.