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Frost, Ice, & Snow
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Avalanche Accident Statistics 
 Accident and fatality statistics for the United States and the state of Colorado since 1950. Includes graphs for year, state, age, and survival vs. burial depth. From the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. http://avalanche.state.co.us/pub/accidents_stats.php Topics: Weather Last updated Mar 27, 2009 Avalanche Awareness
Comprehensive information about avalanches: what causes them, how to recognize dangerous snow slide conditions, and tips for avalanche survival. http://nsidc.org/snow/avalanche/ Topics: Weather Last updated May 7, 2002 The Avalanche Center
This site offers links to sites with information on avalanches worldwide. There are bulletins, news collections of incidents, educational information, information for professional mountaineers, and more. Searchable. http://www.avalanche-center.org/ Topics: Water, Weather Last updated Jun 11, 2006 Avalanche!
The non-profit Canadian Avalanche Association seeks to develop an "understanding of avalanches, to encourage communication and promote industry standards, and to provide high quality avalanche education." The Web site includes safety bulletins by region (Canada only) and information on weather, training, and accidents. Provides yellow pages for related products, services, and organizations; a toll-free number for current bulletins; and discussion boards. http://www.avalanche.ca/ Topics: Weather Last updated Jan 24, 2003 Friends of the Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center (FOAC)
This Washington state nonprofit corporation supports the Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center and provides "public education and awareness about avalanches and avalanche safety." In addition to membership information, the site features educational materials such as a list of avalanche-related books and videos, wind chill chart, avalanche education classes in the Northwest, and an avalanche rating scale. Also offers links to avalanche and weather forecasts, event listings, and a newsletter. http://www.nwac.us/ Topics: Weather Last updated Nov 24, 2009 Frost Dates Selector
This site shows the average first and last frost dates, so important to gardeners, for local areas in the United States and Canada. Defines frost "as a light freeze of temperatures ranging from 29 to 32 degrees F." Includes a temperature calculator for Fahrenheit and Celsius conversions. http://www.victoryseeds.com/frost/ Topics: Gardening, Regions of the World, Weather Last updated Apr 8, 2003 Geologic Hazards: Landslides
Find information on landslide events in the United States. Includes news, reports about recent events, real-time monitoring of active landslide areas, a FAQ, state and local information, images and publications, information for teachers and students, and more. The "searchable bibliographic database" doesn't work. From the United States Geological Survey (USGS). http://landslides.usgs.gov/ Topics: Weather Last updated Jun 1, 2005 National Weather Service: Climate Prediction Center: Winter Outlook
"In October the CPC [Climate Prediction Center] posts the Winter Outlook, which reviews climate influences on the upcoming winter season and the likely weather impacts on various regions of the United States." Also includes a link to information about climate factors helping to shape anticipated winter weather, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, or NAO, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation, or MJO. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/winter_outlook/index.shtml Topics: Weather Last updated Nov 16, 2005 North American Interstate Weather Modification Council (NAIWMC)
The NAIWMC is a nonprofit organization "comprised of regulatory agencies, sponsoring organizations, and research institutions involved in atmospheric water resource management technology, commonly known as weather modification or cloud seeding." Features a map showing weather modification programs in the western U.S. and Canada (precipitation and snowpack augmentation), a FAQ, description of cloud seeding methods and equipment, links to reports and policy statements, material about legislation advocacy efforts, and related material. http://www.naiwmc.org Topics: Water, Weather Last updated Jun 6, 2007 Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center (NWAC)
This website describes the work of the Seattle office of the NWAC, which collects and analyzes mountain weather and avalanche data to provide "current information on snowpack structure and avalanche danger" and to predict expected changes in conditions. Offers forecasts, snowpack and mountain weather reports, accident data (back to 2001), and avalanche education materials. Jointly funded by several Washington state and federal agencies and administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. http://www.nwac.us/ Topics: Weather Last updated Oct 20, 2005 OnTheSnow.com
The heart of this site is the snow reports for the Southern Hemisphere, North America, and Europe. When you pick an area, the names of the resorts (linked to their home pages) are arranged on a grid with columns for New Snow in Inches in the Last 24 Hours, Snow Depth, Surface, Lifts, Trails, Cross Country, and Notes. This site has a lot more information in columns (archived) that review equipment and various ski areas. http://www.onthesnow.com/ Topics: Travel, Water, Weather, Winter Sports Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Snow Crystals
Information about the physics of snow crystals and snowflakes as well as the history of early scientific observations and photographs, how to take photos, various classification schemes, preserving snow crystals, ice crystal halos, and unusual forms of the snowflakes. There are also images of ice crystals grown in the lab. Related links are provided. http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Weather Last updated Feb 24, 2003 United States Interactive Climate Pages
Climatologies for cities throughout the United States and its possessions. Click on the state and then on the city name to get a plot of the daily average climate for that city, including maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and snowfall, with data from 1961-1990. Includes a section where you can create monthly U.S. temperature and precipitation maps for 1895 to the present. Searchable. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimate/ Topics: Weather Last updated Oct 21, 2009 |
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