Although this site is limited, it is worth including for the information students can access about hail. The page is from the City of Ft. Collins in Colorado and includes a definition of hail, as well as an explanation about how it forms and basic facts about hail. The site also has a free brochure about hail that can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader. When temperatures drop, you begin to hear wind chill temperatures in the weather forecasts.
Wind helps create extreme weather conditions in a number of different circumstances.
Visit this site to learn about what can happen when you combine low temperatures with wind and how to protect yourself and your pets. Several links provide a great deal of information about this topic. Each summer, high temperatures put people at risk of illness and death. The Office of Public Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers this guide book for downloading and use. Learn about how to recognize heat-related illness, how to prevent it, and how to help your body adjust to soaring temperatures.