What is a hurricane?

How do hurricanes form?

When is the hurricane season?

Why do hurricanes form?

Where are hurricanes likely to occur?

How are hurricanes measured?

What affects the track of a hurricane?

Can a hurricane season be predicted?

Hurricanes Past, Present, and Future

Make a Hurricane

• Watch the development of a hurricane at Evolution of a Hurricane.
• Use the Hurricane Machine at National Geographic to review conditions that favor the formation of a hurricane.
• Make your own hurricane Florida Sun-Sentinel  (choose Hurricane Maker).

Bermuda High Effect

• Steer a hurricane by setting high and low pressures Aim a Hurricane.
• Review  the Bermuda high effect at NASA Death of a Hurricane.

Track a Hurricane

• Hurricane Elena

Review Cpncepts

• Review all of the big ideas at  CBS News

Check for Active Storms

• Use the Interactive Flash Tool at Weatherunderground.com to analyze a current or archived storm.  If there is an active storm, zoom in for details.  If there is no active storm, select an ocean basin.  Then chose a year and storm from the archives.  Analyze the storm track  using the Flash tools. 

Find out more about New Jersey and hurricanes

New Jersey Hurricanes