Meteorologist monitoring relative humidity and other parameters for fire weather forecasting.

3-inch hailstones

Roof impaled by flying debris during tornado

Debris being driven at great rates can be driven several feet into the ground.

School bus flipped and crushed by tornado. If tornadoes in the vicinity of school either starting in morning or letting out, assure that children are brought to shelter instead of putting on bus.

Large piece of wood driven into tree trunk

School gym destroyed by tornado. Note crushed cars and bent steel beams.

Motor vehicles do not provide a safe haven in a tornado.

Motor vehicles do not provide a safe haven in a tornado.

Relatively small EF-0 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Corn severely damaged by combination of hail and strong winds.

Grain bins damaged/destroyed 6 miles west of Agar.

Grain bins damaged/destroyed 6 miles west of Agar.

Several WAPA high voltage electrical transmission towers collapsed near the intersection of Highway 1804 and 175th Street.

Storms over Hand County

Hail damage to corn crop from storm of June 24.

Hail damage to corn crop from storm of June 24.

Damage to farm outbuilding near Langford.

Overview of damaging wind event over Sully and northeastern Hughes County.

A poignant image of a child's stuffed animals strewn in a field by a tornado.

A destroyed grain bin near Benton. The small tornado that did this was an EF-0 with maximum winds of 80mph and a maximum width of only 75 feet. Even the smallest tornadoes can inflict significant damage.

A rare tornado touches down near Sand Point, Alaska.

Damaged bridge caused by Hurricane Ike

View of one of the few houses left in Gilchrist

Cargo ships offshore of Galveston Island waiting for port and channel to be cleared of debris following passage of Hurricane Ike.

Some folks left graphic warnings for potential looters.

Graphic of global temperature anomaly for August 2009. North America was experiencing a cooler summer while Australia and southern South America were having a very warm winter.

Poster encouraging use of life vests while boating. Produced as cooperative venture between National Weather Service and National Safe Boating Council.

Image of solar storm activity on surface of sun. Solar storms can cause disruption of communications as well as damage power grids and satellites.

A squall over the Gulf Stream.

A squall over the Gulf Stream.

Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Cloud tops illuminated by the sunset over the Gulf Stream.

A cresent moon illuminating a misty sky over the Gulf Stream.

A tropical rainshower leaves a pot of pirate's gold at the end of the rainbow.

A view of the Gulf of Mexico shoreline from the deck of a house that survived the destruction of Hurricane Ike.

Night lights on snow during second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Night lights on snow during second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Night lights on snow during second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Daylight view of same scene as in image wea03755.

Trees covered with snow following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Trees covered with snow following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

A dug out sidewalk after more than twenty inches of snow fell.

A dug out sidewalk after more than twenty inches of snow fell.

Trees covered with snow following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Trees covered with snow following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

A street scene following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

Overhanging snow from roofs of row houses following second major snowstorm of 2009/2010 season.

A bus stop providing no shelter. It didn't really matter as no buses were running at that time as many DC streets were yet to be cleared.

Freaks of the storm. A junior high school name sign providing a vertical platform for blowing snow following the February 5-6 snowstorm.

Bench providing no support for weary legs as covered with snow to almost two feet deep.