Is there a good weather museum someplace for weather junkies?

Answer 1

Good question. I am not aware of any physical museum of this sort. The American Museum of Natural History in Washington DC might have some instruments used by "rainmakers" in the past. What I would do is get ahold of any one of several good history of meteorology books available today at your hometown library. The history of the science in America is fascinating and goes back to the days of Benjamin Franklin. In particular this history includes the first use of the telegraph network to report weather data at the same time (synoptic) all around the country. This allowed the meteorologist to begin to draw synoptic maps plotting pressure and weather. This history might also lead you to some sources that I am unfamiliar with. Good luck.

Answer 2

Google Nunitak's Weather Blog

This blog contains links to all manner of interesting stuff. You have to dig into all earlier articles, click on urls, use the Blog Roll &c.

You will also find a link there for NOAA Magazine, may be called NOAA Weather Magazine, or you can Google that too.

I have been trying to educate people about the weather whille remaining interesting and readable.

Unfortunately most people cannot read or will not read, they are too lazy to pull up urls containing vital background info, and they are EXCEEDINGLY poor thinkers about the weather. They do not have a clue about what is coming up.

Some few have a clue, but poor thinking robs them of the Big Picture.

I do not know what else to do. I have gathered all the info into one place to make what took lots of hard work for me easily accessible, saving countless hours of time.

The Magnitude of Stupid appears to be extremely large, alas, I am not decreasing it.

Maybe the younger generations did not do enough math and writing and thinking in high school. And they seem to read very little, all of the wrong stuff.

The whole nation is composed of ducks sleeping on the surface of a quiet Alaskan lake about to freeze over.

I was there once and saw that, the sleeping ducks who were caught UNAWARES.

You can skate out to where they are, watch planes land on the ice, &c.

Even the ones who think they are very smart are mostly WRONG, mainly from not thinking carefully and rigorously.