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WRC TV Studio

Make your own weather forecast at the WRC Weather Studio! Report your forecast from a blizzard, flood, thunderstorm, or hurricane just like the pros! For just $10, you can take home your own DVD to show your family and friends.

WRC Interactive Climate Zone

View different climates in our custom built terrariums while you learn about the global cycles of El Nino and La Nina. Plus, coloring for the kids!

Cyclone Room

View satellite and radar images of hurricanes that have affected the Gulf Coast including Hurricanes Katrina & Rita. Also in this exhibit, find out where the storm surge would go along the upper Texas Coast with a Category 5 hurricane.

Weather Wizard Corner

See experiments performed by meteorologists and museum staff demonstrating how Mother Nature works in this interactive section of the museum.

Weather Museum Tornado Chamber

This is the newest exhibit to the Weather Museum, which was designed and built by engineers and meteorologists at the National Weather Service Office in Corpus Christi. Witness a tornado created in water vapor and touch it while learning how a vortex forms.

Weather Museum Video Room

View current and classic tornado and hurricane footage and learn the basics of weather in the Museum's video room

Weather History

Understand and learn about the history of meteorology by seeing how weather forecasting techniques and equipment have changed throughout the years.

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2012 Hurricane Outlook
WRC's 2012 Hurricane Outlook calls for a busy season for the Gulf of Mexico with a 60% chance of a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall on the coast from Louisiana to the tip of Florida.
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    5104 Caroline St.

    Houston, Texas 77004

    Phone: 713-529-3076

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