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Table of Contents
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Introduction.
PART I: What in the World Is Weather?
Chapter 1: Forecasts and Forecasting.
Chapter 2: Behind the Air Wars.
Chapter 3: Land, Sea, and Precipitation: Is This Any Way to Run a Planet?
PART II: Braving the Elements.
Chapter 4: Blowing in the Winds.
Chapter 5: Getting Cirrus.
Chapter 6: Climate Is What You Expect;
Weather Is What You Get.
Chapter 7: The Greatest Storms on Earth.
PART III: Some Seasonable Explanations.
Chapter 8: The Ways of Winter.
Chapter 9: Twists and Turns of Spring.
Chapter 10: Extremely Summer.
Chapter 11: Falling for Autumn.
PART IV: The Special Effects.
Chapter 12: Taking Care of the Air.
Chapter 13: Up in the Sky! Look!
Chapter 14: Try This at Home.
PART V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten (Or So) Biggest U.S. Weather Disasters of the 20th Century.
Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Worst World Weather Disasters of the 20th Century.
Chapter 17: Ten Crafty Critters.
Chapter 18: Ten Grand Old Weather Proverbs.
Appendix: Internet Resource Directory.
Index.
Book Registration Information.
PART I: What in the World Is Weather?
Chapter 1: Forecasts and Forecasting.
Chapter 2: Behind the Air Wars.
Chapter 3: Land, Sea, and Precipitation: Is This Any Way to Run a Planet?
PART II: Braving the Elements.
Chapter 4: Blowing in the Winds.
Chapter 5: Getting Cirrus.
Chapter 6: Climate Is What You Expect;
Weather Is What You Get.
Chapter 7: The Greatest Storms on Earth.
PART III: Some Seasonable Explanations.
Chapter 8: The Ways of Winter.
Chapter 9: Twists and Turns of Spring.
Chapter 10: Extremely Summer.
Chapter 11: Falling for Autumn.
PART IV: The Special Effects.
Chapter 12: Taking Care of the Air.
Chapter 13: Up in the Sky! Look!
Chapter 14: Try This at Home.
PART V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten (Or So) Biggest U.S. Weather Disasters of the 20th Century.
Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Worst World Weather Disasters of the 20th Century.
Chapter 17: Ten Crafty Critters.
Chapter 18: Ten Grand Old Weather Proverbs.
Appendix: Internet Resource Directory.
Index.
Book Registration Information.
