Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

John D. Cox is a professional science writer. He studied biological and physical sciences at Harvard and MIT as a fellow of Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT.