Weather For Dummies

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