Weather Mania Discovering What's Up and What's Coming Down

by DiSpezio, Michael A.; Garbot, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780806977454
• ISBN10: 0806977450
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Whether there's a tropical heat wave or a chill in the air, whether there's rain, sleet, or snow, have some meteorological fun while learning about everything from hurricanes to sunny blue skies. How can you fly "above the weather?" What are the lowest and highest temperatures ever recorded on earth--and the solar system? How can you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? What causes lightning and thunder? How do you read a weather map? And, along with these cool facts, try some really great experiments: with plastic cups, sand, water, and a thermometer, check and see whether the land or sea changes temperature faster. Or, get blown away with a homemade anemometer that measures wind speed. Create clouds in a jar.Plus--amazing trivia-like the day it rained frogs in Kansas City!

Table of Contents

Weather Wise?	5	(1)
Get Above It	6	(2)
Going Up?	8	(2)
The Heat Is On	10	(2)
Cell, the Concept	12	(2)
Up, Down, and Curved?	14	(2)
Blowing in the Wind	16	(2)
Wind Watching	18	(2)
Pointing the Way	20	(2)
Measuring Pressure	22	(2)
Pressured into Moving	24	(2)
Blown Away	26	(2)
Beaufort Scale	28	(2)
How Fast Is Fast?	30	(2)
Twirling Cups	32	(2)
Water, Water, Everywhere	34	(2)
Measuring Humidity	36	(2)
Turning Up the Heat	38	(2)
Chill Out	40	(2)
Bad Hair Day	42	(2)
The Wet and Dry of It	44	(2)
Dew Tell	46	(2)
Cloud Types	48	(2)
Facing Fronts	50	(2)
Going Down	52	(2)
Strange Rain	54	(2)
Charge It!	56	(2)
Lightning and Thunder	58	(2)
Tornadoes	60	(2)
Hurricanes	62	(4)
Weather Maps	66	(2)
Read Between the Lines	68	(2)
Eyes in the Sky	70	(2)
Proverbial Sky Watching	72	(2)
Telling Tails (and Other Natural Signs)	74	(2)
Colors in the Sky	76	(2)
The Future	78	(2)
About the Author/Index	80