Weather For Dummies. John D. Cox

Chapter 5: Blowing in the Winds Taking the Pressure A World of Wind and Pressure Bending the Winds The Winds Aloft The Westerlies The Jet Streams The Tradewinds A Scattering of Winds Chapter 6: Getting Cirrus Making Clouds: The Heavy Lifting A Question of Stability Clouds by Class Chapter 7: The Greatest Storms on Earth Breeding Grounds Mysteries Birth of a Hurricane Bad Weather’s Big Weapons Signals of the Seasons Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ Coming Ashore … But Where? In Harm’s Way Hurricane Force

      7  Part 3: Some Seasonable Explanations Chapter 8: The Ways of Winter Winter’s “Official” First Day It’s a Temperature Thing Coast to Coast Storms of Winter Where They Come From Where They Go Name That Storm When the Flakes Fly Life and Limb Chapter 9: Twists and Turns of Spring When Has Spring Sprung? Coast to Coast Thunderstorms Supercell Hail the Size of Hailstones Flash Floods ZAP! Crack! Bam! Downbursts Really Twisted Winds Tornado Alley Forecasting Lives and Limbs Chapter 10: Extremely Summer Good Ol’ Summer Timing Coast to Coast Avoiding That Radiant Feeling The Heat Is On Storms of Summer Out of Whack When It Rains Too Much … When It Rains Too Little … Chapter 11: Falling for Autumn The Timing Thing Falling Highs and Lows Coast to Coast In a Pigment’s Eye Indian Summer In the Fogs Fires of the Wild West

      8  Part 4: The Long Run Chapter 12: Climate Is What You Expect; Weather Is What You Get Climate or Weather? Climates of the World What Makes Climates Different? Climate and the Seasons Pacific Body Parts El Niño, His Cool Sister, and Their Kissing Cousins Climates of the Past Chapter 13: Weathering Our Changing Atmosphere The Global Warming Picture The Global Warming “Debate” Abrupt Climate Change The Same Weather — Only More So! Getting Ready for Whatever Happens Next Chapter 14: Taking Care of the Air Polluting the Air The