Weather For Dummies. John D. Cox

Hole in the Sky The Big Warm

      9  Part 5: The Special Effects Chapter 15: Up in the Sky! Look! Seeing the Light In Living Color Why the Sky Is Blue Reflecting on Clouds Silver Linings Blue Haze Sunbeams Sunrise, Sunset The Green Flash Rainbows Haloes Sun Dogs Sun Pillars Coronas Glories Mirages Twinkle, Twinkle Little Air Auroras Chapter 16: Tools of the Trade Galileo and the Boys Early American Weathermen The Weather Forecasting Toolbox Chapter 17: Try This at Home You’re Not Just an Amateur Watching Your Weather Getting Fancy Cool Weather Experiments

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Most Deadly World Weather Disasters Droughts Heatwaves Floods Typhoons, Cyclones, and Hurricanes Winter Storms Pollution Chapter 19: Ten Weatherwise Critters Cats Dogs Frogs Ants Birds Caterpillars Squirrels Groundhog Livestock Fish Chapter 20: Ten Grand Old Weather Proverbs Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight … Clear Moon, Frost Soon Early Thunder, Early Spring After Frost, Warm … Mare’s Tails and Mackerel Scales … Rainbow in the Morning … When Halo Rings the Moon … Rain Long Foretold … A Year of Snow, a Year of Plenty In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb

      11  Appendix: Internet Resource Directory Government Websites University Websites Special Resources Commercial Websites Mobile Weather Apps

      12  Index

      13  About the Author

      14  Supplemental Images

      15  Connect with Dummies

      16  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

      2 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Interpreting the Enhanced Fujita Scale

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: This Heat Index was devised by the National Weather Service to show...FIGURE 2-2: A typical weather map showing features and symbols that are common ...

      2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Imaginary lines called latitudes divide the world into the Tropics,...FIGURE 3-2: The map shows the different air masses that affect weather in the c...FIGURE 3-3: These diagrams illustrate what usually happens when cold fronts and...FIGURE 3-4: Here’s what happens to the radiation from the Sun once it reaches t...FIGURE 3-5: The Big Three behind the weather