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Weather / [written by Brian Cosgrove].

by Cosgrove, Brian, 1926-

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DK Publishing, c2022.

551.5 C834w 2022

Weather -- Juvenile literature.

Meteorology -- Juvenile literature.

DK eyewitness books.

Eyewitness books.

9780744052312 (hbk.)

0744052319 (hbk.)

9780744052305 (pbk.)

0744052300 (pbk.)

Revised edition.

American edition.

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.

At head of title: Eyewitness.

Includes index.

The restless air -- Natural signs -- The science of weather -- Watching the weather -- Forecasting -- The sun -- A sunny day -- Frost and ice -- Wet air -- Birth of a cloud -- A cloudy day -- Clouds of all kinds -- A rainy day -- Fronts and lows -- Thunder and lightning -- Monsoon -- A snowy day -- Wind -- Tropical storms -- Whirling winds -- Fog -- A day of weather -- Mountains -- On the plains -- Coastal areas -- Colors in the sky -- Climate change -- Home weather station -- Did you know? -- Weather power -- Extreme weather.

Why does it rain? How hot is a bolt of lightning? What makes hurricanes form, and how does climate change affect the weather? What happens when a cold front rolls in? Become a meteorology expert and set up your own home weather station, and learn to read nature's own signs of changing weather. Eyewitness Weather shows you what weather looks like, from a tropical storm cloud seen from above to close-ups of snowflake crystals. Learn about what weather scientists do, why weather works differently on the coast and inland, and much more.

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