Photographs and text depict different aspects of weather and how it is forecast.

"Discover the world's weather--from heat waves and droughts to blizzards and floods"--Cover. Includes index.

The restless air -- Natural signs -- The science of weather -- Watching the weather -- Forecasting -- The power of the sun -- A sunny day -- Frost and ice -- Water in the air -- The birth of a cloud -- A cloudy day -- Clouds of all kinds -- A rainy day -- Fronts and lows -- Thunder and lightening -- Monsoon -- A snowy day -- Wind -- Tropical storms -- Whirling winds -- Fogs and mists -- A day of weather -- Mountain weather -- Weather on the plains -- Weather by the sea -- Colors in the sky -- Our changing weather -- Home weather station -- Did you know? -- Working with weather -- Extreme weather.