"This book covers all the major weather phenomena that exist across the world. Accompanied by useful maps and interesting facts, the narrative describes various weather instruments, forecasting, clouds, types of precipitation, and major storms. The final chapter addresses how climate change is affecting the atmosphere, sea level, and life on Earth"--Provided by publisher.

Weather works -- What is weather? -- Land and sea -- World climates -- The seasons -- Weather watchers -- The weather forecast -- Meteorology is born -- Temperature -- World air pressure -- Measuring from the ground -- Measuring from the sky -- Forecast -- Clouds and fog -- Clouds make weather -- Naming the clouds -- Cloud formation -- Strange clouds -- Fog and mist -- Rain -- What is rain? -- Rain records -- Distressing flash floods -- Colored rain -- See a rainbow -- Hail and snow -- Freezing rain -- Ice storms -- Hail, falling ice -- Record hailstones -- Unusual hail -- Hail or ice block? -- Snow -- Ice age -- Wind and storms -- What is wind? -- Prevailing winds -- Measuring the wind -- Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones -- Deadliest atlantic hurricanes -- Other notable hurricanes -- Hurricane katrina -- Typhoons -- Tornadoes -- Dust devils -- Thunder and lightning -- The power of gods -- Lightning formation -- Ball lightning -- Life, landscapes, and weather -- Animal forecasters -- Too hot -- Too cold -- Migration -- Locust swarms -- Plant forecasters -- Weathering -- The energy of weather -- Wind turbines -- Energy directly from the sun -- Ocean thermal energy conversion -- Global weather change -- Climate change -- Looking back -- Urban heat islands -- Ozone holes.