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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Popular Chicago weatherman Dave Spritz (Nicolas Cage) has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. The harder he tries to hold on, the more he loses his grip. His painful divorce, his Pulitzer Prize-winning dad’s (Michael Caine) illness, and trouble with his kids have Dave poised on the knife’s edge between...
2) Weather
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From wild tornadoes to blinding blizzards, learn what makes our climate and weather work in this stunning visual guide. Fiercer hurricanes, hungrier wildfires, flash floods, and desertification are becoming a part of daily life as our climate shifts and changes. Weather covers the most important areas of this timely topic, delivering up-to-date expert information on everything from the water cycle to winds, cloud galleries, fog, and snow, and from...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
373 pages, [16] unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--
Why do pine cones close up in high humidity? Can perching birds tell you the direction of the wind? Gooley shows you how to "read" nature in order to detect what the weather is doing-- and predict what's coming. You'll discover distinct microclimates as you walk...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet. The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of the most expansive machines human beings have ever...
Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
©1987
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes forecasters at work in a weather station as they use sophisticated equipment to track and gauge the constant changes in the weather.
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
214 p. : ill., graphs, maps, chart ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An accessible explanation of climate change summarizes its science while sharing insights into its implications for the future, answering key questions from the role of fossil fuels to the economic costs of reducing carbon emissions.
Author
Publisher
Williamson Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
iv, 140 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x
Language
English
Description
A hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology, explaining how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform other related activities.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (169 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a deadly storm descends upon Earth, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is the suspect, scientist Faith Clavell realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. She must enter the storm itself to stop it.
13) The kids' book of weather forecasting: build a weather station, "read" the sky & make predictions!
Author
Series
Publisher
Williamson Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
141 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology, explaining how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity; record measurements and observations in a weather log; make weather predictions; and perform other related activities.
14) What is weather?
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at what weather is and some of the different types of weather events and how they form.
18) Forecasts
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to forecasts. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible. --
Author
Series
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 119 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm you with the meteorological knowledge necessary to make good decisions on whether to proceed or retreat in the face of a storm. Also included are helpful...
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