"PrefaceIntroduction Chapter 1: Predicting the Weather What makes the weather? What are seasons? Making observations Making predictions What do we know and when? Activity: Make your own weather map Chapter 2: Storm systems What is the Coriolis Force? Why weather systems rotate Low pressure systems High pressure systems The General Circulation Storm Systems What's the jet stream? Activity Chapter 3: Thunderstorms and Tornadoes What makes severe weather? Ordinary thunderstorms Squall lines Supercells: The King of Thunderstorms Hail Tornadoes Activity: Make your own tornado Chapter 4: Precipitation and drought What is humidity? How much air can the water hold? Floods Monsoons Atmospheric rivers Drought Activity: Make a cloud in a bottle Chapter 5: Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones What makes a hurricane? Where do hurricanes form? Storms around the world Hurricane Hazards Anatomy of a hurricane Hurricane evacuations Activity: make a hurricane kit Chapter 6: Winter storms and blizzards What makes snow? Different precipitation types Different types of snowstorms Nor'easters ""Classic"" snowstorms Mountain snowstorms Lake-effect snows Ocean-effect snows Squalls Activity: Finding the water content of snow Chapter 7: Rainbows, fogbows and sights in the sky What color is sunlight? What makes a rainbow? Double rainbows Supernumerary and reflected light bows Fogbows, moon bows, pollen bows, etc Haloes Light pillars Activity: Make a rainbow Chapter 8: Sights and Storms in Space What is a solar storm? When do they occur? How does ""space weather"" affect earth? Where can I see the northern (southern) lights? How do scientists predict space weather? Eclipses Activity: Make a pinhole projector Chapter 9: Climate change Weather versus climate How climate change works Different ""stable states"" of Earth How the climate changes naturally (Milankovich cycles) How climate change affects the weather Activity: NASA Citizen Science projects Chapter 10: Other natural disasters Earthquakes Tsunamis Volcanic eruptions Landslides Wildfires Activity: Make an Oreo earthquake Glossary Acknowledgments About the Author Index ".