Weather whys
Subtitle: facts, myths, and oddities
By: Paul Yeager.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780399535703
Subjects: Weather -- Miscellanea; Weather -- Popular works
Genres: Miscellanea; Popular works
Notes: "A Perigee book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Bite-size morsels : weather basics; title: It always rains in Seattle : myths and misconceptions; title: Weird weather : unusual and surprising phenomena; title: From our forefathers to hurricane Katrina : weather history; title: Field of dreams : sports-related weather; title: What does "red sky at night" mean? weather wives' tales; title: Planes, trains, and crops : how weather affects transportation and crops; title: The weather is everywhere : health and home.