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Cover; Weather; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; Weather; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Masthead; Weather; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Introduction/Our National Passion; Weather; by Davidson; 6 Page(s)

Preoccupation with weather reflects both our hunger for constant change and our need to recover a lost sense of awe toward the natural world

The Perils of Prediction/Forecasting is No Picnic; Weather; by Monastersky; 8 Page(s)

By the time you hear the five-day forecast on the evening news, meteorologists have already been making and revising those predictions for a week or more

The Perils of Prediction/Decoding the Forecast; Weather; by Raikhel; 2 Page(s)

A glossary of common weather terms

The Perils of Prediction/The Butterfly that Roared; Weather; by Rosenfeld; 6 Page(s)

To improve weather forecasting, meteorologists have learned to pay attention to the effects of chaotic airflows in the atmosphere

The Perils of Prediction/Do We Need the National Weather Service?; Weather; by Rosenfeld; 4 Page(s)

Private forecasters are taking over more and more of the responsibilities that were traditionally fulfilled by government meteorologists

Unsettled Skies/Billion-Dollar Twister; Weather; by Henson; 8 Page(s)

Oklahoma, America's most frequent victim of tornadoes, suffered more twister-related destruction on May 3, 1999, than ever before. What are we learning from this epic event - and could it happen somewhere else?

Unsettled Skies/Extreme Weather; Weather; by Raikhel; 2 Page(s)

A tour of the most dramatic weather on the planet

Unsettled Skies/Fleeing Floyd; Weather; by Reed; 6 Page(s)

Thousands who tried to race to safety before Hurricane Floyd hit last year ended up going nowhere fast, stuck in traffic. Were such problems a fluke or a glimpse of the future?

Unsettled Skies/Big Sky, Hot Nights, Red Sprites; Weather; by Wright; 6 Page(s)

A maverick meteorologist's backyard has become a mecca for devotees of a new kind of lightning

Unsettled Skies/It's Raining Eels: A Compendium of Weird Weather; Weather; by Cerveny; 2 Page(s)

A Compendium of Weird Weather

Unsettled Skies/Tempests From the Sun; Weather; by Beardsley, side bar by Staedter; 8 Page(s)

A gale of particles rushing from the sun streams continuously around Earth. Solar storms can release gusts that spell trouble for satellites and for electrical systems on the ground

Doing Something About It/Cloud Dancers; Weather; by Pendick; 6 Page(s)

Will efforts to change the weather ever attain scientific legitimacy?

Doing Something About It/Cloud Dancers; Weather; by Pendick; 6 Page(s)

Will efforts to change the weather ever attain scientific legitimacy?

Climate in Flux/Beyond El Niño; Weather; by Lippsett; 8 Page(s)

El Niño is not the only oceanic and atmospheric event that profoundly affects climate. Several other seesawing conditions have also been uncovered

Climate in Flux/Warming to Climate Change; Weather; by Brown; 6 Page(s)

Global warming is upon us, scientists say - and some communities are ready to react. Together researchers and local leaders are planning for hot, wet - or just plain bizarre - weather to come

Climate in Flux/Under the Weather; Weather; by Baron-Faust; 7 Page(s)

Weather and climate can affect health in ways that are far from obvious

Atmosphere As Spectacle/Channeling the Weather; Weather; by Cerveny; 6 Page(s)

Movies may show people singing in the rain or charging after twisters, but the weather you see is rarely authentic

Atmosphere as Spectacle/Lights, Camera, Weather; Weather; by Cerveny; 1 Page(s)

Movies may show people singing in the rain or charging after twisters, but the weather you see is rarely authentic

Further Information/Weather on the Web; Weather; by Martindale; 1 Page(s)