Everybody talks about the weather, but only a few people can explain why it behaves the way it does. Now America's Number 1 Weather Forecaster has given a simple and exciting explanation in his book All About the Weather.

Not many years ago a hurricane could take a city by surprise, smashing buildings and killing hundreds of people. But today people are warned of severe changes in the weather. Because they know when a hurricane will strike, they can prepare for it.

Weather warnings come from the United States Weather Bureau which has observers and weather stations all over the country. With the most delicate instruments these weathermen gather information about the weather and make predictions. To them the ways of weather are no longer a mystery, for weathermen have learned to measure the speed of the wind and read the skywriting of the clouds. They have learned to use balloons to detect distant thunderstorms and radar to watch the approach of a tornado or hurricane.

With the help of pictures, maps and charts Ivan Ray Tannehill, Head of Reporting and Forecasting, U.S. Weather Bureau, explains how to observe the weather, how forecasts are made, how to read weather maps — in short "all about the weather."

From the dust jacket