Weather Forecasting

Will I need my umbrella?Is it a good day for the beach?Will school close because of snow?These are the questions weather forecasters answer every day. They can tell us what the weather is doing at any time of the day or night. But how do they do it?Weather Forecastingtells how. With straightforward text and colorful pictures, this behind-the-scenes look at a modern weather station answers basic questions kids ask most, and makes weather forecasting more fun and accessible than ever.

Gail Gibbons frequently buys milk at a dairy farm near Corinth, Vermont, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the author and illustrator of many award-winning books for children, including Trucks, The Post Office Book, and New Road. The Milk Makers is her first book for Atheneum.