Stacy B. Davids - Strange but true weather

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Davids, Stacy B.

Strange but true weather / by Stacy B. Davids.

p. cm. (Blazers. Strange but true)
Summary: Describes unusual weather events Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978- 1- 4296- 4553- (library binding)
ISBN 978-1-4966-3438-2 (eBook) Weather Miscellanea Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series.

QC981.3. D358 2011
551.6 dc22 2010000998
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Clouds that look like . Fish falling
from the sky. made of fire.

These weather events may sound strange.

But they are all true.

UFO an object in the sky thought to
be a spaceship from another planet
tornado a violent, spinning column
of air that looks like a funnel

Lightning doesnt just come from
the sky. It is also made by volcanoes.

When a volcano , bits of hot dust
crash into each other. The crashing dust
creates volcanic lightning.

erupt to burst out suddenly with great force

Waterspouts like this one can shoot
fish, frogs, and lizards into the air.

Grab a bucket instead of an umbrella.
Its raining fish! can suck up
fish and other small animals. The animals
are tossed into the air. They fall like rain.

waterspout a mass of spinning water and wind that
stretches from a cloud to a body of water

Think youve seen a UFO? Its possible
you really saw a cloud. People
often mistake these clouds for UFOs.
The clouds are shaped like discs. They
usually form near mountains.

lenticular smooth and disc-shaped

lenticular
cloud

Windstorms carry red dust from
the Sahara desert across Europe
and India. When the dust mixes
with rain clouds, dark red rain falls.

The rain looks like blood pouring
from the sky.

People have also reported seeing black,
green, and yellow rain.

Snow rollers are rare. Snow,
wind, and ice combine to make huge
snowballs. Wind pushes a clump
of snow along the icy ground. The roller
grows larger as it grabs more snow.

Sometimes snow rollers form holes in the
middle. These rollers are called snow donuts.

Dry rain is also called virga.

Did you know its possible to stand
under rain clouds and not get wet?
Dry air below the clouds can cause rain
to before hitting the ground.

evaporate to change from a liquid into a gas

Colorful lights stream across the northern
sky. The lights are made by tiny .
When the particles hit Earths ,
they glow green, white, and red.

particle a tiny piece of something
atmosphere the mixture of gases that
surrounds Earth

Northern lights can be seen only from
the northern parts of Earth.

Fire whirls spin like tops. They can
stay in one spot or zoom along the ground.

These burning towers are made by
powerful wildfires and strong winds.

Fire whirls are as dangerous
as small tornadoes.