Wonders of Weather (The Learning Channel)

Format: 13 VHS

Length: 390 min.

Copyright: 1996

Producer: Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc.

Summary: Come with the real storm chasers on nature's wildest rides.

With the newest research in meteorology and the latest techniques in television and computer graphics, this series tells the real story on extreme weather. Hurricanes, hail, fog, floods, cyclones and twisters make our capricious atmosphere the most dynamic aspect of our planet.

Shot on location throughout the world, Wonders of Weather uses 35mm time-lapse photography and satellite imagery to reveal the miracles and intricacies of common - and uncommon - weather phenomena as never seen before..

New from The Learning Channel, these 13 half-hour videos are fascinating and informative.

Series includes: Deserts Forecasting Hurricane Lightning Mystery of Fog Rain And Flood Signs In The Sky Snow Splendor In The Sky The Weather Machine Things That Fall From The Sky Tornado Wind And Waves

Hurricane (30 minutes)

The engines of death and destruction that wipe out entire cities in a few hours. Here, fly into the fierce winds - up to 200 mph - to the hurricanes' quiet eye.

Tornado (30 Minutes)

The most violent storms on earth. Wind speeds can reach 250 mph, with suction so great they can hurl trains off tracks. Ride with real storm-chasers as they pursue these violent storms and try to even the odds with nature's terrorist.

Forecasting (30 minutes)

It's a matter of life and death. It has brought down empires, caused spectacular disasters, and even won wars. Bad weather forecasting probably cost the Germans WWII. Powerful computers and satellite technology are making forecasts more accurate, but nature's awesome power can still be unpredictable.

Winds and Waves (30 minutes)

Nature's deadly double. Follow an ocean current as it circles the globe, heating and cooling the continents, and witness the forceful tsunamis.

Rain and Flood (30 Minutes)

The most common of nature's disasters, they account for 40 percent of all weather related deaths. Here, journey to the wettest place on earth, to witness flash floods, and see new ways of preventing these watery disasters.

Snow (30 minutes)

Sometimes it serves to protect and regulate our climate. Other times it is a killer. Avalanches and blinding blizzards have claimed tens of thousands of lives. Through stunning archive footage, interviews and scenes of an avalanche control team in action, examine the mechanism behind this beautiful and deadly phenomenon.

Deserts (30 minutes)

The conditions that create deserts are surprising - and within our power to combat. See the driest, the hottest, most hostile wastes, and how humans have adapted to them.

Mystery of Fog (30 minutes)

This ground-level cloud can't sustain plants, animals and even people in hostile environments - but it becomes suffocating when mixed with pollution into choking smog.

Splendor in the Sky (30 minutes)

Astonishing beautiful images, from brilliant sunsets, frosts, and shimmering rainbows. Using time-lapse photography, we can view a whole day's weather in just a few seconds.

Signs in the Sky (30 minutes)

The 12 miles of air above our heads provides spectacular displays. The latest scientific and optical techniques unlock secrets of northern lights, glowing clouds, rainbows and sun dogs.

Things that Fall from the Sky (30 minutes)

The sky has some weird surprises in store for the unwary. Hail stones as big as grapefruits, mysterious dust, space debris and meteorites are just some of the phenomena.

The Weather Machine (30 minutes)

The earth is a magnificent machine whose interlocking parts create our climate. Here, time-lapse footage and stunning computer graphics show elements of weather at work.

Lightning (30 minutes)

It can be 30 miles long, and less than an inch thick. Meet people who've experienced its awesome strike first-hand. Enter a thundercloud and see how it is formed.