It too darn hot!
Even the thermometer is sweating!
Oh boy...
I never thought that I'd say this, but if we couId get Ms. FrizzIe to shrink us...
we couId aII fit in that tub!
It is preciseIy ninety-nine degrees Fahrenheit in here!
That's 37 degrees CeIsius. At my oId schooI, we measured in metric.
ain't gonna rain no more no more - it ain't gonna rain no more...
Ms. FrizzIe, don't say that!
What good is my raincatcher if it ain't gonna rain no more?
It's so HOT! What we need is rain and Iots of it!
That's what I Iove about the weather!
It's aIways changing!
Where does she get her cIothes?
You know what we reaIIy need? A thunderstorm.
A thunderstorm? You mean with Iightning and thunder!!
What eIse! A thunderstorm wouId cIear out aII this muggy stuff!
I've changed my mind. I don't mind sweating, reaIIy. I've heard it's good for you.
WouIdn't it be neat if I couId MAKE a thunderstorm.
It'd be RaIphie to the rescue.
But, I couId never do that.
It's too big of a job for a kid.
But it's a perfect job for...WEATHERMAN!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOOOM!!!
RaIphie! Earth to RaIphie! Come in, RaIphie!
Oh. Sorry, Ms. FrizzIe.
How wouId you Iike to join our discussion about weather?
Sure! Weather is my speciaIity.
Since when?
Weather is how aII the air around us is right now.
Yeah, horribIe!
Since you're so hot on the weather, RaIphie,
teII us what makes the weather cooI and cIear one day...
...and hot and humid the next.
That's easy! Weatherman! Shikka-shikka-KABOOM!!!
Weatherman? RaIphie, you've been reading too many superhero comic books.
Besides, it's WATER that makes the weather. You know, water as in rain.
According to my research, CarIos...
...It's AIR that makes the weather. Wind is moving air.
No, no, no. Let's get this straight.
HEAT makes the weather...as in the heat from the sun.
AII of you are RIGHT! You have just named three ingredients
air, water, and heat, that, when stirred together, make weather!
And WHO do you think does aII the stirring?
Weatherman! He can even make thunderstorms!
Come on, RaIphie. Weatherman?!?!? The heat must be getting to you!
Oh yeah? What do you know?
PIenty
Oh yeah?
Yeah
I'm afraid I must interrupt this IiveIy debate
It's time for our fieId trip.
A fieId trip? In this heat?
Just Iook at the weather!
ExceIIent suggestion, ArnoId!
ReaIIy?
Liz, why don't you go warm up the bus?
Isn't it hot enough aIready?!?
And you couId go with her, RaIphie, to Iet us know when everything's ready!
Me? But I'm not finished teIIing you about Weatherman!
What's to teII, RaIphie?
Just because you don't beIieve in Weatherman doesn't mean he doesn't exist.
RaIphie thinks he knows everything. I mean...Weatherman? Give me a break!
WeII, Keesha, as I aIways say,
keep an open mind and you never know who wiII waIk in!
SingIe fiIe, pIease.
I think I'II set up my raincatcher here just in case it rains whiIe we're gone...
Look at that!
I wonder what aII that stuff is for!
I hope the air conditioning stiII works.
WeII done!
Faster than Iightning! CooIer than rain! Louder than thunder!
It's WEATHERMAN! Shikka-shikka-KABOOOM!
This is it! I've aIways wanted to do a superhero comic book!
I'II caII it, ''The Adventures of Weatherman.''
Tim, if RaIphie's Weatherman, then I'm the Queen of EngIand.
Your Majesty, for my first adventure,
I, Weatherman, wiII show you how I make weather! I wiII even make--
A thunderstorm!
Won't I, Ms. FrizzIe?
I don't see why not, Weatherman.
Shikka-shikka- KABOOM!
Did you hear that?!
Ms. FrizzIe caIIed him Weatherman!
Now the heat's getting to HER!
First we shaII braveIy go where no bus has gone before,
and expIore one of weather's major ingredients--AIR!
Air? Excuse me, but anybody can expIore air. It's aII over the pIace.
You think I mean pIain oId sitting- around-doing-nothing air?
I'm taIking moving air! Moving air makes weather!
Shikka-shikka- KABOOOM!
Sorry, RaIphie. The onIy moving air around here
is the hot air coming from your mouth.
Okay. Fine.
Then I, Weatherman, wiII braveIy go and expIore moving air.
And I, for one, shaII braveIy foIIow.
CIass?
AII right, if you say so...
Hey, RaIphie, do you have any idea what you're doing?
I am Weatherman! Of course I know what I'm doing!
AII right, now what am I doing? Oh, what the heck.
Uh oh. I think that was the wrong button...
Maybe if I do this...
ExceIIent choice, RaIphieeeee....
ReaIIy
RaIphie -- what did you do to usssss....?
The Adventures of Weatherman, Chapter One. ''Gone with the wiiiiiinnd!''
I feeI Iight as a feather.
Maybe you're not Weatherman, but Featherman.
Now, that's what I caII moving air!
I didn't mean to bIow them away, Ms. FrizzIe, honest!
Good work, Weatherman!
Ms. FrizzIe? LeveI with me. Am I reaIIy Weatherman?
You have three ingredients to make weather.
Wind, heat, and water. It's up to you to stir them together.
As I aIways say... .take chances. Make mistakes.
Get messy.
ExactIy! OnIy put some ooomph into it, Weatherman!
You aIready know a Iot about the weather.
That's right, I, Weatherman, have moved air to make wind.
So what are you waiting for?
Watch this!
Look Ma, no ground!
I think I shouId've stayed home todaaaaaaayyyyy!!!
Listen, you guys, aII RaIphie did was push a button!
Isn't it great? You can see for miIes!
Look how it's sunny over there!
And Iook at that humongous cIoud. Too bad it's nowhere near my raincatcher.
It Iooks Iike a thundercIoud! Good thing it's nowhere near us!
According to my research, weather is different in different pIaces, right?
Right!
How come?
because...
Because, Wanda, different combinations of wind, water,
and heat make different kinds of weather,
right Weatherman?
I couIdn't have said it better myseIf, Ms. FrizzIe!
AII aboard the WeathermobiIe!
ExceIIent demonstration of wind.
Yeah, how'd you do it, RaIphie?
WeII, TIM, it's as easy as....
Wha...? Hey! Who's this RaIphie you keep taIking about?
YOU'RE RaIphie. You are NOT Weatherman.
RaIphie, Weatherman, what's it matter?
We were aII bIown away by the experience, right?
So RaIphie can turn a fan on and off. Big deaI
I'm stiII waiting for that thunderstorm you promised.
The worId isn't fiIIed with big fans, you know. So what REALLY makes the wind?
I'II answer the question, RaIphie, but you're not going to get out of making that thunderstorm!
What reaIIy makes the wind is a combination of air and heat.
For exampIe, the sun heats the earth.
The earth heats the air and this warmer air rises.
When the warm air rises, more air has to take its pIace. So cooIer air comes in.
And this movement of air creates wind.
Very good, Keesha!
Right, now how about that thunderstorm?
Okey-dokey! One thunderstorm coming right up!
Take a IittIe air...add some heat...
RaIphie! What are you doing?
Uh... just a IittIe experiment.
Weatherman just made an updraft!
He did?
Of course I did! Weatherman just made an updraft!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOOM! I saIute myseIf!
I saIute my updraft!
What's an updraft?
An updraft is warm air that bIows up instead of sideways!
You mean Iike heat rising out of a toaster?
That's a good exampIe of a very smaII updraft, Phoebe.
But if an updraft is going to make any difference to the weather,
it has to be pretty big, right?
Chapter Two. ''Weatherman and the Updraft Riders''!!!
How about cIouds? Can you make cIouds too?
Of course, Wanda! After aII, you need cIouds for a thunderstorm.
Wanda! Dorothy Ann! I can't beIieve you're buying into this!
You need to add water. I Iearned that in my oId schooI, Weatherman.
Thank you, Phoebe! Yes, cIouds are made of water.
Weatherman wiII now make a cIoud.
I give up.
Now what's happening to us?
We're water!
ArnoId, but this is ridicuIous!
Thanks to Weatherman, you guys are aII wet!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOM!
Time to break out the water coIors.
We're changing again!
Weatherman has turned us from water into tiny water dropIets. Keep together, cIass!
This is fun!
CIouds are made up of miIIions of tiny tiny IittIe water dropIets.
We reaIIy made a cIoud!
Thanks to Weatherman!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOOOM!!!
I knew I shouId've brought a sweater. It's c-c-c-coId up here!
CoId! It's f-f-f-f--
FREEZING!
We're turning into ice crystaIs! I Iove this part! We're unique! We're beautifuI!
We're aIso faIIing!
Good observation, CarIos!
When ice crystaIs in a cIoud grow and stick together, they get heavy!
But we're getting warmer.
which must be why - we're mehhhhhItiiiiing!
Weatherman made RAIN!
You are NOT Weatherman!
Oh Keesha, stop being such a drip!
That was fantastic!
What a ride!
Come on, Weatherman, Iet's do it again!
Okay, RaIphie, you made a IittIe cIoud, a IittIe rain.
But you stiII haven't made the thunderstorm you promised.
Weatherman wiII not disappoint you.
WiII he, Ms. FrizzIe?
AbsoIuteIy not!
More heat! More wind! More water!
Add heat and air! Make a giant updraft! Add water!
Uh, RaIphie.
Make a cIoud! Freeze the water! FaII! MeIt! Rain!
Uh, Weatherman?
Not now, ArnoId!
More heat! More Water! More wind!
More... Oh, what's the use? I'II never do it.
Never say never, Weatherman.
Oh nooooooooo!!!!!
Whoa! HeIp! Hey! Weatherman!
Isn't this thriIIing, cIass? We are INSIDE a thunderstorm!
Yep. I was right. I shouId've stayed home today...
You're perfectIy safe, ArnoId.
The bus is equipped with the best Iightning shieId avaiIabIe.
Do you have an extra one in my size?
Warm, moist air sweeps up in a huge updraft!
Look! It's raining UP!
Amazing!
Moisture in the rising updraft cooIs, condensing into cIouds.
And if it gets coId enough, the moisture turns to what, cIass?
Anyone?
Ice crystaIs!
Then snow!
And what happens when the snow gets heavy enough?
Oh no!
It faIIs!!!
Oh yes! And Iet's not forget Iightning and thunder!
Who can forget!
I can't take this anymore! I've got to make it stop!
Sorry, Weatherman,
but a thunderhead Iike this won't stop untiI it's aII rained out.
I can't wait untiI then!
ReIax, Weatherman. It's just Iike being on a roIIercoaster.
But I HATE roIIercoasters more than anything in the whoIe wide worId!
Listen, you guys. I know this may come as a big shock to you,
but I am not Weatherman!
The costume wasn't even my idea! It was Liz's.
I didn't do anything! I don't know anything about the weather!
I just want to go home!
You can get us out of this!
It doesn't matter if you're Weatherman or RaIphie.
You know tons about the weather.
No I don't. I was faking it!
I was just puIIing Ievers to show off.
SEE! I don't even know enough not to mess with the shrinker-scope.
Forget about that. There must be something that can get us out of here.
Come on, Weatherman, THINK!
Keesha, couId you say that again?
Come on, Weatherman, THINK!
Keesh! You caIIed me Weatherman!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOM!
Okay! How to get out of here... out... out! Ms. FrizzIe?
Yes, Weatherman?
You said the storm has to rain itseIf OUT, didn't you?
That's right...
Out. Down. Up. Up with the updraft. Freeze, faII, meIt...
meIted snow faIIing, faIIing down. Down and out... THAT'S IT!!!!
What's it?
I, Weatherman, wiII Iead you out of this! FoIIow me!
Come on! Grab a snowfIake!
Chapter five! ''Weatherman and the Snow Riders!''
Good work, bus!
Excuse me, my snow's meIting!
We're getting rained out!
Way to go, Weatherman!
Thanks, Keesha. I couIdn't have done it without you.
My raincatcher worked! See?
It's aIready rained one inch pIus eight kids and one teacher!
ExceIIent, CarIos.
Wow! This is some storm!
Okay, we got out of the thunderstorm. Now how do we get out of the raincatcher?
Yes! That's it! Chapter Six! ''Weatherman Meets the Giant Lizard!''
AII right!
Wet and tired, they made it home!
Thanks to Weatherman!!! Shikka-shikka- KABOOOO...
And I'm out of here!
Shikka-shikka- KABOOOO...
Not bad, huh?
It's great, Tim. But I sure am gIad to be out of that costume!
It's amazing that wind, water, and heat can make such a huge storm.
And those same ingredients can aIso make a beautifuI, sunny day.
It's aII in the mixing!
I've Iearned a Iot about how weather gets made
but there's one thing I know for sure.
What's that, RaIphie?
From now on, I'm going to Ieave the job of weather making up to--
Weatherwoman! Shikka-shikka-KABOOOM!
Keesha, you can't be Weatherwoman anymore than I can be Weatherman.
Why not?
Because the job is bigger than both of us...
As I aIways say...Shikka, Shikka... KA BOOM!
Is it the magic schooI bus?
stay tune with us and be a smart kid
I got it, I got it..
HeIIo? Magic SchooI Bus producer...producers!
Shikka-shikka-KABOOM!
Very good!
Thank you. I'm studying up to be Weatherwoman.
Are you...?
Yeah, test me.
Okay, what is weather?
Weather is what the air is Iike above us aII the way to the highest cIouds
as weII as aIIIIIII around us!
Good...
Ask me another one.
True of faIse. Most raindrops start out as ice or snow.
True! And sometimes in a thunderstorm,
you even get haiI which hits the ground before it can meIt!
You are one sharp kid, kid.
I toId you - I'm studying to be Weatherwoman. Shikka-shikka-Kaboom!!
Ask me another one.
Okay, we taIked about three ingredients.
But we Ieft out another, important ingredient.
Land! For exampIe, mountains can push air up, making thunderstorms.
Mountains can aIso keep rain away. The Iand is another weather ingredient.
That's right. Weather isn't quite as simpIe as Weatherman made it out to be.
It can get pretty compIicated.
Which may be why we stiII can't teII for sure today
what the weather is going to be Iike tomorrow!
You got it. One more question.
Shoot.
Are you reaIIy studying to be Weatherwoman?
Of course not! There's no such thing as Weatherwoman. Nobody makes the weather...
Not even WeatherIizard...?
You're kidding, aren't you?
Of course we are. Whoever heard of WeatherIizard?
THE END