Title:
The weather handbook / Alan Watts.
ISBN:
9781472978592
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Publication Information:
London : Adlard Coles, 2020.
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Significant weather -- Looking at the sky -- Clouds and cloudiness -- From the four winds -- The message in the winds -- Weather systems -- Tying up low weather -- Low winds and weather -- A day's wind -- When showers are forecast -- Facts about wind -- Rain and snow -- High weather -- Thunder and lightning -- Some fundamental principles.
Summary:
The fourth edition of this bestselling book explains how to combine professional weather forecasts with information from self-assessment of the signs in the sky, as well as from websites and apps, to arrive at a local forecast of coming weather. The Weather Handbook is the essential guide to how the weather is formed, providing readers with the ability to look at the sky and interpret its signs. This handbook has been the standard reference for over 20 years for skippers and crews of cruising and racing yachts. The fourth edition has been updated and expanded with new photos and explanatory text, addressing new sources of weather information. There are countless websites and apps providing forecast data, and The Weather Handbook guides users in how to use and interpret this information for themselves, taking a general forecast for a wide area to provide a local forecast for a specific location.
OCLC Number:
on1197769031
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