Instant Storm Forecasting

Instant Storm Forecasting

Author: Alan Watts

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-03-02

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0713687843

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A practical and invaluable reference for anyone venturing out into the elements, from walkers and golfers to sailors and pilots.


Instant Weather Forecasting

Instant Weather Forecasting

Author: Alan Watts

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-05-19

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1472935373

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Instant Weather Forecasting has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published nearly 50 years ago. A brilliant concept, its winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to read the sky, pick up the clues, and predict what the weather will do. This revised and updated 5th edition takes into account the new ways users can receive professional weather forecasts, factor them into their own cloud observations, and develop an even better understanding of how the weather will change. This bestselling gem of a book will continue to be invaluable to anyone participating in outdoor activities, from farming, gardening and walking to riding, golfing, flying, sailing, fishing - and of course holidaymakers.


Instant Wind Forecasting

Instant Wind Forecasting

Author: Alan Watts

Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781574091434

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A quick reference guide for all who work or play outdoors. And as most outdoor ball games also depend on the wind, sportsmen will enjoy making meaningful predictions about the wind's behavior based on the look of the sky and the feel of the day.


Pocket Guide to Weather Forecasting

Pocket Guide to Weather Forecasting

Author: Ron Cordes

Publisher: Pocket Guide Publishing LLC

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931676175

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This handy guide is an almost indestructible how-to tool. It includes need-to-know information such as quick forecasting, analyzing clouds and more. Best of all, the guide is waterproof, dirt-proof and pocket-sized, so you can take it everywhere!


Guide to Weather Forecasting

Guide to Weather Forecasting

Author: Storm Dunlop

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Describes weather forecasting, including how different phenomena develop, how geography produces local weather patterns, and ways to make a forecast at home.


Reading Weather

Reading Weather

Author: Jim Woodmencey

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012-09-04

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0762789468

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Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm you with the meteorological knowledge necessary to make good decisions on whether to proceed or retreat in the face of a storm. Also included are helpful definitions, tables, and simplified graphics of common weather features.


The Seabreeze Handbook

The Seabreeze Handbook

Author: Alan Watts

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1408159198

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Seabreezes are the lifeblood of cruising and racing sailors - but they are a fickle resource and it's vital to be able to predict and read the situations when they will blow strongly, change direction (annoyingly) or vanish altogether. This is a highly practical handbook from Alan Watts, the renowned meteorology author, on a subject only lightly touched upon in other books. Here he helps seafarers of all types (dinghy sailors, yacht racers, big boat cruisers, etc) to capitalise on when the seabreeze will occur and from what direction. He will explain the relevance of: - Time of day - Sea/land temperature - Local topography (bays, cliffs, headlands, etc) - Pressure systems and their effect on the arrival and duration of seabreezes Illustrated with photos, wind charts, box-outs, checklists, and tips and hints, this is the book that will help sailors to use the wind efficiently, whether to cruise or race successfully.


Storm and Cloud Dynamics

Storm and Cloud Dynamics

Author: William R. Cotton

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 826

ISBN-13: 0080916651

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Storm and Cloud Dynamics focuses on the dynamics of clouds and of precipitating mesoscale meteorological systems. Clouds and precipitating mesoscale systems represent some of the most important and scientifically exciting weather systems in the world. These are the systems that produce torrential rains, severe winds including downburst and tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning, and major snow storms. Forecasting such storms represents a major challenge since they are too small to be adequately resolved by conventional observing networks and numerical prediction models. - Provides a complete treatment of clouds integrating the analysis of air motions with cloud structure, microphysics, and precipitation mechanics - Describes and explains the basic types of clouds and cloud systems that occur in the atmosphere-fog, stratus, stratocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, cirrus, thunderstorms, tornadoes, waterspouts, orographically induced clouds, mesoscale convection complexes, hurricanes, fronts, and extratropical cyclones - Summarizes the fundamentals, both observational and theoretical, of atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, cloud microphysics, and radar meteorology, allowing each type of cloud to be examined in depth - Integrates the latest field observations, numerical model simulations, and theory - Supplies a theoretical treatment suitable for the advanced undergraduate or graduate level, as well as post-graduate


A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)

A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)

Author: Michael J. Tougias

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1627792821

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A spellbinding tale of maritime disaster, survival, and an absolutely daring rescue from Michael J. Tougias, the author of The Finest Hours, which is now a major motion picture. When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream during a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary sailors struggling to stay alive on a life raft in the throes of violent waves eighty feet tall. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved the sea and this ruthless storm, hoping to rescue the stranded sailors. New York Times bestselling author Michael J. Tougias adapts his histories of real life stories for young readers in his True Rescue Series, capturing the heroism and humanity of people on life-saving missions during maritime disasters. More Thrilling True Rescue Books: The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition) Into the Blizzard (Young Readers Edition) Attacked at Sea (Young Readers Edition) In Harm's Way (Young Readers Edition) Rescue on the Bounty (Young Readers Edition)