Instant Weather Forecasting's winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to study the sky and use clues to predict what the weather will do next. A perennial bestseller since it was first published over 50 years ago, this revised and updated sixth 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 has sold over a million copies…mehr
Instant Weather Forecasting's winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to study the sky and use clues to predict what the weather will do next. A perennial bestseller since it was first published over 50 years ago, this revised and updated sixth 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 has sold over a million copies worldwide and continues to be invaluable to anyone participating in outdoor activities, from farming, gardening and walking to riding, golfing, flying, sailing, fishing - and of course holidaymakers.
Dr Simon Keeling has a Master of Science and a Doctorate from the University of Birmingham where he is an Honorary Lecturer. He has been a weatherman for ITV and BBC, and in 1997 he founded Weather Consultancy Services, a private weather forecasting company now supplying weather forecast to customers across the world. Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist and enthusiastic sailor, spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather.
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Preface to the Sixth Edition How to use this book General note to the reader The Crossed Winds Rules Explanation of terms used in the text Facts about clouds Beaufort Scale of wind force 1 Jet stream cirrus 2 Cirrus and cirrostratus 3 Warm front or occlusion approaching 4 Altostratus ahead of a warm front or occlusion 5 Imminent rain or snow 6 A front passes 7 Thundery sky 8 Thunderstorm 9 Warm sector weather 10 Sea and coastal fog 11 Showers 12 Air mass trough 13 Cumulonimbus 14 Quiet evening 15 Red sky at night 16 Cirrus foretelling improvement 17 Will it thunder? 18 Will it rain? 19 Fair weather cumulus 20 Cirrus revealing no change 21 Stratocumulus 22 Stratus 23 Altocumulus and cirrocumulus 24 Coastline clouds
Preface to the Sixth Edition How to use this book General note to the reader The Crossed Winds Rules Explanation of terms used in the text Facts about clouds Beaufort Scale of wind force 1 Jet stream cirrus 2 Cirrus and cirrostratus 3 Warm front or occlusion approaching 4 Altostratus ahead of a warm front or occlusion 5 Imminent rain or snow 6 A front passes 7 Thundery sky 8 Thunderstorm 9 Warm sector weather 10 Sea and coastal fog 11 Showers 12 Air mass trough 13 Cumulonimbus 14 Quiet evening 15 Red sky at night 16 Cirrus foretelling improvement 17 Will it thunder? 18 Will it rain? 19 Fair weather cumulus 20 Cirrus revealing no change 21 Stratocumulus 22 Stratus 23 Altocumulus and cirrocumulus 24 Coastline clouds
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