The Colorado Weather Book (Paperback)

by 9 News Weather Team (Author), Mike Nelson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Westcliffe Publishers (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565793420
• ISBN-13: 978-1565793422
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #251,215 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great explanation of Colorado's high-drama weather, May 24, 2000

By A Customer

Colorado is known for its mountains, but it could be easily famous for its high-drama weather. This book explains the relationship between the mountains and weather phenomenon such as Colorado's wild hail storms and its towering thunder clouds. It offers scientific explanations that don't require a science degree to follow, as well as lots of history and great weather stories. It's topped off with truly awesome photography.

It's a great book for anyone whose curiousity about weather extends past tomorrows forcast.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, November 12, 2001

By A Customer

This book is very fascinating and informative.
My boyfriend are relocating to the Denver area, and this book really caught our eye. We found it VERY helpful to know what type of weather to expect in Colorado.
This book has beautiful pictures of the different types of weather which occurs in Colorado: lightning, hail, tornadoes, blizzards, avalanches, floods, and etc...
It even gives historical pictures of extreme weather phenomena which occured in Colorado's past.
The chapters are broken down into these categories:
Chapter 1: Colorado Spring
Chapter 2: Colorado Summer
Chapter 3: Colorado Autumn
Chapter 4: Colorado Winter
Chapter 5: Weather of the Century
Chapter 6: Storm Chasing
Chapter 7: Meteorology or Media-rology?
Chapter 8: Photographing weather
Chapter 9: The Fragile Planet

Every page features spectacular color photos of various weather patterns. In the back of the book are various weather-related websites.
I am originally from Kansas, which is part of "Tornado Alley" - and I amazed that Colorado also has tornadoes--which I never knew- (although they are more likely to occur on the far eastern plains).
I had no idea that the eastern plains of Colorado are also one of the hail capitols of the world.
This book is truly captivating for anyone who is fascinated by weather. I highly recommend it.