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The Philadelphia Area Weather Book

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The most comprehensive book dealing with the Philadelphia area's weather. This book is excellent for the average person interested in the weather, and for advanced meteorologists. It is simply fascinating. The highlights are the "Stories From The Trenches." These stories describe specific events and what life was like as a forecaster at the time. I've met Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz several times and the man knows his weather! If you are interested in the weather, whether you're an expert or not, this book is for you!

When I saw this book in the local library,I couldn't believe it.I went out and quickly purchased my own copy.This is a great book if you are a weather nut,as I am,especially as it deals with the weather and its history in the Delaware Valley."Hurricane" Schwartz knows his stuff,no doubt about it.He is very knowledgeable,yet also goes to great lengths to explain why weather forecasters are not always right.I grew up watching Herb Clarke on WCAU-Channel 10 and listening to Elliot Abrams on KYW,two weather giants of the Philadelphia area.I have the same opinion of "Hurricane".Not only are the dynamics of weather and climate for the Philadelphia area well researched and discussed,but weather history is also covered in detail as well.Temperature and precipitation charts,as well as records for each day of the year, are easy to read.A section on the future of weather in Philadelphia rounds out this book.Any person interested in the weather of the Philadelphia area should not be without this book.

For all of you in the Philadelphia area who love watching the weather reports and read your own dopplers online, this is your book! It begins with a history of weather forcasting and describes the difficulties in the early days of our nation of predicting the weather. It also educates those with little weather knowledge on the tools used in weather forcasting and how to read different weather maps, radars and dopplers. Peppered throughout the book are side-bars of clarifying information and stories of forcasts-gone-wrong as well as old storms you might remember from growing up.

Also included are charts in the back that go month-by-month listing the highs, lows, and precipitation for any given day in the Philadelphia area since they started recording such things. After borrowing this book from the library several times and occasionally owing overdue fees, I've decided to get my own copy. I live in the Valley Forge area and enjoy having a resource to look up the historical details on weather oddities. When folks say, "It's never been colder . . ." I can look it up and say, "yes, it has. On this day back in 1933 . . ."