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Everyone's affected by weather: Watts is an authority on weather patterns and here provides his expertise to general-interest readers. Enjoy a fine survey which blends technical weather insights with lively folklore and examinations of common weather patterns. The technical yet chatty format will appeal to a wide audience; from high school students to lay readers. -- Midwest Book Review
Watts's latest effort, The Weather Handbook, is most informative, understandable and easy to read....I highly recommend this book. -- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, August 1995
Watts's latest effort, The Weather Handbook, is most informative, understandable and easy to read....I highly recommend this book. -- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, August 1995
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If the general weather forecasts frustrate you because they do not give sufficient local detail or are not always accurate, and you would like to gage more precisely the arrival of rain, wind and other weather elements--then this is the book for you.
It explains in straightforward terms how to look at the sky and interpret what the clouds indicate about the coming weather. It tells you how to combine the information gathered from the weather forecasts with you own observations to obtain a correct assessment of the immediate and future situation wherever you may be.
Everyone is affected by the coming weather--be it for humdrum day to day reasons or in the pursuit of sports or leisure activities. How many times have you asked yourself: Is it likely to be a good day at the beach? Should I take an umbrella to work? Should I water the lawn? Can I expect a good day's sailing with the family? Now you can have the answers.
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Edcational and Straightforward,
This review is from: The Weather Handbook: Second Edition (Hardcover)
Educational and straightforward. Superb knowledge base for the would be sailor, adventurer or umbrella salesman.
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I live in a meteorological no-man's-land called north-east Essex. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Crossed Winds, Atlantic Europe, Southern Hemisphere, North Sea, Northern Hemisphere, Nova Scotia New!
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I live in a meteorological no-man's-land called north-east Essex. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Crossed Winds, Atlantic Europe, Southern Hemisphere, North Sea, Northern Hemisphere, Nova Scotia New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Instant Wind Forecasting by Alan Watts in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Instant Weather Forecasting (Sheridan House) by Alan Watts in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The World of Weather by Brian Cosgrove in Back Matter
- Heavy Weather Sailing by K. Adlard Coles in Back Matter
- High Pressure: A Pipeliners Story by Leo Miles on page 65
- After the Storm : True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea by John Rousmaniere in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, 3rd Edition Revised by John Rousmaniere on page 135, and Back Matter
- The Sailor's Weather Guide by Jeff Markell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cruising for Cowards: Strategies, Boats and Equipment Preferred by Experienced Cruisers by Liza Copeland in Back Matter
- Sailors' Secrets: Advice from the Masters by Mike Badham in Back Matter
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