Weather Wise: Reading Weather Signs

by Alan Watts

Overview

Weather Wise is a highly practical, lively and very accessible guide to weather phenomena for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Suitable for sailors, walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, golfers and holidaymakers, it explains how forthcoming weather will affect them, as well as how to predict what is coming and assess how severe it will be.

No other weather book has the practical hands-on approach of Alan Watts, whose reputation for explaining complicated meteorological situations in an understandable way for the average reader is second to none. Packed with practical tips, hints and fact panels, it will be a godsend to anyone pursuing an outdoor activity.

Covers: the seasons, clouds, heat and cold, rain, changeable weather, showery weather, wind, thunder, fog and mist, sea weather, hill and mountain weather and hurricanes and tornadoes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472907622
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist, has spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather. This, combined with his enthusiasm for sailing which began with the sea scouts, led to his first book. He is also the author of the bestselling Instant Weather Forecasting, Instant Wind Forecasting and The Weather Handbook, all published by Adlard Coles Nautical.
Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist, spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather. This, combined with his enthusiasm for sailing which began with the sea scouts, enabled him to assist people to read the weather from the signs in the sky. He died in May 2020.

Table of Contents

About this book     iv
The seasons     2
A day's weather     8
Clouds     16
About heat and cold     28
Rain     36
Changeable weather     46
Frontal weather     52
Showery weather     58
Wind     66
Will there be bad weather?     78
Thundery weather     88
Lightning     96
Fog, mist and wet air     102
Sea weather     112
Hill and mountain weather     116
Freezing weather     122
Colours in the sky     128
What do trails tell us?     138
Hurricanes     142
Tornadoes     146
Things worth knowing     151
Index     155

Editorial Reviews

Those looking for a better understanding of the weather and how to forecast it will be able to breeze through this book. Written for the layman, Weather Wise by Alan Watts is a brief and easy guide to weather phenomena. . . . Watts also includes eye-catching color photographs from his own collection to help illustrate his talking points.

Sailing

Filled with practical advice for novice meteorologists who want to better understand the sky above, Weather Wise is essential for any outdoor lover whose hobby depends on the condition of the skies, but most particularly anyone sailing upon the rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans of the world.

Library Bookwatch

Those looking for a better understanding of the weather and how to forecast it will be able to breeze through this book. Written for the layman, Weather Wise by Alan Watts is a brief and easy guide to weather phenomena. . . . Watts also includes eye-catching color photographs from his own collection to help illustrate his talking points.

SAILING

An invaluable addition to the bookshelf of any outdoor enthusiast

The Great Outdoors

This is the book for anyone fed up with having their picnic or day of sailing ruined by the inaccurate forecasts of the professionals

Maritime Journal

This book is designed to free you from depending on the weatherman for your weather. It s a practical hands-on approach, explained by a man who has a way of cutting through the scientific jargon and making weather easy for a sailor to understand.

Latitudes & Attitudes

The book succeeds briliantly... Highly recommended

The International Journal of Meteorology

Well illustrated with diagrams and photographs that reflect the beauty of the natural phenomena, this paperback passes on information in a useful and absorbing way

Lymington Times

A must for anyone who enjoys the outdoors

Canal Boat & Inland Waterways