Reading the Clouds : HOW YOU CAN FORECAST THE WEATHER /
Oliver Perkins ; Foreword by Tom Cunliffe, Duncan Wells
- Expanded Bloomsbury edition.
- 128 pages : colour photographs, maps ; 22 cm
Previous edition published as: The message of the clouds. 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wouldn't it be useful to be able to accurately predict the weather simply by reading the clouds? Well, with this book, you can! TV forecasts, online predictions and smartphone apps are all based on the same data: a number-crunched overview of how air pressure and temperature affect the weather across a large geographical area. But to get an idea of how the weather will develop for the precise spot where you're standing (or walking, sailing, golfing, fishing, etc.) you don't need any equipment or a WiFi connection... you just need to look up. This book will give you a broad understanding of why the clouds are symptoms of weather patterns, not causes.