Instant Weather Forecasting 6th edition

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How to predict the weather

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Av Simon Keeling, Alan Watts, Dr Simon Keeling

239 kr

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Instant Weather Forecasting's winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to study the sky and use clues to predict what the weather will do next.A perennial bestseller since it was first published over 50 years ago, this revised and updated sixth edition takes into account the new ways users can receive professional weather forecasts, factor them into their own cloud observations, and develop an even better understanding of how the weather will change. This bestselling gem of a book has sold over a million copies worldwide and continues to be invaluable to anyone participating in outdoor activities, from farming, gardening and walking to riding, golfing, flying, sailing, fishing - and of course holidaymakers.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-02
Mått216 x 140 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor64
Upplaga6
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781399430784

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Dr Simon Keeling has a Master of Science and a Doctorate from the University of Birmingham where he is an Honorary Lecturer. He has been a weatherman for ITV and BBC, and in 1997 he founded Weather Consultancy Services, a private weather forecasting company now supplying weather forecast to customers across the world.Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist and enthusiastic sailor, spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather.

Preface to the Sixth EditionHow to use this bookGeneral note to the readerThe Crossed Winds RulesExplanation of terms used in the textFacts about cloudsBeaufort Scale of wind force1 Jet stream cirrus2 Cirrus and cirrostratus3 Warm front or occlusion approaching4 Altostratus ahead of a warm front or occlusion5 Imminent rain or snow6 A front passes7 Thundery sky8 Thunderstorm9 Warm sector weather10 Sea and coastal fog11 Showers12 Air mass trough13 Cumulonimbus14 Quiet evening15 Red sky at night16 Cirrus foretelling improvement17 Will it thunder?18 Will it rain?19 Fair weather cumulus20 Cirrus revealing no change21 Stratocumulus22 Stratus23 Altocumulus and cirrocumulus24 Coastline clouds