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to the Unisys Weather Server.| Air Apparent : How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weatherby Mark S. Monmonier. From the first weather tracking network in the late 18th century to today's high-tech maps on the evening news, Monmonier takes a look at the images that have been central to our daily lives for years. |  Lunatic
Wind : Surviving the Storm of the Century
by William Price Fox On the night of September 21, 1989, after
leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, Hurricane Hugo slammed
into the East Coast of the United States near Charleston, South Carolina.
Based on exhaustive research and interviews, Fox's docudrama recreates
the night of the storm and the people caught in it, along with intriguing
bits of history and colorful lore. A gripping portrait of a quiet place
suddenly thrown into chaos |
Basic Essentials: Weather Forecasting,...2nd
Edition (Basic Essentials) by Michael Hodgson, Devin Wick (Illustrator),
Michael Basic essential Hodgeon. Straightforward advice for
predicting and noticing shifts in weather patterns aimed directly at the
novice who wants to enjoy a safe journey in the wilderness. With this updated
edition, you'll learn to understand how and why different types of weather
occur, cloud formations and what they have to tell you, variations in geography
and how they affect the weather, and basic meteorological concepts for
weather awareness. |
 Weather Forecasting Handbook (5th Edition) by Tim Vasquez.
Then weather systems are explained in terms of their thermal structure,
dynamics, and effects. Special problems such as thunderstorms, winter weather,
and tropical weather get chapters of their own. Margins are filled with
forecasting facts, hard-hitting quotes, education stories, and even a few
fun weather jokes. With added emphasis on analysis, visualization, and
awareness of model limitations, readers learn to learn tools properly and
are always a step ahead.
The Weather Forecasting Handbook is a must-have for all meteorology students, advanced weather hobbyists, professionals, weathercasters, storm chasers, sailors, and pilots. Whether you want to know how a short wave works, how to find a front, what isentropic surfaces are, how to analyze a 500-millibar chart, what type of vertical motion to expect around jet streaks, or why a high pressure area is building, the Weather Forecasting Handbook's no-nonsense approach will give you a solid foundation to understanding everyday forecasting problems. |
THE
WEATHER SOURCEBOOK, 2nd Edition by Ronald
L. Wagner, Bill Adler (Contributor) This compendium of climatological lore,
scientific observation, and oddments is sure to spice up those inescapable
weather-related conversations. One sidebar, for example, lists hurricanes
so devastating that their names were forever retired, such as Inez, Camille,
and Hugo. Another gives guidelines for measuring raindrops. Still another
discusses time-honored but ultimately flawed folk methods of measuring
the temperature, including the famous cricket- chirps- per-minute formula.
Authors Ronald L. Wagner and Bill Adler Jr. also provide almanaclike information
on weather patterns and information on ordering weathe r-related gear such
as rain gauges and barometers. 
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About Lightning by Martin A. Uman (Customer Reviews)
- Dr. Uman's book is excellent! It gives clear, concise answers about what
we know (and don't know) about Lightning in the form of question and answer
essays. Includes special topics, such as Ball Lightning as well as ways
to keep yourself safe during electrical storms. Extensive bibliography
-- very useful for any laymen who is interested in the subject.
