Reading the Clouds: How You Can Forecast the Weather
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Overview
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. By reading these signs in the sky and referring to the explanatory colour photographs, you will discover exactly what those signs mean.
An at-a-glance guide to the clouds for anyone anywhere in the world, on land or at sea, this book will enable you to predict the weather by recognising cloud types, shapes, colour and behaviour. It will be an invaluable companion for anyone who enjoys outdoor activities.
‘Well researched - practical information in an easy to assimilate form’ - Professor Richard Collier, former President of the Royal Meteorological Society
‘So good that my Yachtmaster candidates would do well to read it. I learned something from this book. I bet you do too’ - Tom Cunliffe, author of The Complete Day Skipper and The Complete Yachtmaster
’Absolutely brilliant; a must for anyone who does anything outside and for whom the weather might be important. Everyone, wherever they are in the world, will get something from this book’ - Duncan Wells, author ofStress-Free Sailing and Stress-Free Motorboating
Predicting the weather yourself has never been easier. With this practical book full of photographs, you will quickly be able to read the sky and identify different cloud types, their shape, colour and behaviour, and thus understand what the weather will do both in the short and long term.
Appealingly simple concept – know your clouds and you will be able to predict the weather over the short and longer term wherever you are in the world
Perfect for anyone taking part in any outdoor activity, whether the weather is critical for your safety or merely helps you enjoy your sport to the full
The best ideas are the simplest ones - Oliver Perkins has synthesized the essence of reading the clouds to forecast the local and imminent weather with no need for apps or internet connection
RYA Day Skipper and Yachtmaster courses require candidates to have a good knowledge of the weather – both weather theory and weather assessment and forecasting practice
- Title: Reading the Clouds: How You Can Forecast the Weather
- Authors: Tom Cunliffe, Oliver Perkins, Duncan Wells
- Publisher: Adlard Coles
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472960160, 9781472960184, 1472960181, 1472960165
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472960160
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T09:56:32Z
Oliver Perkins sails a Laser 4.7 for the British team. He writes for Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner.