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Rowman & Littlefield Reeds Weather Handbook
Book SynopsisThis essential pocket-sized guide equips readers with all the tools needed to predict and deal with local and distant weather conditions—whether on a day trip or a longer cruise, along the coast or further offshore. With practical explanations and helpful diagrams and photographs, this is the ideal aide-mémoire for skippers and crew, especially those studying for their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster exams.
£11.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Reeds Weather Handbook 2nd edition
Book SynopsisThis pocket-sized guide will equip sailors with the knowledge to read and predict the weather.Weather determines when we sail, where we sail to and whether we arrive safely. This essential pocket-sized guide equips the reader with all the necessary tools to predict and deal with local and distant weather conditions, whether on a day trip or a longer cruise, along the coast or further offshore.Each topic is broken down into digestible chapters, explaining the origins and effects of the full spectrum of weather conditions, including:- using and evaluating weather forecasts- depressions, fronts, isobars and other coastal effects- waves and swell- weather lore and sky watching. Meteorology is still advancing and sources of forecasts are changing. This new edition keeps the handbook up-to-date, with a particular focus on the increasing use of GRIB files, computer weather modelling and sources of forecasts, especially with theTrade ReviewSuccinct and authoritative... There is a lot of information in a small volume, with easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams and good quality photographs. An excellent practical book to have on board, and especially useful for those studying for their RYA examinations. * The Cruising Association *a small, but mighty book. ... a practical explanation of a complex, but essential subject for all sailors * Cruising *Adlard Coles have earned a reputation for producing an excellent series of handbooks on various aspects of weather...and this book maintains this reputation. It slips easily into the pocket and is unreservedly recommended. * International Journal of Meteorology *
£11.99
