Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #997243 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 70 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780762704781
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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From the Back Cover
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. (5 7/16 X 8 1/2, 70 pages, black-and-white photos and illustrations, appendices, index)

About the Author
Michael Hodgson is an Outdoor Writer's Association of America, Outdoor Recreation awarding winning author. In addition to this book he has written Mountain Biking for Mere Mortals and The Basic Essentials of Minimizing Impact on the Wilderness. He currently resides in San Jose, CA where he writes a column for the San Jose Mercury News and is a contributing editor for BACKPACKER Magazine.

Customer Reviews

Basic Essentials: Weather Forecasting
I thought this book was very well written. It gives you good advice and knowledge about weather forecasting and what to look for when doing so. I am studying to be a weather observer and this book has been a good reference book, I take it to work with me as I watch the weather on my driving job. Thank You for the opportunity to review this book.

Best for novices
This is a good book, but only if you are using it to gain BASIC knowledge about the weather. If you are looking for a book that deals with forecasting, look elswewhere.

It's just a pocket guide
If all you want is a handy quick reference for weather-watching, then this (very thin) book is good. I had wanted to learn all about weather, and really needed more examples, pictures, explanations. So I'll find and read a real text book, but then I'll carry Hodgson's little book when I go hiking.