The Weather Handbook by Watts, Alan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents About this book 1 Significant Weather 2 Looking at the Sky

Cloud decks The cloud catalogue

3 Clouds and Cloudiness

Satellite cloudscapes Clues from space Holes in the clouds When the isobars bend Cyclonic Cloudiness

4 From the Four Winds

The world’s weather systems Source regions Blocking highs Sources for America Other airmasses

5 The Message in the Winds

A model depression Upper winds Contour charts Winds over lows When warmer air is coming Watching the cirrus Better weather coming

6 Weather Systems

Occluding depressions Warm fronts Signs in the sky The passing front The warm sector The cold front

7 Tying Up Low Weather

Real situations Waves in the upper westerlies Proving the Crossed Winds rules The rules in practice

8 When Cold Air is Coming

The cold front Inversions of temperature The over-night inversion The subsidence inversion

9 Low Winds and Weather

The surface wind Wind shifts and fronts Lesser lows Wave lows Heat lows Polar lows

10 A Day’s Wind

Winds of the early morning Winds in the forenoon Winds in the afternoon Winds coastwise

11 When Showers are Forecast

What makes a shower? Looking for shower clouds The life of a shower Winds around showers Showers on coasts Other kinds of showers

12 Facts About Wind

Wind and pressure Wind and coasts Local winds Sea-breezes The sea-breeze season Nocturnal winds Mountain winds Inland local winds

13 Rain and Snow

Drizzle Rain The windscreen-wiper rain-gauge Rain and driving Snow

14 High Weather

Blocking highs Fog Frost

15 Thunder and Lightning

Thunderstorm cells Timing the storm High level storms Supercells

16 Some Fundamental Principles 17 Conclusion 18 Information and Explanations Acknowledgements By the same author eCopyright