Reeds Cloud Handbook

· Bloomsbury Publishing
eBook
128
Pages
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About this eBook

Reeds Cloud Handbook is a quick-access, easy-to-use guide to identifying cloud types and how to predict what each cloud type can tell us about the weather and predict how it will change.

This concise pocket reference will appeal to those who spend time outdoors and wants to better understand the weather, with its principal focus for sailors and also anyone going walking, fishing, cycling etc. This portable handbook will give you the essential information about common and unusual cloud types, how they form and what weather patterns are associated with them.

Fully illustrated with colour photography and clear diagrams, this cloud identification guide includes sections on different weather patterns and how clouds form, different clouds according to where they appear in the sky, related features and different forms of fog. Each entry gives guidance on how and when to spot different cloud types and effects, and how the clouds relate to wind and rain patterns.

About the author

Oliver Perkins sailed a Laser 4.7 dinghy for the British team. He writes for Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner magazines and is author of Reading the Clouds (published by Adlard Coles).

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