International Marine's Weather Predicting Simplified: How to Read Weather Charts and Satellite Images - Hardcover

Carr, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070120315 ISBN 13: 9780070120310

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1999

Synopsis

Make your own weather forecasts with confidence! Now, read those Internet satellite images and NOAA weather faxes - to see what's heading your way. Comparing simultaneous NOAA weather charts and satellite photos of the same weather events, author and weather expert Michael William Carr shows you how to spot weather systems in the images and accurately predict winds and conditions in your immediate area. Learn how weather develops; warm and cold fronts; high and low pressure systems; jet streams; tropical storms; and all the other weather features you will encounter on charts and satellite photos."With this book there is no reason for prudent mariners to be surprised by imperfect weather forecasts or local conditions that general forecasts may not cover. Michael Carr, himself a proven mariner, has put together this excellent educational reference for his fellow mariners. I highly encourage you to read this book." - from the foreword by Lee S. Chesneau, Senior Forecaster, Marine Prediction Center, NOAA.

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Make your own weather forecasts with confidence!

Now, read those Internet satellite images and NOAA weatherfaxes--to see what's heading your way.

Comparing simultaneous NOAA weather charts and satellite photos of the same weather events, author and weather expert Michael William Carr shows you how to spot weather systems in the images and accurately predict winds and conditions in your immediate area.

Learn how weather develops; warm and cold fronts; high and low pressure systems; jet streams; tropical storms; and all the other weather features you will encounter on charts and satellite photos.

"With this book there is no reason for prudent mariners to be surprised by imperfect weather forecasts or local conditions that general forecasts may not cover. Michael Carr, himself a proven mariner, has put together this excellent educational reference for his fellow mariners. I highly encourage you to read this book."--from the foreword by Lee S. Chesneau, Senior Forecaster, Marine Prediction Center, NOAA

Edition details

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070120315
• ISBN 13: 9780070120310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192