Weather Forecasting: Basic Essentials

This book is an information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.

For a generation, the Basic Essentials series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, This Basic Essentials book tell you what you need to know about weather.

Discover how to:

• predict and recognize shifts in weather patterns
• understand how and why different types of weather occur
• identify cloud formations and know what they mean
• observe variations in geography and how they affect the weather
• develop weather awareness from basic meteorological concepts