Instant Weather Forecasting. Мгновенное прогнозирование погоды

Книга на английском языке. В переводе на русский книга называется Прогноз погоды здесь и сейчас
Looking at the sky and forecasting the weather is the traditional pastime of farmers, shepherds and sailors. Some possess an uncanny knowledge of the subject when they know a locality well. But we can all become forecasters of the weather with the aid of a little meteorology.
This revolutionary book of 24 colour cloud pictures is a guide to predicting the weather in the hours ahead, and also provides helpful information on what the likely weather trends will be. It will enable the user to foretell, with reasonable accuracy, whether it will rain or blow, not change much, or perhaps clear up soon. Everyone can use it, whether sportsman, holidaymaker, walker, sailor, angler or farmer.
The photographs are arranged to show skies associated with bad weather, with no immediate change, with sudden change, with temporary deterioration and with improvement. The introduction explains how to use the pictures, while the actual forecasts are set out in tables facing each photograph.
A feature of the book is the author’s prediction of time in relation to change, which is the result of considerable experience and observation. This brilliant tried and tested approach to forecasting will enable everyone to play the forecasting game.

Contents
Preface to the Fifth Edition
How to use this book
General note to the reader
The Crossed Winds Rules
Explanation of terms used in the text
Facts about clouds
Beaufort Scale of wind force
1 Jet stream cirrus
2 Cirrus and cirrostratus
3 Warm front or occlusion approaching
4 Altostratus ahead of a warm front or occlusion
5 Imminent rain or snow
6 A front passes
7 Thundery sky
8 Thunderstorm
9 Warm sector weather
10 Sea and coastal fog
11 Showers
12 Air mass trough
13 Cumulonimbus
14 Quiet evening
15 Red sky at night
16 Cirrus foretelling improvement
17 Will it thunder
18 Will it rain
19 Fair weather cumulus
20 Cirrus revealing no change
21 Stratocumulus
22 Stratus
23 Altocumulus and cirrocumulus
24 Coastline clouds
Index