Mediterranean Weather Handbook for Sailors. Метеорология Средиземноморья для яхтсменов

The purpose of this book is to give a general understanding of the various phenomena concurring to determine weather in the Mediterranean, and provide useful forecasting aids.
It is written for sailors, not meteorologists; theory is kept to a minimum, while every effort is made to provide clear interpretative tools which will be helpful in understanding actual weather and in forecasting its likely future evolution.
Roberto Ritossa is a meteorology expert and this handbook is the result of many years research on Mediterranean weather patterns.
It is an indispensable reference for anyone cruising or planning to cruise in the Mediterranean. Starting with a description of the climatic and seasonal weather patterns, it has sections on pressure features, winds, sea areas and forecasting. There is an exhaustive list of how to get weather information and the handbook also features a dictionary of meteorological terms in four languages.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Climatic and seasonal pattern overview
Winter
Summer
Spring
Autumn
2. Pressure features
Balearic Sea depressions
Genoa depressions
North West Africa depressions (NWA)
Ionian Sea depressions
Wind speed, middle-scale local effects and numerical forecasting
3. Winds
Mediterranean winds
Mistral
Sirocco
Tramontana
Gregale
Levante
4. Sea areas
Strait of Gibraltar/ Alboran
Western Mediterranean
West Central Mediterranean/ Golfe du Lion
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea Aegean Sea
Eastern Mediterranean
5. Surface sea currents
General circulation
Local circulation
Internet sites
Sea current GRIBs
Appendix I. How to get weather information
Appendix II. Wind roses
Appendix III. Dictionary of meteorological terms
Index