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

Michael William Carr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070120315 ISBN 13: 9780070120310

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1999

Synopsis

Weather Predicting Simplified is the first book that shows the reader, with many sample satellite photos and weather maps, how to predict the weather easily and accurately - without having to wait for hours for NOAA updates.

About this title

About the Author

Captain Michael William Carr, a renowned weather expert, is a contributing editor for Ocean Navigator magazine, and has appeared in SAIL and Professional Mariner magazines. He has taught basic and advanced weather seminars for nonspecialists, as well as a course on marine weather at the WoodenBoat School. He has supplied marine weather predictions and voyage routing to many mariners, including participants in the Around Alone circumnavigation race. He currently teaches weather routing at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies in Maryland.

From the Back Cover

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
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192