Table of Contents

Foreword by Tom Cunliffe
Foreword by Duncan Wells
1. Getting to know the basics
2. Reading the high clouds
3. Reading the middle clouds
4. Reading the low clouds
5. Clouds with vertical growth
6. Weather forecasting rules
7. Local conditions
8. Weather lore
9. Quiz - what did you learn?
Appendix 1 - Logging your observations
Appendix 2 - The Beaufort scale of wind speed
Bibliography
Glossary
Quick reference guide

Promotional Information

Predicting the weather yourself has never been easier. This practical book, packed with photographs and straightforward explanations, shows you how to read the sky, and by identifying different cloud types, their shape, colour and behaviour, accurately predict the weather in both the short and long term.

About the Author

Oliver Perkins sailed a Laser 4.7 for the British team. He has written for Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner, is also the author of the Reeds Cloud Handbook and updated the new edition of the late Alan Watts' seminal Weather Handbook, both published by Adlard Coles.

Reviews

Well researched - practical information in an easy to assimilate form
*Professor Richard Collier, former President of the Royal Meteorological Society*

So good that my Yachtmaster candidates would do well to read it. I learned something from this book. I bet you do too
*Tom Cunliffe, author of The Complete Day Skipper and The Complete Yachtmaster*

Absolutely brilliant; a must for anyone who does anything outside and for whom the weather might be important. Everyone, wherever they are in the world, will get something from this book
*Duncan Wells, author of Stress-Free Sailing*

If you've ever wanted to forecast the weather by analysing clouds, you'll love this book.
*People's Friend*