A Pocket Guide to Weather

by Julie Lloyd, John Duncan (Editor)

This is a complete guide to how the weather works. Illustrated throughout with superb color photographs, diagrams, and maps. Explalins the factors that influence the weather, including unusual and extreme condition. Covers weather forecasting, modifying the weather, and climate history.

Genres: Nonfiction

255 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Angelino Desmet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Con:
Repetitive. The same information is usually stated twice on one page.
Uses Imperial Units instead of the Metric System.

Pro:
True to its name.

[Don Gubler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative and comprehensive. Used best as reference not just for reading.

[Brian Meadows · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did learn some things from reading this book and it was not difficult to read. However, the editing/proofreading was not as good as it should have been as I found several errors. I would have liked more detail describing the formation and predictions of weather patterns and events we experience every day. I also felt that for a pocket guide, there was a lot of dated material as opposed to information that would apply, for example, to a reader a century from now. Much of this may have been to further pre-conceived agendas like human causation of climate change patterns. Many items, possibly in an effort to be concise in a guide book, were stated as given absolute fact that, although commonly accepted now, could still be challenged and found to be false with more research or observation. Basically, for a guide book, too much dealt with past climates and future climates, which involves speculation based on what we know now. It also was puzzling that in the last chapter on weather records, Oceania and Australia were treated as separate "continents" with records listed for both.