Teach Yourself Weather

Would you like to be able to predict the weather? Do you want to know how climate change is affecting the weather? Would you like to fully understand the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day? Teach Yourself Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes weather on a global, national and local scale but that you can also fully interpret the weather broadcasts we see and hear every day and are able to make your own predictions. Packed full of case studies, this book will explain both the weather we experience daily (winds, cold fronts, rain and shine) and the extreme weather that makes the headlines all too often (El Nino, Hurricane Katrina, floods). It will also focus on climate change and its effect on the weather - how is our weather going to change in the future? Whether your job or leisure pursuits rely on the weather, or you just want to understand more about it, Teach Yourself Weather is a jargon-free and fascinating guide.