The Weather Book. an Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Usa's Weather

by Jack Williams

Featuring the full-color weather graphics of America's favorite newspaper, here is a newly revised edition of the most readable guide to our nation's weather. It also includes an updated state-by-state guide to weather patterns and scientifically accurate records. Online promo.

Genres: Science, Reference, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published May 5, 1992

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weather is complicated. I suppose this book explains it about as simply and clearly as can be done, but technicalities cannot be avoided and in some places it is not an easy read. The many illustrations are a big help. It was published over 20 years ago, and I don't know whether meteorologists' understanding of the weather has changed over that time in any way that would make this explanation obsolete. However, it would be nice to have a revision that would bring the examples of tornadoes, floods, recent research etc. up to date. Also, while this book warned about climate change, we have more proof of it now.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of visuals, but they weren't thoughtfully placed. Often they'd cut a sentence off and take up four pages. They were placed where they visually fit, not where they conceptually made sense. They did a nice job using the visuals to convey multi-step events like the formations of clouds.

The second edition is too old to be useful. Doppler radar and super computers that fill a room are the latest and greatest tech, and climate change (not even whether or not climate change is caused by humans) is a debate.

[Michael Champagne · Rating 4 out of 5]

#science

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to be single. I had money and too much time on my hands. During that time I was going to turn into a weather geek. Yeah, I know. Anyhow, during that time I purchased this book. I had developed a unit on weather for my students and used a Davis Instruments weather center in the classroom. I wanted to more fully understand weather. It was about then, I suppose, that I began answering the "If I had it all over to do again, what would I do?" question with being a meteorologist.

There's a lot of good information here and helped me understand weather better. That was the point.

[Jeanette (Ms. Feisty) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this book on hand for reference for over 10 years now. If you're at all interested in how the weather works and why it does what it does, this is a great book. It gives very easy to understand explanations, and includes a ton of fabulous diagrams and photos and other graphics.