Weather: A Guide to Phenomena and Forecasts

by Paul E. Lehr, R. Will Burnett, Herbert S. Zim

Genres: Science, Reference, Nature, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I work my way through my collection of Golden Guides from my childhood that I never actually read, I come to Weather. This one was relatively slow-going because it is dense with concepts. It does a very nice job, through words and pictures, of making the complex physics of the interactions among air, moisture, terrain and insolation moving on a rotating sphere understandable. This book is a snapshot in time of a brave new world in which weather satellites and computer modeling are both in their infancy, hurricanes are monitored by people flying into them with aircraft, and weather maps and forecasts are delivered primarily by newspaper because data is collected and shared by teletype and analyzed once or twice a day.

[Robu-sensei · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Golden Science Guides were instrumental in sparking my interest in science when I was a kid, and my favorite was what I called "the weather book." Though this book hails from a time when weather satellites were brand-new and El Niño meant nothing to non-Spanish speakers, it nonetheless offers much valuable information about basic concepts in meteorology, clearly explained with simple yet beautiful illustrations. Rereading this Golden Guide, I finally understood how fronts and high/low pressure cells work.

[Terry Marine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This OLD book, published in 1964, actually broaches the subject of CLIMATE CHANGE, due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere! *SPOILER* It draws no final conclusion.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is so interesting going through a weather book from the 70's and seeing all the advances we have made in the last 50 years.

[Bookreeper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent early example of a series of books that educated and enlightened thousands of curious minds of any age. Some information is outdated today but there's still plenty of information that's relevant and it still serves well as a primer for aspiring weather aficionados.