Peterson First Guide To Clouds And Weather

Peterson First Guides

by John A. Day, Vincent J. Schaefer, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

This Peterson First guide contains easy-to-understand answers to questions about the weather, such as why the sky is blue, what makes it rain, and what causes rainbows. The book also features 116 color photographs that show how to identify clouds, with explanations of what each cloud type tells about the weather to come.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Nature, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 1991

Reviews

[ALLEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Something of a classic in its field. This PETERSON FIRST GUIDE TO CLOUDS AND WEATHER is a terrific little book, pocketable, that explains weather terms in exacting but not incomprehensible terms, and includes terrific photographs. Any middle-schooler or above who shows an interest in weather phenomena beyond "go indoors during a thunderstorm" is apt to benefit from this successful guide.

[Matthew Simms · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise guide for beginner cloud enthusiasts who want to learn more about the natural world. Not much new said compared to other Clouds and Weather guides, however, this book contains an abundance of colorful photos. If you were not aware that the sun turns green for 2 seconds as it dips below the horizon, cloud seeding around high altitude airports around winter time, or the basic composition of clouds (that they are made up of salts and other particles/debris and not strictly water vapor as my elementary school teacher taught me). THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!

[Budge Burgess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful little book, literally slip it in your pocket – if you want to study or attempt to understand weather, if you just have an interest in predicting the likelihood of rain locally, you really do need to go outside, so a pocketable book has decided advantages.
Loads of photos illustrating the different forms of clouds, brief explanations of how and why they form. Instructive, informative, entertaining, easy to use.
May well stimulate you to research further - but you'll probably still want to keep this in your pocket.

[Matt Ely · Rating 4 out of 5]

A handy reference with simple organization for observing and categorizing weather events. It has just enough explanatory material so that you can intuit the ripple effects of weather patterns but not so much as to overwhelm the layman (me).

This would be good to keep near your front door so when you see an unexpected shape in the sky you can quickly flip and say "What's that up there now?" That's what I'd say anyway.

[Evelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very nice little hand-held guide book! I knew most of what was mentioned in this book, but it was nice to see everything laid out and explained in more beginner-scientist terms. If you’re interested in clouds and the weather, you should definitely pick this up.

[Alejandro Jaramillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite being such a short book, it is a great introduction to clouds and weather for newcomers.

[Lyndi McDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting descriptions of clouds and what they forecast.

[Lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great intro to clouds and weather. It is written in an easy to understand way. There are lots of photos so you can compare what you're seeing with those in the book. This is one of the easier to understand, comprehensive cloud books I've read.

[Majel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be more technically detailed than the other cloud book I've read, and I enjoyed that, I think it deepened my understanding of clouds and weather. The photos were great and the writing was very accessible.

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent and succinct introduction to the different types of clouds and why they form. Fascinating and not too in depth for a new cloud enthusiast.