The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies

tylercollins

I bought this book last week and started reading it last night, and my god how brilliant it is!

I never thought I could learn so much about clouds and how they form and how many different stages they go through!

For any other weather noobs like myself, I highly recommend this book!

Any other books other people recommend?

eskimocat

I highly recommend the The Cloud Collectors Hand Book by Gavin Pretor -Pinney, it would be a good one to tie in with your new knowledge. It contains coloured pictures and great descriptive pieces on the different cloud types and for fun you get points for spotting different types and additional points for different things..

It truly is amazing whats happening right above our heads if we only look up!

tylercollins

Yeah I always new about different cloud types but what I didn't know was actually how to read them for tell tale signs of what they could transform into!

Thanks eskimocat! I've added that to my amazon wishlist and will get it bought end of the month!

Any other recommendations for chart reading / weather forecasting as in learning all the different abbreviations and their meanings?

Tornando9

Atmosphere, Weather and Climate by Roger G Barry

It has more information on weather than you should ever need. The chapter on convective weather is absolutely brilliant. Its more of weather encyclopedia if you ask me.
I bought it last year and i'm still trying to get my head around some of the chapters.

I got mine on Amazon.

Sounds like a must read, love clouds,love cloud porn , I am a proud proud member of the Cloud Appreciation Society )

Could spend hours gazing at them.

tylercollins

I would highly recommend it Jake! For a few pound from Amazon it you can't go wrong.

Thanks Tornado, added to my wish-list also!

redsteveireland

Now I know what to say when I'm asked what I want for Christmas! Thanks!

maquiladora

eskimocat wrote: »

I highly recommend the The Cloud Collectors Hand Book by Gavin Pretor -Pinney, it would be a good one to tie in with your new knowledge. It contains coloured pictures and great descriptive pieces on the different cloud types and for fun you get points for spotting different types and additional points for different things..

It truly is amazing whats happening right above our heads if we only look up!

If you liked The Cloud Collectors Hand Book, you should really get these books by Gavin Pretor-Pinney too. Great reads.

eskimocat

Have the cloud spotters guide but not the wave watchers one.. hoping Santa will be good...
Great books..