Weather: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) Paperback – April 14, 2001

This was my first weather book choice. A long time ago,TV weathermen tended to add technical graphs and charts to the forecast. I was casually interested in weather. But I couldn't really understand the high pressure ridges and low pressure troughs they were saying were in the barometric pressure charts. So, based on the excellent quality of these Golden Guide books, I bought the weather one.I later bought maybe 6 or 12 more books on weather and clouds.A friend of mine was always cursing weather forecasters as being stupid.He had a lovely granddaughter in grade school with rumored near genius grades.I told him about this book on weather for kids. I said I knew that he hated the entire subject of weather, but this was the first book I had ever read on the subject, and I indeed go back from time to time and reread it. It is short and easy to read and every page has an illustration or a picture and just a paragraph or two of text.I told him it doesn't take much time to read, and if he didn't like it, he could give it to his granddaughter and she might make a good secondary school project on weather out of the book.So, he took it.Two months go by. He is silent on the stupidity of weather people. I finally ask him "Did you give the book to your granddaughter yet?" The answer was a somewhat gruff "Yes".That was the end of the weatherman stupidity remarks.I highly recommend this book.

This book is simply a wonder. It has taken more complex functions of weather and explained them in such a way that it becomes less difficult to understand. The colorful pictures are also alluring to the eye and draw you into the book making it a whole experience in wanting to learn more about weather. I am really excited and so happy my meteorologist friend referred it to me and it has helped me a great deal. I think I will buy a 2nd copy for good measure!Hope this helps!

Well I was not sure if I would like this book and wondered before I bought it if it would be too basic. It is just perfect -- plenty of useful information that is well explained. The pictures are superb and really add to this book!There are many reasons to choose this book:+ Sections that cover: Storms, (even tornadoes), What makes the weather, Cloud Classifications (with descriptions and pictures of clouds), types of precipitation (rain, snow, ice, etc), Ice Storms, Hurricanes, Weather Forecasting, Barometers, Wind Speed, Beauford Wind Scale Chart (very helpful), Weather Maps and Radar, Make Your Forecast (this is my favorite section as he shows you how to predict weather using a weather map and doing a future motion of the front etc.).+ This book is very easy to understand and is a wonderful reference book. This book I highly recommend to all!

Nice little concise pocket guide. I studied climatology in college (a few classes) and have a little weather center at home. The guide is a good reminder about barometric pressure, winds, temperature and the rest. Very satisfied with this purchase.

This is a re-published version of an original golden book of Weather that has been on the shelves for many years but is still just as informative as it was in its original version. I have found it explains the formation of weather systems and gives excellant illustrations and explanations through out the book. It is small in size, making it a good pocket guide to carry along when traveling to refer to whenever you see a formation you want to identify. Well worth the price, and I reccomend it to all beginners and even some pro's that need a referance to look back on. It arrived in good condition and I refer to it often.

This is a classic booklet. I bought it for my wife so she can read our Florida skies and the dumbed down TV weather map.Weather is complex and evolving. This Golden Guides on Weather is quite comprehensive, brief on the text, and provides great illustrations that speak volumes. The only way this book could be better is to make it an iBook with animations to show the process of weather.I used it 40 years ago when I was in college. I highly recommend it.

Perfect pocket sized guide book. Great for little or big learners alike. We almost have a complete collection of these Golden Guides. Some are the originals and some like this one new prints. But they are all the same size and filled with great info. The collection is in our natural learning area. We love these.

The 70s version of this classic book sparked my interest in meteorology as a career - I nearly wore mine out as a kid. It has been updated a little since then, but still shows NWS AFOS and Airways code, neither of which has been in use for about 20 years. I got this for my kids, about right for 4th-8th graders. Quick, accessible, 1-2 page concepts on a wide variety of weather topics that are still on target (except for some of the technology).