Understanding Weatherfax: A Guide to Forecasting the Weather from Radio and Internet Fax Charts

by Mike Harris (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.42

  A guide to procedures and techniques for receiving weatherfax charts and satellite images. It explains how to interpret the information from these charts and images into meaningful weather forecasts. The author seeks to unravel the mysteries of the synoptic chart and the information it contains, and shows how to interpret early warning signs of storm development from satellite pictures. There are case studies on the 1991 Perfect Storm and the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. This second edition is updated with more information on the Internet as a source of weather advice.