This is the ultimate guidebook for anyone who needs to know the details of operational weather analysis and forecasting, not just theoretical aspects and basic concepts.
With added emphasis on analysis, visualization, and awareness of model limitations, readers learn to use tools properly and are always a step ahead..
The margins are filled with forecasting facts, hard-hitting quotes, educational stories, and even a few fun weather jokes.
Special problems such as severe thunderstorms, supercell prediction, and tornado forecasting are treated in detail.
There is a thorough overview of weather systems, including their thermal structure, dynamics, and effects.
Basic physical concepts are reviewed, and then the book covers thermodynamics, surface analysis, and upper analysis.
It is geared toward meteorology professionals, students, pilots, flight dispatchers, amateurs, storm chasers, and spotters.
This is the ultimate guidebook for anyone who needs to know the details of operational weather analysis and forecasting, not just theoretical aspects and basic concepts
