Overview
Paperback in Good condition. Rubbing to cover. Pages clean and straight. See pics.
This is an antique, fully illustrated entry/field guide to all the parameters of weather. From gauging high and low pressure systems, to learning the importance of relative humidity, this book has A LOT to offer. Did you know you don't need a thermometer to tell the air temperature when rime or other ice crystals are present on your windshield? This book will tell you how! See a "saucer cloud" 1,000 feet above Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood, or Mt. Shasta? Is the barometer dropping at the same time as these clouds form? This book will tell you if tonight will be a great or poor choice to haul out your 200 pound dob! Like any S&S field guide, the illustrations are so prolific and so well done, you can ALMOST learn by visuals alone. Cameras didn't make for very sharp photos back then, so artists instead took over for visual examples and they did it in a most unique and inviting way with real colors and perfect-drawn/painted weather scenes.