Reeds Weather Handbook 2nd edition

This pocket-sized guide will equip sailors with the knowledge to read and predict the weather.



Weather determines when we sail, where we sail to and whether we arrive safely. This essential pocket-sized guide equips the reader with all the necessary tools to predict and deal with local and distant weather conditions, whether on a day trip or a longer cruise, along the coast or further offshore.

Each topic is broken down into digestible chapters, explaining the origins and effects of the full spectrum of weather conditions, including:
- using and evaluating weather forecasts
- depressions, fronts, isobars and other coastal effects
- waves and swell
- weather lore and sky watching.

Meteorology is still advancing and sources of forecasts are changing. This new edition keeps the handbook up-to-date, with a particular focus on the increasing use of GRIB files, computer weather modelling and sources of forecasts, especially with the proliferation of computer forecasts becoming available free of charge.

With practical explanations and helpful diagrams and photographs, this is the ideal guide for skippers and crew, especially those studying for their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster exams.

Acest ghid de buzunar ii va dota pe marinari cu cunostintele necesare pentru a citi si a prezice vremea. Vremea determina cand navigam, unde navigam si daca ajungem in siguranta. Acest ghid esential de buzunar echipeaza cititorul cu toate instrumentele necesare pentru a prezice si a face fata conditiilor meteorologice locale si indepartate, fie intr-o excursie de o zi, fie intr-o croaziera mai lunga, de-a lungul coastei sau in largul marii. Fiecare subiect este impartit in capitole digerabile. , explicand originile si efectele intregului spectru de conditii meteorologice, inclusiv: - utilizarea si evaluarea prognozelor meteo- depresiuni, fronturi, izobare si alte efecte de coasta- valuri si umflaturi- traditii meteorologice si observarea cerului. prognozele se schimba.