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The Weather Book, Diana Craig
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Diana Craig

The Weather Book

  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citahace 2 años
    A red sunset sky is usually caused by reflections from minuscule dust particles trapped high in the atmosphere by conditions that occur before fine weather.
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    don’t always get the weather forecast correct, but you can bet that when it isn’t spot on, there’s no one more frustrated than a Met Office forecaster!
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citahace 12 días
    The first of all the gods was Gaia, conceived and bore a child by herself – who became Uranus, Father Sky, who was both her son and husband. Earth and Sky together brought forth numerous children including the Titans, Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    Winds generally follow the isobars (lines joining points of the same pressure). When the isobars on a weather chart are close together, it means that there is a steep change in pressure – so you can expect a blustery day. Close isobars plus low pressure mean it’s going to be wet too.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    Long before any talk of alternative green power, sailors were already using a source of natural energy to propel them across the seas: wind.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    If one front follows another in fairly rapid succession, this can lead to changeable weather – as often happens in winter in Britain, for example, which is notorious for its unpredictable climate.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    ‘If you don’t like the weather in Buffalo, just wait five minutes.’
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    So if the forecast includes the words ‘high pressure’ you should be in luck because the weather is likely to be fine, clear and dry.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    This explains why gliding birds usually only take to the skies in sunny weather, and why they generally become active only after ten o’clock in the morning, when the thermals have become strong enough to give them the necessary lift.
  • Sol Ríoscompartió una citael mes pasado
    YOU MAY NOT be able to see everything that’s going on in the atmosphere, but there’s never a dull moment up there.
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