Table Of Content

Title Page: 1 Copyright Page: 2 Dedication Page: 3 Contents Page: 4 Introduction to the weather Page: 6 How to use this book Page: 6 A brief introduction to the clouds Page: 6 Deciphering cloud names Page: 7 A bit of history Page: 10 Weather systems Page: 12 Air masses Page: 12 Depressions Page: 13 Anticyclones Page: 14 High clouds Page: 16 Cirrus Page: 16 Thick cirrus (cirrus spissatus) Page: 18 Cirrostratus Page: 20 Cirrocumulus Page: 22 Contrails (cirrus homogenitus) Page: 24 Middle clouds Page: 26 Altocumulus floccus Page: 26 Altocumulus castellanus Page: 28 Altocumulus sheets (altocumulus stratiformis) Page: 30 Altocumulus lenticularis Page: 32 Thin altostratus (altostratus translucidus) Page: 34 Thick altostratus (altostratus opacus) Page: 36 Lower clouds Page: 38 Cumulus Page: 38 Cumulus fractus Page: 40 Fair weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) Page: 42 Towering cumulus (cumulus congestus) Page: 44 Cumulus cloud streets (cumulus radiatus) Page: 46 Featureless stratus (stratus nebulosus) Page: 48 Broken stratus (stratus fractus) Page: 50 Stratocumulus Page: 52 Stratocumulus stratiformis Page: 54 Stratocumulus castellanus Page: 56 Nimbostratus Page: 58 Cumulonimbus calvus Page: 60 Cumulonimbus capillatus Page: 62 Thunderstorms Page: 64 Supplementary features and accessory clouds Page: 66 Supplementary features Page: 66 Asperitas Page: 66 Mamma Page: 68 Fall streaks (virga) Page: 70 Anvil (incus) Page: 72 Funnel cloud (tuba) Page: 74 Shelf and roll clouds (arcus) Page: 76 Kelvin-Helmholtz waves (fluctus) Page: 78 Accessory clouds Page: 80 Cap clouds (pileus) Page: 80 Pannus Page: 82 Velum Page: 84 Fog Page: 86 Sea fog (advection fog) Page: 86 Land fog (radiation fog) Page: 88 Upslope fog Page: 90 Frontal fog Page: 92 Sea smoke Page: 94 Clouds outside the troposphere Page: 96 Nacreous (mother of pearl) Page: 96 Noctilucent Page: 98 Optical phenomena Page: 100 Rainbow Page: 100 Corona Page: 102 Halo Page: 104 Mock sun/sun dog/parhelion Page: 106 Iridescence Page: 108 Ice rainbow (circumzenithal arc) Page: 110 Sunbeams and crepuscular rays Page: 112 Glory Page: 114 Cloud weather lore Page: 116 Glossary Page: 122 Quick cloud identifier Page: 124 Index Page: 126 Photo credits Page: 128

Description:

Reeds Cloud Handbook is a quick-access, easy-to-use guide to identifying cloud types and how to predict what each cloud type can tell us about the weather and predict how it will change. This concise pocket reference will appeal to those who spend time outdoors and wants to better understand the weather, with its principal focus for sailors and also anyone going walking, fishing, cycling etc. This portable handbook will give you the essential information about common and unusual cloud types, how they form and what weather patterns are associated with them. Fully illustrated with colour photography and clear diagrams, this cloud identification guide includes sections on different weather patterns and how clouds form, different clouds according to where they appear in the sky, related features and different forms of fog. Each entry gives guidance on how and when to spot different cloud types and effects, and how the clouds relate to wind and rain patterns.