Storm Warning: The Origins of the Weather Forecast

by Pauline Halford

Book Overview

Imagine a world without the weather forecast. Is it likely to be warm and sunny for the fete at the weekend? Will Thursday be a good day to make that ferry crossing, or would Friday be better? We might scorn it and deride it, but we still consult the men - and women - from the Met Office, rather than a piece of soggy seaweed, before deciding whether to set out with a brolly in the morning. More than one hundred and fifty years the best forecast available...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750932155
• ISBN13: 9780750932158
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"