The Colorado Weather Book

by Mike P. Nelson and Mike Nelson

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565793420
• ISBN13: 9781565793422
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Westcliffe Publishers
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Good overview

A good well-illustrated overview of Colorado's weather and weather in general, though it could use more descriptions of past weather events.

Excellent book!

This book is very fascinating and informative.My boyfriend are relocating to the Denver area, and this book really caught our eye. We found it VERY helpful to know what type of weather to expect in Colorado.This book has beautiful pictures of the different types of weather which occurs in Colorado: lightning, hail, tornadoes, blizzards, avalanches, floods, and etc...It even gives historical pictures of extreme weather phenomena which occured in Colorado's past. The chapters are broken down into these categories: Chapter 1: Colorado SpringChapter 2: Colorado SummerChapter 3: Colorado AutumnChapter 4: Colorado WinterChapter 5: Weather of the CenturyChapter 6: Storm ChasingChapter 7: Meteorology or Media-rology?Chapter 8: Photographing weatherChapter 9: The Fragile Planet Every page features spectacular color photos of various weather patterns. In the back of the book are various weather-related websites. I am originally from Kansas, which is part of "Tornado Alley" - and I amazed that Colorado also has tornadoes--which I never knew- (although they are more likely to occur on the far eastern plains). I had no idea that the eastern plains of Colorado are also one of the hail capitols of the world.This book is truly captivating for anyone who is fascinated by weather. I highly recommend it.

Great explanation of Colorado's high-drama weather

Colorado is known for its mountains, but it could be easily famous for its high-drama weather. This book explains the relationship between the mountains and weather phenomenon such as Colorado's wild hail storms and its towering thunder clouds. It offers scientific explanations that don't require a science degree to follow, as well as lots of history and great weather stories. It's topped off with truly awesome photography.It's a great book for anyone whose curiousity about weather extends past tomorrows forcast.