Weather Extremes of the West

By Tye W. Parzybok

Book Overview

Parzybok highlights the West's most notorious historical weather events in easily understood prose, with photographs, figures, and satellite images to explain the workings of the West's most unique,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878424733
• ISBN13: 9780878424733
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Mountain Pr
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

An exciting survey of meteorology and weather oddities

From twisters to Haboobs and quick, sudden changes in temperature which can break windows, wild weather is still with us, though tamer than in centuries past. Meteorologist Tye Parzybok covers weather extremes and their results in the West, presenting rainfall and temperature averages, case histories of sudden and extreme weather results, and insights into the science of forecasting and prediction processes. From disastrous Santa Ana wind effects to maps and microclimate oddities, WEATHER EXTREMES OF THE WEST is an exciting survey of meteorology and weather oddities.

Couldn't Put It Down!

This is a fascinating book! Everyone's interested in the weather and this book is packed full of weather in a big way. From the amazing stories to the great photos you can open to any page and be there an hour before you know what happened. This is NOT a book you read at night to put you to sleep!

Weather Extremes of the West

Great photos and very informative text. Well written with weather enthusiasts in mind, but without being too overwhelming or redundant. If you are in to weather extremes, you'll find yourself captivated and reading every page like a good mystery novel - you can't put it down! An exciting read.

Now that is extreme weather!

I live in the northwest and didn't know a fraction of all this weather. Very informative. I loved the pictures. It made me feel like this author really loves what he does. Excellent book. Buddy Kirihara

Much more than just weather folklore!

The stories of the extreme weather themselves are very interesting, but what stands out to me are the maps, graphs, photographs and other imagery used throughout the book. The quality of these visual elements is outstanding and they do an amazing job of telling the story of weather and climate. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in weather or climate, no matter where they live.