Instant Wind Forecasting

Price: £12.99

When we stick our head out of the cabin in the morning, we may have some knowledge of the current weather pattern.  But what does that cloud pattern mean?   Will there be a sea breeze today?  Should we expect thunderstorms?  How best can I tack to take advantage of gusts under cumulus clouds?  Above all, what is the wind going to do today?   Practical answers to these and similar questions are contained somewhere within one hundred and eleven pages of text, dense tables and beautifully explained photos.  In the third edition of this 27 year-old classic, Alan Watts has added more colour pictures, reduced the size of tables and added new sections on micro wind shifts and the special winds of the Mediterranean.   The aim is to help a wide range of readers, dinghy and board racers, inland, coastal and offshore sailors to forecast local winds, wind shifts and gusts in their particular location and weather context, in areas as diverse as the Great Lakes, Europe and the Mediterranean.   After three attempts, this reviewer belatedly realized that this volume is a database of experience and information, not a something to be read from cover to cover.  Users  of this book, knowing where they are, what their overall weather pattern is and where they want to sail, can dip into it, filter the information and select practical and helpful guidance.   In the process they will learn a little of the art and mysteries of wind forecasting. 

DG