Weather Observer's Handbook

The book describes in detail various weather phenomena, including the types of clouds and how they form. It also introduces a number of optical phenomena and their visibility, and describes local and global events (such as hurricanes and tornadoes) along with unusual weather patterns.

With the help of more than 400 color photographs and observations, the book tells about these main topics:
Atmosphere - atmospheric layers, atmospheric pressure, global circulation, low and high pressure systems.
Weather development and precipitation - weather processes, clouds, precipitation and their accumulation on the ground, visibility, local
winds and their effects, rain showers and storms, whirlwinds and tropical cyclones, light, colors and
optical phenomena.
Weather observation and forecasting - observations, observation methods.