help on weather books

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by davil

trying to buy a basic book on weather,besides the one offered by Chris Parker, David Burch, Mariners Weather by Dashew, any suggestions?
thank you

All the above are good books.

David Burch's book can be a challenge to wade thru stand alone. It is much better as one of the extensive resources available to you when you sign up for Star Path's Marine Weather course. If you really want to expand your marine weather knowledge thats the path I recommend.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...TrstI8SLnQgedr

[franksingleton]

Thank you for the boost. The first edition has just about sold out. I have updated for a 2nd edition due out next month.

http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-...ather-Handbook

[tlavino]

The best I've seen BY FAR is David Burch's Modern Marine Weather. Be sure to get the third edition - he really stepped up his game with respect to the tools and processes currently available at sea to develop your own local forecast and to evaluate the information from met services.

Cheers,

TL

[davil]

Just came back from hibernation and found all of these suggestions and want to thank you all.
Reeds Weather Handbook is available now in Amazon.
need to follow up on all other suggestions,trying to narrow down the choice,thanks again.

[davil]

more tittles I came across

BOOKS

The American Practical Navigator. Nathaniel
Bowditch. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. One of the best values
in marine literature. Chock-full of weather, oceanography, and navigation data.

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship. John Rousmaniere. Simon & Schuster. A good all-around reference with an excellent section on weather.
Guide to Facsimile Stations, 10th Edition. Klingenfuss Publications. Hagenloher Str. 14, D-7400
Tuebingen, Germany. A list of all the fax stationas
around the world with sample charts, schedules,
and frequencies.

Instant Weather Forecasting. Alan Watts. Sheridan House. A cloud-based forecasting system that
will give you another way of checking the forecasts.
Well organized with nice color photos.



The Sailor’s Weather Guide. Jeff Markell. Sheridan House.

Weather for the Mariner, 3rd Edition. William J.
Kotsch, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Retired. Naval
Institute Press. For years one of the basic texts
everyone carried aboard. A little out of date, but lots
of interesting data nonetheless.
.
The Weather Wizard’s Cloud Book. Louis D.
Rubin Sr. & Jim Duncan. Algonquin Books (Chapel
Hill, NC). A small but interesting work on clouds. A
good bet to carry aboard along with Watt’s work on
cloud forecasting.

Weather Trainer. Starpath School of Navigation.
311 Fulton St., Seattle, WA 98109-1740, USA.
info@starpath.com. Software to help you learn the
weather forecasting process.