The Weather Forecasting Red Book is a groundbreaking reference that breaks away from theory and helps forecasters tackle
everyday prediction problems. The book contains a wealth of information on real-life techniques, methods, and forecast
systems. It draws upon a considerable body of experience by the weather services of the United States, the United
Kingdom, and Canada.
The first section deals with observational systems, explaining what quantities of wind, temperature, and pressure
really mean. The analysis section defines the standards for map analysis, color schemes. A forecasting section
has over a hundred pages of forecasting techniques, pattern recognition, and basic ideas and principles. And of
course the important facets of numerical forecast models are explained in detail.
If it's needed at the forecast desk, it's in here.
About the author
Tim Vasquez began a meteorology career in 1984 writing the weather page for a Dallas newspaper. From 1989 to 1998 he was an Air Force meteorologist and worked at two television stations. He developed the Digital Atmosphere weather analysis software system in use worldwide. Residing in Texas, he is a software programmer, a consulting meteorologist, and a columnist for Weatherwise magazine.
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Contents
A Observation A1 Wind 1 A2 Temperature and moisture 7 A3 Clouds 13 A4 Visibility 25 A5 Weather 27 A6 Pressure 31 A7 Satellite imagery 35 B Analysis B1 Analysis principles 49 B2 Standard levels 51 B3 Scales of motion 55 B4 Wind plots 57 B5 Surface plots 58 B6 Upper air plots 59 B7 Isentropic plots 60 B8 SKEW-T log p 61 B9 Analysis markings 63 B10 Color standards 69 C Forecasting C1 Methodology 75 C2 Surface systems 77 C3 Upper level systems 95 C4 Vertical motion 101 C5 Fronts 109 C6 Wind 113 C7 Clouds 115 C8 Fog 119 C9 Haze 127 C10 Temperature 131 C11 Thunderstorms 139 C12 Tropical cyclones 147 C13 Winter weather 153 C14 Stability indices 159 C15 Global circulation 171 |
D Numerical forecasting D1 Fundamentals 177 D2 Model types 181 D3 Tropical models 185 D4 Pressure methods 189 E Decoding E1 METAR Aviation Surface 192 E2 TAF Aviation Forecast 194 E3 SYNOP Land Surface 196 E4 TEMP Upper Air 198 F Reference F1 Constants & variables 203 F2 Greek alphabet 205 F3 Time conversion 207 F4 Pressure conversion 209 F5 Minus 7 LI 211 F6 Heat Index 213 F7 Fujita damage scale 214 F8 Hail size 215 F9 Qualifiers 217 F10 ICAO 218 G Administrative 223 H Glossary 245 REFERENCES 277 INDEX 285 |