International Marine's Weather Predicting Simplified: How to Read Weather Charts and Satellite Images

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Summary: Disappointed
Review: As a scientist, physician, and sailor, I consider myself fairly good at assimilating technical material, but I had trouble with this book. The author (like the NOAA meterologists who write those impenetrable forecast discussions) does not seem content to stick with one set of terms. A better editor would have helped him do so. One of the main thrusts of the text is the relationship between upper atmosphere phenomena (troughs and ridges) and surface conditions. After reading the book, I still don't have a satisfying grasp of how this relationship works, mainly, I think, because the phenomena are defined in descriptive rather than mechanistic terms. I am going to read it again, but will be looking for something better.

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Summary: An ideal book for learning weather
Review: As Director of Ocean Navigator's School of Seamanship I have chosen Michael Carr's book as our textbook due to its high quality of content and material presentation. Michael is our instructor for weather and oceanography seminars and his book represnts years of first hand experience and information gathering.

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Summary: Years of Experience and Research made this book possible!
Review: I spent four years gathering satellite imagery and weather charts showing a wide range of weather events, from season to season and region to region. I use my experience operating ships in the Coast Guard,conducting salvage operations as a US Navy Salvage Officer, working for Outward Bound,and captaining sail training schooners and teaching hundreds, yes hundreds of weather courses and seminars to build this book.Visualizing weather is the key to understanding weather events, and this is my intent with Weather Predicting Simplified!

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Summary: Years of Experience and Research made this book possible!
Review: I spent four years gathering satellite imagery and weathercharts showing a wide range of weather events, from season to seasonand region to region. I use my experience operating ships in the Coast Guard,conducting salvage operations as a US Navy Salvage Officer, working for Outward Bound,and captaining sail training schooners and teaching hundreds, yes hundreds of weather courses and seminars to build this book.Visualizing weather is the key to understanding weather events, and this is my intent with Weather Predicting Simplified! END

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Summary: Weather uncomplicated
Review: Michael Carr explains weather better than anyone I know. He uncomplicates the theory, makes sense out of the details and variables, and presents this often-too-technical subject in a friendly, easy to understand way. Read this book and the logic of weather falls clearly in place -- through the authors clear descriptions, excellent graphics and extensive resources.

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Summary: Best blend of technology and real world weather skills
Review: Michael's book gets right to the essence of using satellite images, charts, and text weather information. This is reference that should be onboard every vessel, and will be used constantly. Skills and useful tips that Michael has accumulated from over twenty years of Coast Guard, Navy and ocean sailing experience are crammed into this book...I carry a copy everywhereI go!

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Summary: A synthesis of years of exposure, study & examination to wx
Review: My book resulted from five years of gathering satellite images and weather charts for a variety of weather systems, as well as experiencing those weather systems while at sea, and then teaching weather seminars & weather training programs.

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Summary: A truly Notable Weather Book
Review: This book is the result of several years research into an understandable approach to the worlds weather systems. It provides mariners with access to aavailable weather information and skills to interpret..resulting in safe and accurate routing decisions. Michael has been teaching weather, routing, navigation and seamanship seminars for Ocean Navigator for more than 10 years and served as Captain of our 90 ft training schooner Ocean Star. He has the experience and knowledge necessary to offer this valuable new weather book. And we have adopted the book as our text for Basic Advanced Weather seminars. This a captivating and clearly written book.

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Summary: Simple, yet comprehensive and practical
Review: This is the best weather prediction guide I've seen. Michael Carr makes it easy to understand and interpret weather prediction models and provides plenty of examples so you can make sense of those satellite images available online! Not only that, he applies his extensive blue water sailing experience in helping to identify appropriate tactics for heavy weather avoidance. I wouldn't go to sea without it.

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Summary: Simple, yet comprehensive and practical
Review: This is the best weather prediction guide I've seen. Michael Carr makes it easy to understand and interpret weather prediction models and provides plenty of examples so you can make sense of those satellite images available online! Not only that, he applies his extensive blue water sailing experience in helping to identify appropriate tactics for heavy weather avoidance. I wouldn't go to sea without it.