num_pages: 400
description: In The Tristan Gooley Weather Book bestselling author Tristan Gooley turns his gaze up to the sky bringing his signature brand of close observation and eye-opening deduction to the fascinating world of weather. Every cloud every change in temperature every raindrop every sunbeam every breeze reveals something about our weatherif you know what to look for. Before you know it youll be able to forecast impending storms sunny days and everything in between all without needing to consult your smartphone. But The Tristan Gooley Weather Book goes far beyond mere weather prediction changing the very way we think about weather itself. Weather is not something that blankets an area; rather it is something that changes constantly as you walk through woods or turn down a street. The weather is never identical on two sides of a treeor even beneath it. Take for example Gooleys remarkable discovery that breezes accelerate beneath a tree. To Gooley this is weather a tiny microclimate that explains why people sit beneath a tree to cool downnot only for the shade but subconsciously for cooler breeze. And so Gooley shows us not only what the weather will be like five days from now but also what to expect about the weather around every corner. By carefully observing the subtle interplay of wind cloud fog temperature rain and many other phenomena we not only form a deeper understanding of weather patterns but we also unlock secrets about our environment. Weather forms our landscape and landscape forms our weather. Everything we see in the sky reflects where we are. When we learn to read weathers signs Gooley shows us the weather becomes our map revealing to us how it has made our towns cities woods and hills what they are. Youll never see your surroundings the same way again.
language: English
title: The Secret World of Weather
publisher: The Experiment