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The secret world of weather, how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop, Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower

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The secret world of weather

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Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower

how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop

"In this eye-opening trove of outdoor clues, groundbreaking natural navigator Tristan Gooley turns his keen senses to the weather. By zreadingy nature as he does, youll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict whats coming), youll enter a secret wonderland of sights and sounds youve never noticed before: listen for the way crickets chirp faster as the temperature rises, spot how snowflakes shrink with colder air and grow just before they stop falling, let perching birds point out the direction of the wind, learn why pine cones close up in high humidity, watch out for storms when clouds are more tall than wide! Most fascinating of all, youll discover distinct microclimates with every step you takethrough the woods or down a city street. There are unique weather clues to be found on opposite sides of a treeand even beneath a blade of grass! And once you can read the forecast in every cloud, breeze, sunbeam, plant, and raindrop? You may well delete your weather app!

Introduction -- Two worlds -- The secret laws -- The talk of the skies -- Who changed the air? -- How to feel the wind -- Dew and frost -- Rain -- A bloodhound in the woods -- Hail and snow -- Fog -- Cloud secrets -- Thirsting for signs: an interlude -- The local winds -- The trees -- Plants, fungi, and lichens -- The hoodoos: an interlude -- The city -- The coast -- The animals -- Storms -- The celestial and the sublime -- Our weather