The calm before the storm

The Secret World of Weather By Tristan Gooley

Forecasters have developed an amazing understanding of weather on a large scale, spotting incoming storms and outgoing heat waves, but their predictions aren’t much help in finding the warmest spot on a chilly walk, or interpreting what the shade of a pale sky might mean for an optimistic spring picnic. Tristan Gooley is on hand to help on a localised level; his carefully honed observational skills have transformed him into a weather detective who’s able to spot clues in clouds, breezes, dewdrops, and plants and trees in our neighbourhoods. He gleefully shares this carefully acquired knowledge to make us equally adept weather watchers. (Sceptre)