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Mountain Weather: Backcountry Forecasting and Weather Safety for Hikers, Campers, Climbers, Skiers, and Snowboarders
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Mountain Weather: Backcountry Forecasting and Weather Safety for Hikers, Campers, Climbers, Skiers, and Snowboarders

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Jeff Renner, chief meterologist for Seattle's NBC affiliate KING-5 TV, provides easy-to-understand basic meteorology of mountain weather.

  • Author: Jeff Renner
  • Softcover, 312 pages, black-and-white photos
  • The Mountaineers Books, copyright 2005
  • Includes discussions of thunderstorms and the strategies for safety and survival during a storm and the flash floods and wildfires that might follow
  • Provides an overview of the dynamics of wind in mountains, the dangers of wind exposure and guidance for safety in windstorms
  • Learn the nature of snow and snowpack, finding good snow versus bad, and safe snow versus unsafe snow
  • Trail notes discuss regional weather characteristics for typical snow zones throughout North America
  • Comprehensive text is heavy with easily understood illustrations, charts, reference maps, sidebars and helpful appendices

Made in USA.

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