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Skydiving is an outside sport. You must have noticed this. Therefore the weather plays a big part. This undeniable link led to us checking out this useful-sounding book… <\/p>\n
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Book:<\/strong> Philip\u2019s Guide to Weather Forecasting <\/p>\n Having an A in Geography and having been in close proximity to a few clouds once or twice obviously made me more than qualified to review this book, so I waded in with gusto. I have to say I was charmed with the notion of saving many pointless hours driving to the DZ only to sit on the ground. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The illustrious author, Mr Storm Dunlop, is an expert on weather. Whether the weather be hot, or whether the weather be cold, or whether the name Storm actually dictated his adult obsession is unclear. What is clear is this guy knows his stuff. Good pictures of the sky throughout this book and even one or two of the ground illustrate Mr Dunlop\u2019s evident passion for a bit of cumulonimbus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018There are only ten types of cloud,\u2019 informs Storm. \u2018So identifying clouds should be no more difficult than identifying, say, ten different types of car.\u2019 Sounds true. But not many of us can, can we? Glances above, \u2018Ooh, looks like rain. Or is it a Ford Escort?\u2019 And when is he going to tell us if we can jump on (for example) next Saturday?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, after a lengthy description of pressure, clouds, humidity, cyclones, precipitation and the like, the actual nub of weather forecasting boils down to a basic chart in the last few pages consisting of what the clouds look like and what you can expect after that has gone. Which I guess is what us simpletons who enjoy the odd plummet into freefall are really after.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Storm. Nice work my gladiatorial-sounding chum. Good as a school text book if your section on meteorology is missing, but not even as entertaining as dentist waiting room fodder. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n My guide to weather forecasting? Open the window and have a bloody good look!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Skydiving is an outside sport. You must have noticed this. Therefore the weather plays a big part. This undeniable link led to us checking out this useful-sounding book… Book: Philip\u2019s Guide to Weather Forecasting By: Storm Dunlop Cost: \u00a39.99 From: Philips Maps website, Amazon In a Nutshell: A side-splitting page turner that will fly off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBy:<\/strong> Storm Dunlop
\nCost:<\/strong> \u00a39.99
\nFrom:<\/strong> Philips Maps website, Amazon
\nIn a Nutshell:<\/strong> A side-splitting page turner that will fly off the shelves. No, sorry. It’s a book about weather.<\/p>\nWeather<\/h1>\n
Fluffy Clouds<\/h1>\n
Forecasting<\/h1>\n
Summary<\/h1>\n
Suggestion<\/h1>\n