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Skies Above

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A field guide to what’s over your head, written by a weather journalist for people who don’t want the math. Cloud types and what each one is telling you about the next few hours. How a thunderstorm actually organizes itself and what makes a supercell different. Hail, derechos, hurricanes, the difference between a watch and a warning and why the wording is what it is. Then the sky at night — moon halos, blood moons, aurora, meteor showers, and light pillars. Short chapters, photographs throughout, and it makes an ordinary drive more interesting.

Skies Above
By Dennis Mersereau. Mountaineers Books, 2022. 232 pages.