Jeff Renner
Description
For sailors, kayakers, and cruisers, Northwest Marine Weather is the only handbook for understanding and outsmarting the eccentric climate of the Paci
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fic Northwest. Jeff Renner, popular meteorologist for Seattle's KING-TV, shows boaters how to anticipate and prepare for all kinds of weather. Learn how the region's geography influences the weather, and how to read clouds, wind, waves, and currents. Easy-to-use instructions and charts make amateur forecasting a breeze; readers can even create their own confidence-building weather briefings. A "Skipper's Guide" to some of the trickier weather spots in the Northwest is also included. With the Beaufort Wind Scale and useful appendices on wind chill, clouds, and reliable forecasting resources, Northwest Marine Weather assures that the best boating days are yet to come.
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