This book explains the importance of weather in our lives, showing how to measure weather conditions for yourself, and how to read weather data on the Internet and on television.

In this definitive guide to the clouds and the skies, Richard Hamblyn introduces you to all the different cloud species. The Pocket Cloud Book will enable you to identify individual clouds, skies and phenomena.

Become an expert on clouds and skies with this definitive guide to cloudspotting, produced in association with the Met Office.

After years of research, the penguins have put together this handy guide to the clouds you might see in your local patch of sky. Grab your copy, find a quiet spot, cast your eyes to the heavens and watch the clouds drift by.

... Cumulus humilis CUMULUS SPECIES : HUMILIS : Minimal vertical extent . They look flattened and appear wider than they are tall . Do not cause precipitation . MEDIOCRIS : Moderate vertical extent . Might show protuberances and sproutings ...

... Cumulus (CU) Cumulus, translated from Latin, means "heap." Heap aptly describes a cumulus cloud in most of its ... mediocris and cumulus congestus. Although cumulus congestus may continue to develop into cumulonimbus, the cumulonimbus ...

... cumulus humulis. When completely formed, the clouds have clear—cut horizontal bases and flattened or slightly ... mediocris. ALTITUDE 1,200—6,5oo ft (4oo—2,ooo m) SHAPE Individual and heaped PRECIPITATION Occasional showers Cumulus ...

... cumulus mediocris is more akin to an armada of galleons. These clouds are at least as tall as they are wide, sometimes with small turrets at the top. Each cloud forms within a column ... cumulus mediocris produces only very Towering cumulus.