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RECORD NUMBER: 443 OF 515| Main Title | The weather of the Pacific Northwest / | ||||||||||||
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| Author | Mass, Cliff. | ||||||||||||
| Publisher | University of Washington Press, | ||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 225872619 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780295988474 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0295988479 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||||||||||||
| Subjects | Northwest, Pacific--Climate ; Weather forecasting--Northwest, Pacific | ||||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. | ||||||||||||
| Notes | "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | The extraordinary weather of the Pacific Northwest -- The basics of Pacific Northwest weather -- Floods -- Snowstorms and ice storms -- Windstorms -- Sea breezes, land breezes, and slope winds -- Coastal weather features -- Mountain-related weather phenomena -- Weather features of the inland Northwest -- Blue holes, flying ferries, and tornadoes -- The challenge of Pacific Northwest weather prediction -- The evolving weather of the Pacific Northwest -- Reading the Pacific Northwest skies. |