The books/etc., listed below were collected over a lifetime of meteorology and well read and well used! Many have been scribbled in and otherwise annotated.
It won’t be too long before I won’t have space to store them … and frankly I don’t have an ‘operational’ use for them. My son won’t have a clue what to do with them and I suspect they’d end up in a skip!
These titles are free to a good home …. on a first come, first served basis – email me (westmoorsweather@googlemail.com) to express an interest.
[ Don’t forget to ‘refresh’ the page (CTRL-R) to make sure you’ve got the latest listing. ]
Martin Rowley, West Moors, Dorset
October 2021 [list updated October 2022]
Book List:
[Title … Author/Organisation … Date]
[Shelf A]
Meteorological Glossary … Meteorological Office (RPW Lewis) … 1991
Meteorological Glossary … Meteorological Office (DH McIntosh) … 1972
Handbook of Aviation Meteorology … Meteorological Office (3rd Ed) … 1994
Forecasters’ Reference Book … Meteorological Office (internal pub.) … 1978
Observer’s Handbook … Meteorological Office … 1969
Marine Observer’s Handbook … Meteorological Office (10th Ed) … 1977 (1990 reprint)
Regional Climates of the British Isles … (ed) Dennis Wheeler & Julian Mayes … 1997
The Climate of the British Isles … (ed) TJ Chandler & S Gregory … 1976
Weatherwise … Philip Eden … 1995
The Story of the British and their Weather … Patrick Nobbs … 2016 (update)
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Weather Book … Mark Davison, Ian Currie, Bob Ogley … 1993
The Dorset Weather Book … Mark Ching and Ian Currie … 1997
The Yachtsman’s Weather Guide … Ingrid Holford … 1988
The Air Pilot’s Weather Guide … Ingrid Holford … 1988
All about Weather … John Hulbert … 1970
Mountain Weather for Climbers … David J Unwin … 1978
Weather Map … Meteorological Office (4th Ed) … 1956
Frosts, Freezes and Fairs … Ian Currie … 1996 (2007 reprint)
Climate, History and the Modern World … HH Lamb … 1982
Introduction to Meteorology … S Petterssen … 1941
The Weather … George Kimble and Raymond Bush … 1943
Meteorology over the Tropical Oceans (collection of papers) … RMetSoc (ed DB Shaw) … 1978
Tropical Meteorology … Herbert Riehl … 1954
The Atmospheric System … Greg O’Hare and John Sweeney … 1986
Mountain Weather … David Pedgley … 1979
Weather … (orig. Ralph Abercromby) … (re-written) AHR Goldie … 1934
Guide to Weather … Ross Reynolds … 2000
The Practice of Weather Forecasting … Meteorological Office (PG Wickham) … 1970 (1977 reprint)
Exploring the Atmosphere … GMB Dobson … 1963
Dynamical Meteorology – An Introductory Selection … (ed) BW Atkinson … 1981
Introduction to Meteorology (2nd ed) … S Petterssen … 1958
Essentials of Meteorology … DH McIntosh & AS Thom … 1983
Atmospheric Science – An Introductory Survey … JM Wallace & PV Hobbs … 1977
Forecast for Overlord … JM Stagg … 1971
[Shelf B]
The Observer’s Book of Weather … Robert Pearce … 1980
Volcanoes … Robert Decker & Barbara Decker … 1989
World Climate from 8000 to 0 BC (collection of papers) … RMetSoc … 1966
Weather Watch … Dick File … 1990 (this ed. 1991 reprint)
Attention All Shipping … Charlie Connelly … 2004
UK Solar Eclipses from Year 1 … Sheridan Williams … 1996?
The Elements Rage … Frank W Lane … 1966
Climate in Everyday Life … CEP Brooks … 1950
Facts from Figures … MJ Moroney … 1967 reprint
Understanding Weather … OG Sutton … 1961 reprint (1960 version)
Through the Overcast … Assen Jordanoff … 1941 reprint (1938)
Complete Book of Aviation … S/L CG Burge … 1935
Flying through Fire … Geoffrey Williams … 1996 reprint (1995)
Weather Men … Bernard Ashley … 1970
The Meteorological Glossary … Air Ministry/Meteorological Office (3rd ed) … 1939
The Guiness Book of Weather Facts & Feats … Ingrid Holford (2nd ed) … 1982
Meteorology for Mariners … Meteorological Office (3rd ed) …1978
Wind Strategy … David Houghton … 1984
Asteroid … Patrick Moore & Arthur C Clarke … 2005
Weather Forecasting: The Country Way … Robin Page … 1981 (reprint of 1977)
Red Sky at Night, Shepherd’s Delight? … Paul J Marriott … 1981
The Admiralty Weather Manual … HMSO/Admiralty … 1938
Meteorology for Aviators … Air Ministry (RC Sutcliffe) … 1939
Natural Weather Wisdom … Frederick Hingston (‘Uncle Offa’) … 1991
[Shelf E / nothing applicable shelves C-D]
Source book to the Forecasters’ Reference Book … The Met Office … 1997
The Earths Atmosphere Viewed From Space … RR Fotheringham/University of Dundee …1979
Cloud Types for Observers … Meteorological Office … 1982ed
Cloud and Weather Atlas … Hugh Duncan Grant … 1944
War In The Air (Vol 1 and 2) … (partwork) … circa 1937
[ A section on pre-2WW meteorology for aviation, but other met-related elements within the books ]
International Cloud Atlas (abridged) … WMO … 1956
International Cloud Atlas … Volume II … WMO … 1987
Weather In Home Waters … Volume II (Meteorological Office) … Waters around British Isles and the Baltic … Part 1 … 1975
Images in weather forecasting … Bader et.al … CUP … 1995