Mariner's Weather Handbook
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INDEX Numerics Andes Mountains .......................163 1994 Pacific Storm Survey .... 579 anemometer .......................... 97, 240 500mb Annapolis Book of Seamanship .. charts ............................................ 16 ...........................................................579 low patterns .............................. 158 Antarctic .................................. 57, 87 Prog Charts ............................... 501 antenna selection ..........................95 A anticylone .......................................92 Abreojos ....................................... 455 anvil ........................................ 73, 260 Adianne ........................................ 309 Arabian Sea .................................338 aerobatic glider ............................ 23 Atlantic Africa basin ................................... 337, 345 Angola ....................................... 340 High ............................................486 northwest coast ...............330, 333 hurricane season ......................345 typical fax chart ...................... 324 weather patterns ......................162 West Sahara drought (impact on Austral Islands .....21, 274, 302, 540 hurricanes) ................................ 347 Australia 62, 114, 229, 343, 513, 573 Aghulas current ... 57, 523, 526, 530 Freemantle ................................516 aircraft Met Service .............. 250, 272, 573 data ............................................. 366 National Meteorological fly-throughs .............................. 214 Operations Centre .....................25 reconnaissance ........................ 377 Australian/Southeast Indian basin reports .......................................... 78 ...........................................................345 Alaska ...................................161, 491 Australian/Southwest Pacific Aleutian Islands ...................... 501 basin ...................................... 338, 343 Anchorage .................................. 87 Aviation Model ............................79 Gulf of Alaska 188, 314, 489, 491, B .......................................................502 B&G ..............................................283 Kodiak Island .......................... 161 Background Data .........................18 Algoa Bay .................................... 525 Bahamas .......................................346 Alkin, Martin ................................ 26 Baja California ............ 79, 103, 453 Alpert, Jordan ............................... 24 Pacific Coast ............................465 altocumulus .............................70, 71 balloons ..........................................78 altostratus .........................44, 71, 354 band conditions ............................95 American Practical Navigator 579 Bangladesh ..................................343 Anchorage ..................................... 87 barometer .............................. 58, 282 582 INDEX calibration ...................... 52, 62, 97 Los Angeles ............................. 314 electric ........................................561 Monterey ................................... 513 recording ..............19, 50, 274, 561 Ojai ............................................... 25 relative reading ..........................63 Point Loma ............................... 450 Bay of Bengal .............................338 Point Reyes ..............102, 447, 503 Bay of Islands .......................62, 229 Camp Springs, Maryland .......... 76 BBC ...............................................427 Canada .........115, 129, 309, 510, 533 Bent-Back Warm Fronts ..211, 559 Gulf of St. Lawrence ............. 160 Beowulf .20, 62, 208, 263, 270, 301, Hudson Bay ............................. 136 417, ..................................................423 Labrador .................................... 510 powering capabilities .............426 Maritimes .......................... 136, 147 Bermuda .......................................205 Newfoundland ................. 147, 160 Bessko, Melinda ..........................26 Northwest Territories ............ 161 Beveridge Nova Scotia ..............227, 530, 554 Todd and Emma ........................26 Ontario ....................................... 146 Big Sur coastline ........................513 Vancouver ................................ 309 Black Southeaster ......................525 Vancouver Island ................... 491 blocking ridge .............................165 Canary Islands ........................... 201 Blue Shadow ...............................309 Cape Egmont .............................. 286 BOC ...............................................202 Cape Horn ................................... 163 Boemo, Peter .................................25 Cape Maria Van Diemen ........ 286 Bonifacio ......................................246 Cape Nelson ............................... 339 Boston ...........................................102 Cape Reign .................................. 286 Bowditch ......................................352 Cape Town .................................. 338 British Admiralty sailing capping ridge .............................. 167 directions ......................................538 Caribbean ........... 201, 316, 337, 542 British Isles ..................................137 hurricanes ................................. 347 Bruce, Peter .................................579 Carter, Dick ................................ 453 buoys Cedros Island .............................. 456 data ..............................................366 Central America 333, 417, 425, 442 remote sensing ...........................13 Central and Eastern Atlantic .. 109 Burma ............................................343 Central Computer Operations .79 Burr, Christopher .................24, 316 central dense overcast pattern 390 Buster ....................................524, 527 Central Pacific ........................... 186 C Chesneau, Lee 24, 84, 130, 212, 475, Cabo San Lucas ......... 352, 454, 458 ................................................. 481, 547 California .................... 161, 271, 423 China ............................................. 342 Cambria .....................................509 Choate, Denis ............................. 453 583 INDEX circle .............................................. 309 cut-off lows .................................166 cirrocumulus ...........................68, 69 Cutting Across the High ..........505 cirrostratus .......................44, 69, 354 cyclogenesis ....................... 329, 559 cirrus 55, 67, 171, 172, 217, 346, 349, cyclones ................................. 92, 328 ........362, 368, 385, 400, 410, 456, 559 D climatological models .............. 329 Davis, Steve ..................................25 cloud progression ........................ 50 deep frontal system .....................55 cloud signatures ......................... 183 deepening low ...............................92 Clute, Heather ............................ 454 Deerfoot Series .............................19 Cocos Keeling .............................. 18 delta alarms .................................561 Cold front signs ........................... 45 dense fog ........................................94 Coles, K. Adlard ........................ 579 Department of Defense polar comma signature clouds ..227, 559 orbiting satellites ........................316 complex lows ................................ 92 depression compression gale ....................... 505 reaching across ........................210 compression zones ............114, 233 running before .........................207 computer modeling ..................... 79 Destiny ..........................................244 conservation of angular developing gale ............................93 momentum .................................... 33 divergence ....................................472 constant pressure surface ........ 131 doldrums ......... 31, 37, 259, 312, 544 continuity forecasting .............. 131 downdraft .............................. 61, 263 convective activity ...................... 44 downslope winds .......................517 convergence zone ...................... 285 dry adiabitic lapse rate .............258 Cook’s Strait ............................... 513 Duncan, Jim ................................580 Corenman, Jim .....................25, 250 Durban ............................. 51, 57, 526 and Sue ...................................... 241 Dvorak ......................... 363, 379, 391 Coriolis effect .36, 40, 59, 113, 126, Dvorak Technique 24, 317, 341, 366 317, .................................336, 348, 516 E Cray 90 supercomputer ............. 79 East London ................................525 Crossing Tactics ........................ 544 Eastern Atlantic Cruise Planning .......................... 536 hurricanes ..................................347 Cruising Highs ........................... 307 Eastern North Atlantic .............164 cumulonimbus 45, 72, 73, 261, 349, Eastern Pacific . 111, 167, 330, 336, ...........................................................355 342, ..................................................437 cumulus 55, 66, 73, 74, 283, 349, 354, hurricanes ..................................347 ..................................................514, 545 typical fax chart .......................324 Curved Band (Coiling) Stage 377 Eastern Seaboard 201, 341, 471, 475, curved-band pattern ..........383,