The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop

Learn to “see” the forecast in the hidden weather signs all around you—from the New York Times–bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs

In this eye-opening trove of outdoor clues, acclaimed natural navigator Tristan Gooley shows us how, by "reading" nature as he does, you'll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict what's coming), you'll enter a secret wonderland of sights and sounds you've never noticed before. Discover the ways that weather can reveal a hidden world with every step you take—through the woods or down a city street.

• A turbulent sky with mismatched clouds predicts bad weather.
• Snowflakes get smaller as the temperature drops.
• Dry weather and morning frost follow a clear moon.
• Gliding birds mean stable air and thus, fair weather.
• Honeybees don't leave their hives below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Crickets chirp faster as the temperature rises.
• Pine cones close their scales in high humidity.
• Perching birds face into the wind.
• Cows don't lie down before rain, but they do head home.

ISBN-13: 9781615191482

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: The Experiment

Publication Date: 03-14-2023

Pages: 400

Product Dimensions: 8.10(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Series: Natural Navigation Series

New York Times–bestselling author Tristan Gooley has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains in three, and is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. His more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I: THE KNOWN WORLD

The Weather Beneath That Tree
Heat, Air, and Water
The Atmosphere
Meeting the Clouds
Fronts

PART II: THE SECRET WORLD

How to Feel the Wind
A Bloodhound in the Woods
Dew & Frost
Rain
Hail & Snow
Fog
Cloud Secrets
Thirsting for Signs: An Interlude
Local Winds
The Trees
Plants, Fungi, & Lichens
The Hoodoos: An Interlude
The City
The Coast
Animals
Storms
Celestial and Sublime
Our Weather
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