"Tony Powell" wrote in
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Has anybody got any opinion on Paul Hudson's et al book called Storm
Force: Britain's Wildest Weather. I'm thinking that I might like it
as a Christmas present to myself. I have several other books in my
small collection and please bear in mind I've got no degree and am no
expert but has someone lurking here, read the beast yet!

Whenever someone asks this I always jump on "The Weather of Britain" by
Robin Stirling (a fellow of the Royal Met Soc).

I recall reading at school in the late 80s/early 90s - more than once.
The author died in the mid-1990s, but a 2nd addition was released in
1997, so the internet tells me. So not topical inasmuch as you won't get
the last 10 years' weather, but an excellent read. Not condescending and
full of Daily Express hyperbole that seems to go hand-in-hand with
popular meteorology these days - and goes into good detail about events
in place.

The excellent bookkoob site should be able to locate the cheapest (new)
one for you:

http://www.bookkoob.co.uk/book/1900357062.htm

IMHO - of course! The New Scientist also took a shine to it: "Full to
bursting with tales of extremes -- storms, heat waves and tornadoes --
Stirling also does a great job of breaking down the unpredictable
mechanics of climate into its constituent nuts and bolts. Graphs, charts
and dramatic photographs [are included]."

Richard