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The weather of the Pacific Northwest
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The weather of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Cliff Mass
Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Mass, Cliff.
Weather of the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008
(OCoLC)646850817
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Cliff Mass
ISBN: 9780295988474 0295988479
OCLC Number: 225872619
Notes: "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Description: x, 280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Cliff Mass.
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"Cliff Mass has written an excellent, clear and comprehensive survey of weather in this region covering the origin and incidence of all major weather phenomena in the Northwest from rain to wind to Read more...

 
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