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Tables of Contents for Understanding Weatherfax
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
iii
1
Glossary of terms and abbreviations
iv
2
Preface
vi
1 Weatherfax technology
1
19
Telephone fax
Weather charts from short wave radio broadcasts
Receiving equipment
The antenna
Grounding
The computer and installation
Software and the radio/computer interface
Receiving fax signals
2 World weather patterns
20
7
Forces driving the weather
The tropics
Polar regions
Mid latitudes
3 Weatherfax charts: types and features
27
14
The surface analysis
The mean sea level prognosis (MSL PROG)
Upper air charts
Satellite imagery
Other charts
4 Interpreting details
41
16
Estimating wind speed
Weather associated with high pressure systems
Estimating the direction of the wind
Weather associated with low pressure systems
Ridges and troughs
Upper weather influences
Omega blocking
Waves and swell
Factors affecting the development of waves
Fog
Conditions likely to produce fog
5 Putting it all together
57
11
Exceptions to the wind rules
Improving fax maps with present weather observations
Adding your own weather observations
Reporting wind and sea state
6 Tropical storms
68
9
Development and evolution
Extra-tropical storms
Case study: the `1994 Queen's Birthday Storm'
Appendix 1 HF weatherfax station browser
77
3
Appendix 2 Characteristics of fax transmissions
80
1
Appendix 3 Map projections
81
1
Appendix 4 Symbols used on weather charts
82
2
Appendix 5 Tables and conversions
84
3
Appendix 6 The Beaufort Scale
87
1
Appendix 7 Manufacturers and suppliers
88
1
Appendix 8 Bibliography
88
1
Index
89