The Weather of the Pacific Northwest

by Cliff Mass

Book Overview

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 desert to rain forest in a matter of miles. Local weather features dominate the meteorological landscape, from the Puget Sound convergence zone and wind surges along the Washington Coast, to gap winds through the Columbia Gorge and the "Banana Belt" of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988479
• ISBN13: 9780295988474
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.9"