Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
New Event: The Secret World of Weather. Tristan Gooley will speak at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Devon, on his latest book, The Secret World of…
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Animal Weather Signs in Montana
My thanks to Dean for this very interesting pair of emails from dry cow country, Montana, USA: Tristan, I’m getting to the last fifty pages…
Nature’s Clues & Signs 3 – Soho Walkabout
A couple of weeks ago I was staying in central London for a week, mainly to record the audiobook version of my latest book, The…
Full Moons Mean Big and Fast Tides
It’s a full moon today. Full moons mean unusually big, fast and powerful tides over the next few days. You might also enjoy: How to…
The Foehn Fish
Another very interesting email from Prof. Otta Wenskus: Hi Tristan, I just read your paragraph on altocumulus lenticularis. Sadly, while Ifind them beautiful, my feelings…
Feedback from Michigan
My thanks to Tim Webb for reading my books and writing with some local feedback: I thought you may enjoy this photo. Contrails in west…
The North American Edition has landed!
A big thank you to my publishers in the US, The Experiment, for producing such a beautiful edition of The Secret World of Weather. To…
Downpour Dodging
Yesterday it was time put my body where my pen was. I had a lot of fun picking a route through the South Downs that…
Two Cloud Signs Showing Rain Likely Soon
There are two strong cloud signs in this picture showing that rain is likely soon. A heavy downpour started 20 minutes after this photos was…
Index of The Secret World of Weather
THE SECRET WORLD OF WEATHER Return to main book page Index Page numbers in italic refer to the illustrations Aberdeen 240–1 Aborigines 296 accessory clouds…
It’s Publication Day!
It’s publication day for The Secret World of Weather! Happy weather sign hunting!
The Warm Sign
The temperature climbed 5 degrees just before the snow started. I describe how this snow warning works – the ‘Warm Sign’ – in Chapter 9…
The Colour and Shape of Navigation Marks
Most navigators, even inexperienced ones, learn that colours are important when trying to identify navigation marks at sea. And most people also know that there…
It has arrived!
I have in my hands a finished copy! And bias aside, it really is a thing of beauty!
The First Review is In!
The first review of The Secret World of Weather is in and it’s a fun one. It’s in the Times today. “Gooley marshals a riveting…
The Clouds Map the Ground
On first glance these clouds may appear random. But they are far from it. They are making a map of the ground for us. With…
The Wind Shift Before the Weather Change
Or… The Art of Staring at Blue Skies This video is a time lapse of a couple of hours of looking out over the western…
Using Snow and Snow Shadows to Navigate
We can navigate using both snow and the absence of snow, zones known as ‘snow shadows’. There are two types of snow shadow, those caused…
New Book US Cover Reveal
I’m delighted and excited to reveal the North American cover of my new book, The Secret World of Weather. It is out on April 8th…
The Sound of Fog Drip
What is fog drip? When we see fog, the air is saturated, there is more water than it can hold. This forms droplets which gather…
Which Way Are We Looking?
Which direction are we looking in the picture above? Spoiler alert… answer next… Answer: 1 Point for W. 2 Points for WNW. The snow has…