Are there any good magazine subscriptions regarding weather?

[Andrew Clope]

Car guys have Motortrend, Car & Driver, Enthusiast magazines, Music guys have Guitar World, do us who love weather have anything like that? If so, which ones are best?

I've been plugging through Tim Vasquez' books, but am all for some supplemental reading to go along with it!

Thanks!

 

[Todd Rector]

I have been plodding through Tim's books myself, and learning quite a lot from them!

Although it's far from a magazine, I encourage you to pick up "Storm Kings: The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers". It's a fantastic book about the history of weather forecasting and weather events from the days of Ben Franklin up to modern times. I got it for a gift and didn't think I would like it, but after reading a few pages it was difficult to put down. I read the whole book in less than a week. Another one I liked was "Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed The Weather" by Mike Smith.

Both books are historical/documentary in nature, and are easy/entertaining reading for when you don't feel like thinking about the math and physics of weather.

 

[Joey Ketcham]

Car guys have Motortrend, Car & Driver, Enthusiast magazines, Music guys have Guitar World, do us who love weather have anything like that? If so, which ones are best?

I've been plugging through Tim Vasquez' books, but am all for some supplemental reading to go along with it!

Thanks!

Check out Weatherwise, http://www.weatherwise.org/. I was subscribed for a couple years and the magazine was really good and dedicated to weather. Years ago StormTrack use to publish a magazine that I was subscribed to as well, they no longer do it obviously but I think you can get the archives on them on DVD and I remember right.

 

[John Olexa]

As Joey wrote, Weatherwise Magazine.

 

[Jeff Duda]

If you're looking for something a bit more technical (but still not as bad as the full-blown research journals), become a member of the AMS. You'll get the Bulletin of the AMS each month. Very colorful and somewhat simplistic compared to the research journals.

link to some information on BAMS

Looks like the cost for regular members (non-student, non-teacher etc.) is $64/yr.

 

[JamesCaruso]

I subscribe to Weatherwise as well. You can also check out the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology http://ejssm.org.

Adding to Todd's book suggestions, I also liked Mike Smith's book "When the Sirens Were Silent" about Joplin (I may not have the title exactly right...)


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