Fax machines, Facsimile transmission, Charts, diagrams, etc, Equipment and supplies, Weather forecasting 

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Includes index.

Acknowledgements -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Weatherfax and satellite image technology -- Telephone fax (telefax) -- Internet sources of weather charts -- Weather charts from short wave radio broadcasts -- Receiving equipment -- Radios for fax -- Grounding the computer and installation -- The radio/computer interface -- Receiving fax signals -- Reception of satellite images -- World weather patterns -- Forces driving the weather -- The tropics -- Polar regions -- Mid-latitudes - Cloud formation -- Charts and images: types and features -- The surface analysis -- The mean sea level prognosis (MSLPROG) -- Upper air charts -- Other charts -- Satellite imagery -- Interpreting details -- Estimating wind speed -- Weather associated with high pressure systems -- Weather associated with low pressure systems -- Upper weather influences -- Waves and swell -- Factors affecting the development of waves -- Fog -- Conditions likely to produce fog -- Putting it all together -- Exceptions to the wind rules -- Improving fax maps with present weather observations -- Adding your own weather observations -- Reporting wind and sea state -- Storms, hurricanes and cyclones -- Development and evolution -- Extra-tropical storms -- Case studies -- The perfect storm (1991) -- 'The 1994 Queen's Birthday storm' -- The 1998 Sydney/Hobart race -- Conclusions about these storms -- Appendix 1 HF weatherfax station browser -- Appendix 2 Characteristics of fax transmissions -- Appendix 3 Map projections -- Appendix 4 Symbols used on weather charts -- Appendix 5 Tables and conversions -- Appendix 6 The Beaufort scale -- Appendix 7 Kepler elements and the NORAD element set -- Appendix 8 Internet resources -- Appendix 9 Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.