Storm watchers : the turbulent history of weather prediction from Franklin's kite to El Niäno

A remarkable journey through time that captures the evolution of forecasting. "Storm Watchers" is a lively, narrative history of the pioneers who figured out how to accurately predict the weather, from the birth of meteorology to current-day breakthroughs in weather prediction.

He describes the achievements of the earliest "weather men," such as Benjamin Franklin's pioneering research on the Gulf Stream and the effects of volcanoes on atmospheric cooling.

Cox also includes fascinating information on the conflicting forecasts that might have delayed D-Day; the breakthroughs that led to the earliest computer models of storms; how early meteorology was considered one step removed from sorcery; and the "discovery" of El Nino.