Books on aviation weather abound: Its the one thing all pilots have in common. You can learn about air mass theory, Coriolis force, and how thunderstorms are created and then dissipate in any number of different books. But how do you learn about regional weather, in the places you will be flying, before you get there? How do you understand the larger forces that affect your flight, as you make your way from Amarillo to Texarkana?

With maps, photos and illuminating text, Tom Horne explains what to expect, how to prepare for, and how to enjoy the best and the worst of America's flying weather. Readers can learn what to expect before embarking on a new trip.

In this fascinating and unique text, the author, an AOPA Pilot contributing editor and weather writer for several years, shows how global forces create understandable and repeating patterns as they act on regional geography. Riding along with the jet stream from west to east, Horne shows us why one side of Hawaii is wet and the other dry, what conditions we can expect in the Northwest for a large part of the year (IFR), and which extremes of temperature and precipitation will define our seasonal flying weather in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Every region of the country is detailed.

Using decades of climate research, a new understanding of climate and weather phenomena, his own experience, and case studies of weather-related accidents in each region, Horne shows us what we can expect to face as pilots of light aircraft. Flying Americas Weather is packed with descriptive maps and charts, recent research findings, and is presented in an understandable and accessible way.

Flying Americas Weather is an invaluable companion for pilots experiencing new parts of the country for the first time, or for pilots looking to learn why their regional weather does what it does.

Author: Thomas A. Horne: has over 3,500 hours of experience in some 200 different airplanes, commercial, and flight instructor certificates with instrument, multi-engine and glider ratings, and more than 650 magazine articles to his credit, is a prolific writer and avid pilot with an affinity for understanding the workings of weather. He has written on the subject of aviation weather regularly for over 16 years.

Format: Soft Cover, 329 pages, indexed and illustrated (includes full color weather images).