If anyone wants to know more about the weather/wind, an excellent book is:Living with weather along the BC coast. It answers alot of questions, but does not bog you down with too much technical data. It is well worth the read. It also has a relly informative section on preassure slopes. The author is Owen S. Lang.ISBN 0-660-18984-4 and retails for arond $30 -
it answers questions like why we have a quite spell after mid November, Why Columbia gets more wind than IV. About 25% of the book is devoted to wind and how to forecast it for a specific location. my copy was bought at Tanners in Sidney, so I would imagine it is widely available. I know that it is also available in the library system.

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On hold!!! 'The wind came all ways' is good as well. (available from the library) It explains the pressure gradient nicely. I found a few pages worth scanning . http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/p ... ult_e.html Jimmy Lewis just ordered himself the ultimate west coast weather dudes bundle !!!

Nice bundle, George.

http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/p ... _cover.jpg I've been enjoying the new weather book Gareth. Thanks again for the suggestion.