Call me old fashioned or even out-of-date if you like, but Tristan Gooley book ‘The secret world of weather’ does contain a number of errors in my opinion. I’ve not read it cover to cover because I don’t particularly like his writing style (‘joyful breeze’ I don’t think so 🤨), and compared with a really good book about the weather, such as Gordon Manley classic ‘Climate and the British Scene’, this book comes a very poor second. Take for instance Tristan’s description of ‘glazed ice’. He seems to be confused with ‘ground ice’ and ‘glaze’ or clear ice. Glaze is formed when supercooled water droplets come into contact with objects such as trees or roads the temperature of which are close to freezing, and when they do, a layer of ice forms instantly on the object. Frozen water on roads and paths is dangerous enough, but the results of glazed ice are far more dangerous. I’ll add to this post if I find any other goofs when, and if, I attempt to read any more of it. 😉
