In The Heart Of The Sea Weather Analysis

Who doesn’t love going out to the sea to sail, or fish, or even go scuba diving? It’s fun, it’s relaxing, and it lets people explore and get to know the ocean by seeing all the sea creatures, such as dolphins, whales, and sharks. However, even if you love doing those activities, it’s of the upmost importance to keep track of the weather during the course of the day or week at which you will be out at the sea. In Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea, a whaling crew must tackle the forces of nature to survive, and part of it is battling harsh weather conditions. There are some cases in the novel where the men miscalculate the weather through inaccurate meteorology. In history, the study of weather, called meteorology, has always been logged while sailing, and was and is still

One example can be referenced from In the Heart of the Sea, in the beginning of the voyage. There was a large and dark cumulonimbus cloud rapidly approaching the Essex crew, Philbrick described the event, “They could see it was coming, a large black cloud rushing toward them from the southwest. Now was surely the time to shorten sail. But once again, they waited, deciding the cloud was an inconsequential gust. They would ride it out,” (Philbrick. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. 39). Justifying the point about never underestimating mother nature, the crew believed that it was just a breeze, when it was unknown to them, or perhaps known, that it was a large black cumulonimbus cloud hurtling towards them. Cumulonimbus clouds are storm clouds that occur with a combination of moisture, heat, and an unstable air mass. At the time of the Knockdown in the book, it was in the mature stage, which means it may have been a supercell storm. The crew was lucky, because they had cargo to stabilize their ship. If they had a whale, their ship would be even more