The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
WEEKLY WEATHER CHRONICLE.
General Summary for Ghe Week.

WEEKLY WEATHER. EMROMRCbE.
General Summary for the Week.
WAR Drp'M'T,, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
Division Of kilograms and Reports for the
Benefit Of Commerce. and Agriculture.
Washington. D. O.. November %. 1878.
During the past week three storm area
have moved from the westward to the At
lantic ocean, attended by cloudy ana rain
weather, and developing increased energy as
they moved off the Atlantic coast The frs
OF these was over the Mississippi Valley ol
Saturday, and passed south Of Nova Scotia ol
Tuesday. The second appeared to the sOutl
of Texas Saturday night, and on Sunday wa
followed by high northeast winds and heav,
rains on the Texas coast; on Monday it ap
peared over tho East IN Gulf, and earl,
Tuesday morning passed over Northerl
Florida, and thence northeastward Of
the coast with increasing energy
it disappeared to the southeast Of Cape Breton
Thursday morning. The third was over tht
upper Mississippi valley on Wednesday, anc
moved from the Ohio valley to the Middle
States during Thursday as an extensive rail-
area. During Friday it developed into quit,
Il severe storm along the const from Nurtl
Carolina to Maine, and having moved north
ward is this morning central over Maine. The
| highest pressure has general y continued over
the Rocky Mountain region and interior o
the Southwest, where clear and cool weather
| has generally prevailed. During the latte,
part OF yesterday friday and this morning
the pressure has risen rapidly in Oregon.
The rainfall for the past week averages
| about as follows in the various districts Can
adan maritime provinces 2.52 inches, St
Lawrence valley 1M, Lower Lake region
I35, Upper Luke region 0.33, New England
2.45, Middle Atlantic States 153, South Allan
tic States 81, Eastern Gulf States 1.29, West
eln Gulf States l. 80, Ohio valley and I'ennes-
see o.63, Upper Mississippi valley 001, East
ern Slope, from Dakota to interior of Texas,
o13 Coast of Oregon and Washington Terri
tory Q.
Missouri into the Ohio valley, and cloudy and
rainy weather prevailed from the lake region
to Missouri, IeDnessee and the South Atlantic
States; cloudy Or partly cloudy weather and
easterly winds in New England and the Mid
die States. Elsewhere, clear or fair weather
except rains in Texas. Oregon aid Washing
ton Territory.
Sunday, IT, Cloudy and rainy weather from
the lower lakes to the Middle and East Allan
tic coast; along the West Gulf coast, with
high northwesterly winds, and in Oregon and
Washington Territory. Elsewhere, clear or
fair weather.
Monday 18.-CIoudy and rainy weather In
the Middle States and Now England, with
brisk to high northeasterly winds and heavy
rains along the coast OF the latter, attending
O. stOrm~ceDtre to the southeastward; similar
conditions also existed along the Gulf coast,
attending 81 storm centre in the Eastern Gulf.
Light rains and southerly winds in Oregon
Or fair weather.
Tuesday, 19-Tho Atlantic storm passed
eastward south of Nova Scotia, attended by
heavy rains along the coast. The Gulf storm
passed over Northern Florida and thence
northward off the South Atlantic coast with
rapidly increasing energy; increasing cloudi-
ness and rain prevailed in the Atlantic States
and severe northeast gale, during the latter
part OF the day, on the North Carolina coast.
Generally cloudy weather. with light rains
from Oregon and Washington Territory to
Utah and the extreme Northwest. and north
OF the lake region; elsewhere clear Or fair
weather.
Wednesday,, 20.-The storm centre moved
rapidly nOrtnehstWard from off the North
Carolina coast to the south of Nova Scotia,
with light rains from North Carolina north
eastward. An area Of low pressure moved
from the southwest to Illinois, and light rain
fell from Indian Territory to Tennessee and
upper lakes. Light rains in Oregon and
Territory; elsewhere clear or fair
weather.
ThWsdaU 21.-The area of low and decrpas-
ing pressure moved from the Ohio valley to
5he Middle States. Cloudy and rainy weather
prevailed from the lake region and Middle
States to the interior Of the East Gulf and
South Atlantic States; elsewhere generally
clear Or fair weather.
Friday. 22.--StOrm-centre moved northward !
% COnneCtCut; brisk to high northeast to |
colder northwest winds, and heavy rains pre-
7ailed from New England to the lower lakes
,asterl,y gales changing to brisk and high
westerly winds, and rainy weather in the
Middle ATLANTIC States. Partly cloudy
yyeather, with light rains, from Oregon and
Washington Territory to the extreme North
vest; elsewhere clear Or fair weather
SATURDAY, 23.-Thls mornings report shows
he centre OF barometric depression to have
moved northward to Maine, accompanied by
Loudly and rainy weather over New England;
nd followed by brisk to high westerly winds
nd gales, with clearing weather in the Mid
le Atlantic States, and colder northerly
7inds, with light rain tnrning into snow in
he lower lake region. Partly cloudy or
Loudly weather In the Northwest; elsewhere
enerally clear cool weather.
RIVERS.
During the past week the Missouri river
as fallen 5 inches at Yankton; the Missis-
ppi from l to inches at all stations, and the
hio 81 inches at Pittsburg. The Ohio has
sen 81 inches at Cincinnati and Is at Louis
lille, and the Savannah IS at Augusta.
ALBERT J. MYER,
rigadier General (Byt Assg'd,) Chief Signal
Officer, U. S. A.
The statement of Prussia's finances laid ,
3fOre the Prussian Parliament yesterday, is :