The New York herald., 1878-09-27
THE STORM WARNINGS.
Scientific Europe Excited by The
Herald'S Predictions.
SURRENDER OF THE OPPOSITION.
An Important Article in the
London Times.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD

BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON. Sept. 26, 1878.
The most lively interest has been created
throughout Europe and particularly in
England by the recent storm predictions Of
the HERALD. The Daily Ne,rs and Morning
Post publish very full correspondence on
the subject from oil parts Of the country,
showing that it is not alone in the large
cities that the HEEALD's system is dis.
cussed.
THE CRITICS ANSWERED.
The above papers published several criti-
cisms on the verification of the warnings
sent for August 30 and September H. par
ticularly of the latter date, which foretold
the arrival of storm on the Spanish coast.
which criticisms Mr.. Collins answered in
two column letter, demonstrating fully by
the official data of the Meteorological Office
the complete fulflment Of the HERALn
predictions.
NEwsPAPER ON THE SYSTEM.
The Times printed long and very ex.
haustive article on the subject Of meteor.
ology. After sketching the former at.
tempts made at weather prophecy by such
men as Leverrier, Fitzroy, Airy, Herschel
and other distinguished writer's on the sub
ject, and giving an idea of the possible
cause Of their failure, the paper rocounted
the great advances made in meteorological
science since then.
OCEANIC EFFECrs ON BRITISH WEATHER.
The writer stated that the peculiar
weather Of Great Britain resulted largely
from influences of the Atlantic Ocean, the
Gulf Stream, oceanic and atmospheric cir.
culation, and adds =
Snow, although doubt has been thrown
by some on the connection between the
currents of the North Atlantic and the
weather of the British Isles and Western
Europe generally, it appears to us that the
opinion expressed by Sabine many years
ago is sound, and that the so-called Gulf
Stream does in most marked manner affect
our weather. ~.
SUCCESS PROVES THE THEORY CORRECT.
"The most striking evidence is found in
the success Of the storm predictions tele-
graphed to this country from time to time
by the New YonK HERALD. If the warmer
air over the great surface current from
North America to Western Europe did not
afford path along which atmospheric dis
turbances con be propagated to great dis
tances without any noteworthy divergence.
these predictions would certainly not have
been fulfilled in so large percentage OF
cases.
ADVANTAGES OVER EUROPEAN PREDICTIONS.
"These predictions, be it remembered,
point much further in advance than any
which have ever been based on European
observations--a sure proof, if any were
needed, that in the main our weather de-
pends altogether upon the Atlantic. We
believe that not only wind storms but tenn
perature and rainfall will in future, and
perhaps before long, be predicted, for
certain seasons at any rate, from tho far
West
TIE GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW TIE HERALD.
"It is true that the regular service of tel.
egrams formerly received from Newfound.
land proved of little value, but, as the direc-
tor of the Meteorological Office pointed out
several months ago, what we really want Is
that some thoroughly competent meteorol-
ogist on that side should telegraph daily
resume of the weather prevailing on the
Atlantic seaboard of the States, with intel
ligence of any disturbances leaving them
which showed signs of an intention to cross
the Atlantic.
SURRENDER OF TEE OPPOSITION.
The remarks of the director of the Meteor
illogical Office which are given above indi-
cate fully surrender Of the position taken
in April last against the HERALD weather
predictions for Europe and show tacit
acceptance of the HEuALD system.
HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE STORM SWEEPING OVER
ST. THOMAS AND JAMAICA.
HAvASA Sept 20, 1873.