The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-05


these figures therefore, show that orryave per Of
she warnings can be considered 70 10 really ,aessssn
conveyed BY tne OF real value 10 seamen In British
The intmaion to outbound ships that bad weather Is
prevailing at The other sids Of the AtAnic ~ me time
because experiences tells that winter
s 81 s ash perhaps .1 ~ 70
thar they reseh the american coast or A'sAss the lon
IL the actual wording OF tho warnings be sxsmnsd
conditions Of eontiasnta climate with us abrup,
:. IN the SSss sse, nsa ,1s
climate Ia these Islands ihs Is sunieieny evident from
allegations q temperature hardly one o. which has been
more luck ba, heavy ran safe propascy Tor oar VEST
coasts AZ AL seasons
ported the day Tor hch has been ioetod does not
storm as len The american coast In Tact in cas- OF
warnnss NO and No the pssh Of the disturbance was
tlsmsy mproo.ole iaat tue area Of oppression IN cues
planned in the HERALD February Is, 1877, the
depression no was IL front Of an saysnsing .ssS Of
this aide Of the Atlantic. distinctly moved FROM north
without any evidence supposed
from The states 60 neghbornood The presumption Is
that from the ueghborhood OF Iceland Again.
July u mo 49, the automatic records At our observato
she very day which predicted
a. all Ia Of % ss
drcgsrded In drawing the present analysis except in
sndeavored 10 show the degree which the Amer,c.n
warnings may have been useful 10 captansin British ports
prediction separately and compares Il with the record
OF the dates which il refers, aud gives his opinion
oil the FUN ment otherwise.
THE HERALD COMPARES scorr's COMPARISON.
The exact Language OF Mr.. scott In regard the
HERALD predictions bong before the reader ~ IL hrs
necessary to show how and where no nisspples
before Is demonstrated that he ignores facts
Or what must be presumed to DO such. they are
pciay recorded In the daily weather bulletins issued
10 tho London press by the British Meteoroio eical
ONCE. A gentleman OF eminent position in the world
Of science has ventured 10 crtcise what he confess
edly does comprehend, and must, therefore, IN
dorgo criticism himself.
AS Mr. SCOTS remarks apply particularly to the
HERALp predictions he justified by terms Of
any { these or Of any other statement In this
Journal relating to the weather claiming the mpos-
vDuy "oi meieoroIogist in the United States being
able to say which out OF several gales passing TO
pca from the American coast Will be likely TO travel
across the Atlantic with nimpared energyn
gale Is the local effect Of passing disturbance,
due 10 considerable difference between the cond
ons Of temperature aud pressure the area oil the
disturbance and those OF adjacent relatively
high pressure Tho gale does not pass .out to sea-
but the contrasting conditions that produce u may
90 30. The galc will not travel across the Al
Isniic but the atmospheric disturbance OF when
~ nn eHoCt may 10 80 Without
OF the conditions being impaired Hence, ii . gallo
prevails ohio gale will be subsequently expert.
rnced New York State provided the prevailing con-
dItions favor It's development; but II is by means
certain that IL will be felt although the disturbance
that produced u In OHIO may move into New York
IL possible that any meteorological In tho United
states could assert that gale, as distinct effect or
IN atmosphere dstui bancc, travels across the
.nersfore Mr. SCOTS reference 10 such possibility s
. very unaccoun table one.
so far his paragraph refers TO 'the statements or
Mr.. Buchan and others, 10 the effect that certain
storms have been traced by them right across tho
Atlantic" aud TO Captain Toynbess report tho dia-
srams accompanying which "show that steamers
when outward bound 10 America, often meet
succcssion OF areas OF low pressure on
their way eastward, and when home~ard bound
10 Europe, often with such system for consid.
srable time" ~ would be interesting to know what
Dtncr he would suggest besides actual obscrva
ion Tor determining transatlantic storm movements
II storm leaves the American coast and Is met by
successive ships in regularly decreasing lopgitudes