Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-14

w etaA OF rec. lhese eiHudS anu tfelf
derivatives cause the halos that are
soiHetimes seen about tho san and
moon y was probably eirro-strati
ihai eaaseg the great display Of noon
dogs aud circles the other day at ben.
YER Cfrps clouds Indicate both storms
and eleer weather according TO their
appearance II they appear ip thoir
niOst. delicate forms aiter stormy
weather, thag afr . sign thM ad
tiiey show themselves III parallel
Etreaka after fair weather las litsied
FOR some time, they are tie first indi,
cation Of approaching change. Cirri,
when greatly tangled and knottod.
show stormy weather close az hand. II
their borders grow faint and indistinct,
there Is rain coming.
"Cumulus clouds are characteristic
Of summer The farmers call them
thunder heads when they poke their
smooth. white. rounded SUBMITS, gilt
iering IN the sun ike silver, above the
horizon IN that form they are the
forerunners OF local thunder storms.
These mountainoUs-lookiu clouds
sometimes actually exceed the greatest
peaks OF the Andes or Ilimlayas in size.
When cumulus cloudsappeari awarm,
pleasant day, not very large, distinct
though sottin outline, and resembling
cotton balls, they Indicate continued
fair, dry weather. On the other hand.
when they grow larger. darker and
more fnrmidable-looking they foretell
storms. just before a rain they some
times seem To throw of little tleecy
clouds around their edges. Goethe, the
great German poet, who was fond OF
studying the clouds, said that rs long
as cumuli have sharply defined borders
ami white color a continuance of good
weather may be expected. Cumuius
clouds often form soon after sunrise and
temper the heat OF u midsummer day.
If they gradually disappear toward
evening the weather will remain serene,
but il as the sun goes down they grow
darker and mor0 numerous, then look
out for rain. The cumuli are the capi-
tails, or condensed SUBMITS, OF invisible
columns Of vapor rising from the earth,
They do not attain nearly so great n
height rs the cirri. Cunut are gener-
ally from halt mile to two miles high.
CiITi vary in height from two or three
miles 10 six or eight.
"lhe stratus ismOst common az night
and ia winter Those long ranks of
clouds that ] pointed out 10 Won IN he
southwest, and which show coming
northeast storm, are variety of stratus.
They always appear in the form of
stripes or broad. low curtains, covering
more or less OF the SKY. The night
stratus is formed OF inists from swamps,
rivers aud moist ground. IL generally
rises and changes into small cumuli on
summer mornings. The other kind Of
stratus, appearing at considerable
heights in the fali, winter and e,rh
spring. is, as have said. an invariablc
forerunner OF stormy weather,
"These three kinds OF clouds do not
always appear in their simple forms
They are frequently mingled together,
and four varieties of these derya,lve
clouds have been distinguished The
eirrO-oumuus consists Of little round sh
white clouds. floating at high eieya-
ton, and often resembling II flock OF
sheep resting upon the blue background
of the sky. Ia winter these clouds re
quently appear before a thaw. Between
summer showers they accompany id
creased heat They are common IN dry
weather.
= The GIRO o-stratus commonly ap-
pears in shoals resembling fish In shape
1T popular name is the Inackerci sky.'
IL Is almost a sure indication OF ap-
preaching stormy weather, When It
settles down into thin veil, covering
the sky, and making the sun snd'moon
look dim, il Is certain TO be followed hg
s1oW or rain You Will see Il ia, that
form following those strcaks that are
now rising in the southwest and cover
ing the sky before the storm comes.
"D,d YOU ever see n battle in the
cloudsa The cirro1eumuli and cirro-
strait are natural enemies The first
named IS fair weather and the last a
fosll-weather cloud. When they meet
ils they sometimes do after summer
storm has partially cleared, there Is
warm the SKY. The cloudy squadrons
eneounterin in mid-heayen 10 settle the
question whether Sunshine or storm
allprevail. " The cirro-cumuii sue
Coed the weather VIII clear; II tine
cirro-sfrati are victorious, there vii he
more foul weather IL 4 war OF de.
struction. aud the bsttle usually ends
BY the total disappearance of one or the
other Of the two kinds OF cloud, ail
assnming the form OF tlle snecessful
party
X" Ounnlo-stfatus is lho gtandest OF
all clouds, and so Il is the appropriate
forerunner OF gfaat a orM% n you
eyer happened 10 20 pp TIE Hudson
when q thunder forIn was eatherlng IN
the Catskills YOU mus 3iave sem this
cloud dropping ou Tho rndhntain tops
and hiding the great peaks ikea vas,
curtain, Whenever you See these
clouds looming up you may be sure that
a violent change in The atnlosphere j.
close at hand. The. ecumulo-stratds
consists o. a layer OF Foundation oi
daik-colored strains cloud nearest the