Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-03-31

was fond of studying the clouds, said
that as long as the cumuli have sharp
ly-defined borders and a white color, a
continuance of good weather may be
expected. Cumulus clouds often form
soon after sunrise and temper the heat
of midsummer day. If they gradual
ly disappear toward evening the wealth
er will remain serene, but if as the sun
goes down they grow darker and more
numerous, then look out for rain. The
cumuli are the capitals, or condensed
submits of invisible columns of vapor
rising from the earth. They do not at
tain nearly so great height as the cir.
ri. Cumuli are generally from half a
mile to two miles high. Cirri vary in
height from two or three miles to six
or eight.
"Thc stratus is most common at
night and in winter These long clouds
that | pointed out to you in the south
west, and which show coming north
east storm, are a 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 mists from swamps.
rivers and moist ground. 1t generally
rises and changes into small cllmuli on
summer mornings. The other kind of
stratus, appearing at considerable
heights in the fall and early spring. is.
as | have said, an inyariable rOrerlnncr
of stormy weather.
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olra, nrna,. vnaU' M N''I5 t u, , ,o,' w. s iloV
They are freouentIv minglad toaethor
and rour varieties of thSse deriystiTo
clouds hovn boon distingnishod rho
cirro.cumulus rnnsists nfiittle rnundi.L
white clouds nontin~ at = hioh oioyn.
tion and Often rnsrmhIina e Gock of
sheen rcsting nnon thn Llnn h,cl,
rround of tLo civ In wintor thogo
clouds frcuueu,ly 9nnnn,, hnforo a thnw
Rctweon summer sbnwcrs tTny ,cnon,
panv increased bn,t Thev src com.
mon in dry weofbor
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~ % "nioo. ou'c ] Iulc"''oIi ,, VI up,
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nv SNOW or vain onwin III soo m II Vi,'Iot i,,ti'at
form fo,lowinn uho.a " stranI.. ~ I tInt ~ ~ ',' ,ro
risinr in tho sonthwost a. onJ ' ,n'" nn"or;",, @
tho CIV Lornro thn ,torm, an,no, ", '''''''
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olo.tS i,. 1T rilio-cuI'l!'ll "iu GIRO
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,,''..co % u l",i -@"eo'nti @ cIo"u' W men
C'ley meet Us Iliey soIllIiiheS 10 after a
Sulll'ller storm nus partially cleareu'
Ilere Is war Ill tlle SKY Inc cloudy
SquauLoIlS encounter III mlalleaVeh 10
Settle I',c question Wietner sunshine OF
STORM S'l'li prevail II lilc clrIo-clllll-
uil Succeeu' tlc weather VIII Dc clear
will he mora fonl weather If is yar
OIL Instruction. ana the ballle usually
ehds Win II total disappearance OF one
or the other OF the two kinds OF clouds
all assuming the form OF the successful
party
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Sn,a'',' Clo', "''s "o .n' 'rp'ol'' ''''o
happened TO 60 up the Hudson when a
great storm was gathering in the Cats
kills you must have seen this cloud
dropping on the mountain tops and
Kidding the great peaks like a vast cur
tain. Whenever YOU see these clouds
luming up, you may he sure that Il
violent change in the atmosphere is
close at hand. The cumulo-stratus
consists of Il LAYER or foundation of
dark-colorcd stratus cloud nearest the
earth, surmo,mted by bulky piles of
very dense cumulus, not white and
smooth like the fair weather cumulus,
but rough, dark and threatening.
"Oro or tho or,rdost sicbs in rho
world istthp majestic marc6 Of the
cumulo.srntus clouds ocrnss n hiIiv
conntrv Jistrict in oJvanre on violnI
storm AnimnIs "S a we'll 40 mom nrn
;ntinrid,taI H." ilo ronrrrr " n,,'nor,"no no' ",o
Of th" %oS"ons omd @ shnr thai,, "irt%,Ir coa' Nv,
tromLlim" omI I %mrryi"" yi"" tm ,' n,acos ,c nr
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