Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-27
TEE LATE STORM.


The following item relative to the storm i:
furnished by Sergeant James A. Barwick, Of
the Signal Service: The storm of Saturday
frat made its appearance at Olympia and
Portland at the noon report Of Saturday
t25th) and at the night report it was raining
from Olympia to San Diego, with the excep-
ton of Red Bluff, Sacramento and Visali9,
with southeasterly winds all along the coast
and barometer falling. A notable occurrence
was the fall of the barometer below its mean
hight for February al along the coast. show
irg il to be one Of the largest and most extern
siye storms Of the season. 1t fell further be-
low its mean at Olympia than at any other
place, showing the storms center to be north
of Olympia, going eastward. Tbs southern
limit of the storm reached to San Diego, and
probably still further south, and its distance
from i.s center on the north side is rot known.
Il must have been e STERN with diameter
north and south of 1880 or 1900 miles. 1t
passed rapidly fIom the coast during e
morning of the 26th Sunday as was indi-
Gated by rapidly rising barometer, with
wind yeering from southeast to south and
southwest at the noon report, while at
the night or o'clock report last
night the barometer was rising very
rapidly from Portland to San Fran
cisco, while it was still falling slightly
at Los Angeles and San Diego, showing those
stations to still be under the irfuence of the
storm. The weather was generally clear or
clearing. with westerly wind and falling
temperature. The total rainfall for each STA
ton IS as follows, beginning with tbs neon re-
port of Saturday, February 255b, and ending
with the night report of Sunday, the 18th
Olympia and Visalia was missing at the night
report last night. Tie rainfall is therefore
brought to and including the noon report CT
yesterday tSundayl Total rainfall for storm
at Olympia, .7S Of an inch; Portland l rs
inches; Roseburg, "a of an inch Red Bluff,
.46 of an inch; Sacramento. 60 of an inch
San Francisco, .66 of an inch Visalia, IL of
an inch /; Los Angeles, l "a inches, and San
Diego, ~ of an inch; the heaviest rainfall,
for the length Of time rain fell, was at Los
Angeles-1.24 inches-a most acceptable one
for that part of California. The rainfall
here was .65 of an inch total for season.
10 90 inches. Deficiency as compared with
season of 1877. 10 G3 inches; excess over sea-
son of 1873, 1.4l inches; excess over season
of 1879, AS of an inch; deficiency as com
pared with season of 1880, 1877 inches.
Average rainfall for past five seasons, to date,
IA 10 inches. Deficiency Of present season
over average for five years past, 4.20 inches.
A few more storms like the present one will
lower our deficiency very greatly. Judging
from the rapidy-rising barometer, enc yerssd
in meteorological lore would be led to believe
that the weather was in an unsettled state,
and change from sunshine to clouds may be
expected at any time. When the fluctuations
of the barometers are in such state Of I'M
rest change Of Is to 20 Of an inch in eight
or ten hours is q sign of the Unstable equili5-
rum of the tmosphere-weather coGse-
qusntly unsettled.