Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-27
OUR WEATHER CHANGES.
The Atmospheric ssHigh's and Glow. -

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
Nature has only few factors with which to
produce the changes Of the weather, vet with
them her range is infinite. She has the sun, q
factor to produce heat; ana q surface-the
planet-so receive the heat and to appro.
pirate 1t to the best advantage This sur.
face Is made up Of the two grand factors,
land and water, which, together with
the heat that comes from the sun, completes
our weather system and makes our planet
habitable. Without these three factors work.
Ing In unison we could not have our pres ent ex-
tstence; perhaps we might have been SO organ
Lied a. TO have lived under different
conditions, but under these present con-
ditions We ind ourselves, and It seems
1mpossible for Us to understand how
ve could exist without them. The three
grand factors which unite to make us what we
and Water Or the t ass nss
earth and water" Here we have the ,ann,I,er
yArse. Subordinate to and forming q cornpo..
called high" and slow" One-three-five nom
S We factors nature produces the infinite mum
bear witness TO: The weathermap was the in
.trument that introduced to us and familiar.
preme Power has wrought such WoSders s i B1
high" and "lo*"-that their movement
east We learn that Glow" is the agent Of the
storm, by having the power to produce the wind
formed by the action of the sun on the wase er
and which produce rain, hail or snow. accord.
Ing It'd e dominant mil conditions High may
air s nom the to the aiow high IL sn is
less wet, and cold or warm. according tn i Hs
latitude. lit Is moving on a high line of lati.
tude; say from As degrees to SIS degrees moth.
addition to precipitation In one form or anotber
according to the time Of year. II Glow is
mSsnf on ,s; low line or through the cotton
would move regularly over the country ON
effects and might figure the time, size. dura-
ton and intensity Of the Storm but these. fac.
tors, herein named. do not work together on
work together In q manner which PRODUCES the
greatest variety rather than similarity Hence
me dimculty In saying just what will be the ef-
Iect ana why we can never have anything
more than indications
The past six months we have had what might
one Of the varieties that are liable 10 occur. The
weather for the past six months has been ex-
ceS MIX cnnan,gea1ie from very warm TO very
NE, we VIM see sha. aio~%, for . .numSer Of
e"an,y on Sinh passed north line The
Latitude. thereby causing great heat, and that
tnen u high followed on such line as to
rom west To east, covering an extensive area
nom north 70 south, sweeping the land. "High"
- passed 70 the eastward fingered on the At
lanttc coast with lines rather southwest and
northeast, necessitating the slows" that fol-
loved 70 pass along the north line, whereby
was repeated the effect OF heat, and from going
go lar 10 the north giving little precipitation in
The vicinity Of Washington
HOW long this movement will continue we
know not After one of these hot spells have
been followed by q sO-called "cold waye'' IN
ing, n,gn people often remark that there must
nave been hail storm in the vicinity lfthev
VIII consult the weather map ON these occasions
tney VIII see that q thigh" Is upon US.
ana 50 We go, from Glow" to ahigh" and from,
nigh TO slow" The sun, the earth the land
. .ha 5ne water, cause these movements OF
eties and comforts which we here enjOy
washington, ID. G., June %, 1856. 1.P. N.
The COurts.
PROBATE COURr.-Judge Or
Yesterday, Estate sab Marks; letters of adj
manistration granted Arkansas and Leonora