The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-23
THE GULF STREAM
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The most Interesting subjcc. PRE-
sented on h yoFa-c this WAY. - the
Gulf stream II forms Z nc.er endln-
topic Of inquiry and speculation. It
cons 10 be created and sustained by
the constant trade wind in tn. y. J.
portion Of rae Atlantic. detecting due
IVES: and by te n Un :ei - the :. r
trade wind Of the South Atlantic. run
uIng T. the y. W. wren 4 isiu> the
current formed by ne y. + trade w.nt.
making what y Gale! the equatorial
current, increasing IN ~yrloc.i. - 4;
mar Cape ~ Rome. the y. r point
81 the South American continent. Ihi~
current : then supplemented l., IT,
flow of the immense ANA on. the lar
est river in the world. Which emyil->
into the sea about twcutv-~iN III L.
South II the equator. Their, the
Orinoco liows IN TN, equatorial current
already having acquired a temperature
a!mOs, OF equal warmth with the AIR.
concentrated I.S cour~e through Ia,
Caribbean "a. reaching a ~ o,.ty OF
from Oh: and a half - three miles per
hour and = temperature 4 e.ghty-~,ycu
degrees Fab. This VELOCITY increase,
Is II passes cape ,atochc III lUCa,ln.
on II side. ami Cape - Thomas. IN
Cuba. on the other. This IN yhty % can
stream i here again supplemented bv
our WI ma este Mississippi, and rt.sac~
with still increased velocity through the
Cuff of Flor ia. where IL last u a.
umr the name of the Gulf Stream.
TWO and Q quarter TO five miles
an hour. The width Of the
Gulf stream. afr leaving the florida
Gulf average ihirty-fye miles, and
passes Savannah AZ 4 distance of about
ninety miles OF shore. \, ihi> point II
begins ~ widen and defect. AMI - -
velocity decrease. The di>tanc" be-
tween the Cuff stream and our coast.
i what i termed the cold belt, IL re-
tainS his average d.stanc" Of between
seventy and eighty miles. until reaching
Cape liatteras. where the average dir
tancc, from the inside limit oi the
stream. i only about th.rty-iIvc mile.
IL l. proper t. say here. that the Gulf
Stream. constantly running in a y. y.
T.. aud y. T.. direction, meeting a wind
in the opposite direction. account, for
the heavy >wcl! of liattcra>, which sea
men dread 20 much. and where 80
man wrecks mark the spot -! dancer.
The stream here dcbouche, further pf
shore. tends more TO the T.. y. T. and
so pcrccptbiy widcns IL distance from
The shore, that II Cape Henry. below
Fortress Monroe. the inner cdyc IL the
stream i an average distance of 10
miles OF shore. still moving IN an +. y.
r. direction. until al SANDY Hook. the
inner limit of the stream. = l>O miles
oil shore, the reader Of this crude and
and limited outline viii understand.
that from Cape lIattcraS. where the
distance of the inner edge Of the cuff
Stream i only thirty-Iiyc miles Oh shorr.
I'LL abreast Of New York harbor. where
it i l-o, the cold belt becomes wider and
wider. - that the inilowing counter
current from the cold north. running
inside between the Gulf streams ani ia"
shore. accounts for the severe winter,
OF our eastern ~cI-board States.
The stream. tax NJ a. before stated.
An f.. y. l.. direction. crossing the
bank Of New Foundland. has now at
tanned Il width oi some three hundred
mile. but still retaining is character
al a river in the SEA, warmer than the
surround NJ ocean, and having an IN
itial velocity oi from W. 20 three miles
per hour. On 1t, approach towards ia"
EnLIIsh and French coasts this great
Gull Stream splits. and il j. said. the
northern portion running partly on the
west OF Ireland to the north Of Scot
land the other portion dIy.rgng IN a
:. W. direction around the Bay Of BIS
cay. where the operating cause. a, oil
liattcra> the stream running against
the wInt-cau-es y hIgh, confused sea.
the perpetual ycXation and fear Of
navigation. II j. thought a part OF tn"
current dives under the straits nj Glib
raj ar. but Il main cOur>c J. southeast
along the coast of Africa between ~.
Helena Bay md the river Congo.
After it passes that river. II becomes a
q current. formed of water
brought from a cooler region by the
prevailing s%outherly wind-.-BI4lts5
". H0naa. ia Indianapolis Sentinel.