National Republican., 1885-01-12
MOUNT WASHINGTON.
Some OF the PecuIiRrItIes Of the
Weather at That Altitude Ex.
rnInIneb

| some OF the PecultRrittea of the
Weather at That Altitude Ex-
planned.
The morning papers Of Dec. 90, Mon
day. contained tho following report
dated Dec. 20, 1884. Yesterday morning
(27th) whilo the temperature In the
valleys in this vicinity was from iso 10
20o below zero, tho atmosphere was 80
still that IL was 16o above on Mount
Washi ngton. Tho wind to-day (2sth)
has boen from seventy TO eighty miles an
hour and for q short timo this evening IL
was 120. Tho temperature to-day has
been 80 above zoro.D
Tho special point about this statement
IL tho temperature, the high wind wo OK
pect II being the general or normal con-
dition and not the exception. This ref
orenoe to the temperature would seom to
carry tho idea that II was phenomenal,
aud not easy 10 oxplaln-wartner by
over 3Oo ON the exposed mountain top
than In tho valleys in the vicinity
| doubt If tho old system Of meteorology
could give a satisfactory explanation, but
IL wo will consult tho weather mhp and
| familinrize ourselves with its revelations
an explanation most plausible and reason-
nblo will present itself. .Isw
From this map we learn Of tho move
HnentS Ol nlHn anu low phrometer-nOW
| they move In general lines, ever from the
west toward tho cast.
From tho study of natural philosophy
wo loarn that heated air, being light, as
| cends, whllo cold air, being relatively
heavy, settles TO tho lowest point
There arc many things wo cannot
prove, but from such information 40 we
have obtained we know must be So Good
points In reasoning will 1T each othor
like the pieces In the child's toy map.
We cannot at preseut prove that the
areas of high and low barometer move
continually around tho world--that the
storm and the sunshine Is, 80 to speak,
over present to itself. We cannot at
present prove this, but we can readily SEQ
by the map that these conditions are
ever appearing In our west aud disappear
ing In our cast. We canpot as yet, for
want OF stations, prove that they encircle
the earth, but We believe that they do.
On the surface Of the earth We know
that the movement of tho air is horizon
tai, from tho "high" to the "low." We
know that at the center of "low" tho move
ment of ths air Is upward or perpehdicu-
lar, and that the air at this point must be
heated, else it would not ascend. We
know that the air becomes heated by
contact with the earth through tho heat
ing power Of the sun.
Above the earth we cannot track tho
movement of this air, at least as we can at
the surface, but from what we do know
we believe that its motion Is much like
~, Vtia ,tes ke. p,rt .,
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tho center Of low barometer.
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