Savannah morning news., 1886-01-30
MAKING UPTHE WEATHER
EXTENDING THE SIGNAL SER
VICE IN THE SOUTH

Special Indications Issued for Savannah
The Proposed Inauguration of a Sys-
tenn of ID ally signals for the Benefit of
Agricultural and shipping Interests.
The value Of the meteorological reports
issued by the Signal Service Bureau IS
widely recognized. The government has
at present about 100 signal stations be-
tween the Rocky mountains and the At
lsntic ocean, each OF which sends daily TO
Washington three observations, from
which the probabilities are made up. The
points Of observation are necessarily far
apart, and many climatic variations es-
cape record.
In number Of States State bureaus
have been organized and operate in con-
nection vita the National bureau at
Washington. BY these State bureaus it is
intended to have an observer in every
county, who will report 10 the Chief Sig
nal Officer Of the central or distributing
office Of the State. The State Central
bureau in turn maaes his report to " ash
lngtOn, utilizing local climatic data and
enabling the department 70 forecast the
weather more accurately for particular
localities. In number OF States tkis GER
An attempt 10 introduce 1t in Georgia was
made year ago but was not successful
IL Is IN active aud useful operation in
Ala abama, ana some Of the western coun-
Ties ot Georgia share lts benefits.
She daily inu 1ns received here from
w aSAugton have heretofore been general
Tor the south Is la lc states. Through
the efforts of OOe N er Emery. in charge
OF tbs savannah signal STALLION. a special
service has been established Whicn will
furnish, ~ addition TO the indications for
the south Atlantic states, special iHdica-
tions tor Georgia and -his immediate
locality. These indications, which will
be published lp the NEWS daily, are based
upon careful and accurate iOcai Obserya-
uons. TIE extra service is az present
furnished TO but few localities. a1d its
value VIII doubtless be appreciated.
In addition to the special service. OBJ
server Emery proposes TO establish Il spe-
cial system of signals to be DISPLAYED in
connection with the Indications, by which
the probabilities for every y hours can be
shown by differently cOiOred and marked
flags.
There are two sets OF flags, about the
size OF the cold wave flags. Each set
comprises three tags and Is marked the
same, except in color. One set is marked
with red signals and the others witn blue.
The signals are a round sun. crescent
aud star, Tne red color refers to the
temperature and the blue to the state OF
the weather. The full set is as follows:
No. White dag with red sun in centre
to Indicate higher temperature or warmer
weather.
No. 2-W White flag with red crescent in
centre to indicate lower emperature or
colder weather
No. 3-Wnite flag with red star in
centre to indicate stationary tempera-
ture.
No. White flag with blue sun in
centre 10 indicate general rain.
No. 5-W mite lag with blue crescent
IN centre 10 indicate clear Or fair weather.
No. G-W White flag with blue star in
centre 20 indicate local rain.
Beginning with the blue the sun indi-
Gates general rain" the star, 'Iocal
rain,' and the crescent, "clear or fair
weather." red sun indicates ''hiCher tenn
perature,' 1. G., the temperature at any
hour Of the day may be expected to be
higher than at the same hour The previous
day; the star indicates 'stationarv tenn
perature,' by which is meant that it will
not vary more than three or tour degrees
from the previous days record. and the
crescent signifies CLOVER TEN perature,"
/. e., lower taan at the same time the dav
before. Inc probabilities are given bv
displaying two of these signals in con-
junction, thus general rains and station
ary temperature" would be indicated to
the puoAc by hosting a blue sun and red
star together, and so ON.
A want OF funds prevents the Signal
Bureau from supplying these signals. aud
at whatever station they are displayed the
expense Of furnishing the flags has to be
borne by the community. The cost is,
however, very small, and the entire set
can be furnished for about SIS. The men,
beTs Of the Cotton Exchange. shipping
agents and business men generally are
Interested in me signal service, and will I
no doubt gladly bear the expense OF secur-
ing the signals at once. Sergeant Emery
mas volunteered to take charge OF the eX-
ira service. and as soon As the signals are
obtained they Will be displayed every
morning upon receipt of the special indi- /
cations from the post Office building and
will remain during the day. These sig
nails are the same as used in Boston, New
York and Baltimore. Where the special
signal service is in operation it is highly
valued, and the interest manifested here
viii doubtless result in its being estab-
lished at this point.