Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-23
THE COLD STORM.
Confirmation of Deductions Made by the
Signal Service.

r. F. Bulletin, November 22d.I
California weather is one OF the charac-
teristics of this coast which is becoming
very familiar tc all people east of the
Sierras. The regularity with which rain
appears during the winter, and its absence
during the summer months, are due to laws
which, while not yet perfectly understood,
are being carefully studied. On this coast,
by reason of the regularity of meteorologi-
cal phenomena, there is a better field for
study than in the East, where there is con-
slant change.
Lieutenant Glassford, in charge of the Sig
nal Service on this coast, has made very
car eful study OF the meteorological phe-
nomena found here, ard has been enabled
to throw much light on the subject of the
weather. In recent paper he says that
when severe and stormy weather prevails
| on this coast, and especially in California,
almost invariably the press dispatches
announce from the East the preva-
lence of cold waves, snow block
| AIDES, tornadoes, etc. If complaint
be made at any time that the climate
of the Pacific coast is in no way superior
to the ordinary Eastern weather, attention
may be drawn to the fact that at that time
cold waves, SHOWS, ETC., prevail over the
East; if here the winds are high they are
balanced by tornadoes or hurricanes there I;
if washouts delay travel on this slope,
floods in the streams of the great Eastern
valleys and seaboard do vastly more dam
age; if frosts nip the buds in our Califor-
MIA citrus belr, in Florida oranges are
frozen. These condolences show a COM
mon sensitiveness to distant weather con-
ditions. Contrary to the usual rule in the
States east of the Rocky Mountains, we
have observed here recurrence and per-
sistence of fine clear weather, or of rainy
days for quite period. The Interruptions
are slight, of short duration, and the preva-
lent types are unmistakable."
Confirmation of this is found in the
weather reports which have been received
from the East and different parts of this
coast during the past few days
The storm of Saturday last went south
and east Saturday night it reached Los
Angeles, which had LIS inches of rain.
This forenoon it had reached Cheyenne,
travelling east. The indications all seemed
favorable at noon to-day for another storm
to reach San Francisco during the early
part or by the middle of the week. The
noon reports received by the Signal Service
showed that snow was falling at Portland,
Ashland and Astoria. The morning report
for the hours preceding A. NJ. to-day. by
the railroad, showed snow then to be fall
ing dS ldI SoutH Us DeIuiuS anu l1OruSOurS,
n. NJ. Snow was falling in the Sierra,
where Cisco had record of ten inches, and
fifteen inches had fallen at the Summit. 1t
was showing at Truckee, Prosser Creek,
Halleck, Battle Mountain, Toana, Kelton,
Promontory, Blue Creek, Corinne, and in
fact all the way to Ogden. AT Corinne ten
inches CT snow had fallen, and at Ogden 81
inches. Rain was falling this morning at
Chico, which had 10 of an inch; Red
Bluff, So; South Vallejo. SO; Suisun, 81
Modesto, SO; Turlock, so; MERGED, 25
Athlone, 80; Borden, IS; Fresno, 20
Selma, SO; Kingsburg, 81 Traver, 81
Keene, .05. AT Tehachepi it was cloudy,
but there was no record of rainfall during
twenty-four hours preceding A. NJ. The
storm of Saturday is considered to be over
here. The next one is predicted to be
heavy