The National tribune., 1888-12-20
A RECORD
or Important Events in the Weeks Weather, End
ing Dec. Is, 1883, as Deduced from Signal SerV-
ice Observations Over the Entire Country.
LOWS" OR AREAS OF GENERALLY STORM


LOWS" OR AREAS OF GENERALLY STORM
WINDS AND RAIN OR SNOW.
Including the two mentioned in last weeks
Record, under Existing Conditions" as NOV
ing eastward, one in northern California and
the other in southern Missouri there have APP
peared in the United States six lows, only one
of which crossed the entire country, its center
remaining just north Of the boundary line from
Washington Territory to northern New York.
This low entered northern California and Ore
gon on the morning of the Sth, and reached
the Atlantic, of Cape Cod, on the afternoon of
the 11th, where it combined with the low
which was last reported from southern Mis-
souri,, and together they passed northeastward
over Nova Scotia, and thence eastward over
New Foundand to the ocean.
OF the six lows here mentioned, the three
first appeared on the North Pacific Coast, one
north of Montana, one in southern Texas and
one IN the Pan Handle of Texas.
The latter was the most violent low of the
week, being very severe along the Middle At
lantic and New England Coasts, especially after
joining with the low which came from northern
California. 1t appeared in northwestern Texas
during the 9TH; was central in the Gulf of
Mexico on the morning of the 9th, passed
noTtheastward over Florida and thence along
the Atlantic Coast, the center being about 100
miles off shore. This low was attended with
the highest winds of the week.
HIGHS" OR AREAS OF GENERALLY COLD, DRY
AIR.
Including the two mentioned in last weeks
Record, under Existing Conditions" as cen
trail, one in Colorado and the other off the
North Carolina Coast there have appeared five
highs within the limits OF the United States
These areas first appeared, one in Utah, one
north of Montana one north of Minnesota one
/ north of New York, and one on the California
Coast, the latter being noted III last weeks
Record
Two of these areas passed southwark over
the country, one just west of the Mississippi,
reaching the Gulf on the morning of the 18th,
and the other east of that river reaching the
North Carolina Coast on the afternoon o. the
18th.
Both of these areas, coming from British Amer
lea, were attended with the lowest tempera-
lures of the week.
TEMPERATURE.
Both the extremes and the range of tempera-
ture exceed those of last week. The weather
has been warmer in some parts and colder in
/ others.
The following stations reported range of
over 20o in "a hours Fort Buford and Bis
marcb Oak Dodge City and Concordia, Kan;
Moorehead, St Vincent and st. Paul, Mimi;
Omaha, Neb.; Eastport, Me-; Northfeld, VT;
Green Bay. Wis; Des Moines, Iowa; Apena
and Saut St Marie, Michigan.
The greatest fall in 81 honrs 1902 occurred
at Moorehead on the 18th.
The greatest rise (300) occurred at st. Vim
cent and Sault st. Marie.
The following stations reported temperatures
of over 700: Point Jupiter, Key West, Jack
/ sonvile and Titusvile Fla; Palestine Corpus
i Christi, Rio Grande City and Brownsville, Tex;
San Deigo and Los Angeles, Cal; and Yuma,
/ Ariz
The maximum 500 occurred at Rio Grande
City on the 18th.
/ The following stations reported temperatures
of below 109: Fort Buford, Bismarck and Fort
/ Sully, Oak; ST. Vincent, Moorehead and st.
/ Paul. Mimi: La Crosse and Green Bay, Wis;
land, de; 0swego and Albany, y. Y; Boston,
/ Mass, and Mortified, vt.
The minimum 14' below zero occurred at
4 st. Vincent on the 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
/ Rain has fallen during the week in every
1 State and Territory, except Dakota and Mon
/ tana, where the precipitation occurred as
/ snow.
/ Snow was reported from the following States
and Territories: Maine, New Hampshire, Yer.
mont, Massachusetts, New York Pennsylvania,
/ Virginia North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
/ Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
/ Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Kansas,
] Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona
and Wyoming.
The heaviest precipitation lover one inch in
/ "a hours was reported from stations in Yir-
! ginia, Texas Oregon, Utah, North Carolina,
/ Washington Territory, Maine, Florida, Georgia
/ and California.
The maximum amount in 81 hours GAS
/ inches fell at Norfolk, Va, on the 10th.
WINDS.
Heavy and destructive winds have been fire.
quent. Velocities of over 80 miles per hour
/ have been reported from stations in the follow
/ ing States and Territories: Rhode Island,
Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New York
New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts,, Pennsyl-
vania, Wyoming Territory, Michigan, New
! Hampshire, Georgia. New Mexico Dakota, Yer
mont, Kansas, Arizona, Texas, Missouri,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The highest velOcities occurred as follows:
/ Block Island, Il. l., 20 miles on the 18th :
! Woods HolI, Mass. 60 miles on the 18th; Sandy
Hook, n. j., 50 miles on the 18th.
RIVERS
The rivers GENERALLY fell on the 9th, 18th,
18Th and l4th, and rose on the 10th, 11th and
/ 18th.
Maximum rise az inches occurred at Au-
| gnsta Ga, on the 10th, and the maximum fail
(33 inches) at the same station on the 18th.
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
A low of considerable energy is central in
/ the lower Mississippi Valley, moving eastward
attended with high winds, and rain or snow
throughout the entire country, from the Gulf
to the Lakes.
The principal high is central off the North
Carolina Coast. Another high is moving slowly
eastward from the central Pacific Coast
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
/. A low is decided or violent disturbance
of the atmosphere, with the pressure of the air
gnerally JelOw the normal which undergoes
translation from place to place usually attend
ed with storm winds and precipitation.
2. high is an area of generally cold, dry
air. with the pressure of the atmosphere gen
orally Gb0Ue the normal, attended with clear or
clearing weather and sometimes violent winds
3. There is tendency among meteorologists
throughout the world to adopt the term cyclone
for area of low, and anti-cyetone for an area
of high.
4. In the United States highs are about 40
per cent. less frequent than lows.
5. Both highs and lows may have areas OF
enormous extent, varying in width from 25C
to 500 miles.
Great Act.