Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-11
STORMS EVERYWHERE.

Observer Barwick Gives Little Hope for
Settled Weather Soon.
The Signal Service records in this city
show that yesterday the barometer stood
at 80 O3 inches at 5 O'Clock in the morning,
but shortly afterwards began falling and at
$50 P NJ. was lower (29 "A inches) than it
had been any time since o'clock P. NJ. on
the 20 h of last October. At that date the
barometer fell to % 81 inches, with rain
fall commencing on the evening before,
and continuing almost steadily until the
oath, during which time there was IS
inches rain measured, accompanied by high
southeriy winds, reaching a maximum
velocity of twenty eight to thirty miles per
hour.
The next lowest barometer was on No
vember 18th 90 81 inches), with a storm Of
rain beginning about the same time, the
wind attaining a maximum velocity Of
tweuty-eight to thirty miles per hour. The
next lowest barometer 20 so inches)
occurred on December 9Th, accompanied by
flesh southerly winds and steady and
continu lus rainfall up to last night, ct
which time, as before remarked, the ba-
roDeter had descended to 2974 inches,
with rain falling, accompanied by fresh
sou,herly winds, travelling from eighteen
TO twenty-five miles per hour.
Now, would anyone, after scanning the
above barometrical comparisons for the
last three months, be willing on their own
judgment to say that our present storm is
at an end? l hardly think they would,
although no one can accurately judge OF
coming weather in California by the vary
ing barometricsl conditions that are at
times so contradictory in their predictions.
Certainly Lieutenant Msxfield, the Ipdi-
cation Officer for the Pacific coast, with
headquarters at San Francisco, deserves
sympathy and commentator tor his high
averages Of weather prediction during this
season.
The rainfall in this city yesterday was
| % of an inch, making tor this month, 4 81
| inches, and for the season, Is 40 inches, as
against 10 inches TO an equal date last
| year.
WATER EVERYWHERE.
The sight from the roof of the Signal
] Office building or at any other high eleya-
| ton, looking over the town CT Washington
| toward SHingie's station. and as far as the
eye eau see by the aid of strong field
| glasses, the sceae is nothing but water
water everywhere; while the line of the
railroad embankment can be traced fol
several miles, resembling very much one
| continuous dam. in any sense that the
| word may be expressed
The barometer was still falling in this
CITY at o'clock last evening. the hour OF
writing this report.
ALONG THE COAST.
The barometerieal conditions from thi:
city north to Olympic, in the State G
| Washington, at O'Clock last evening
! show a low barometer everywhere, some
what lower than in this city. the loves
appearing at Fort Candy, off the mouth o
the Columbia river, in Greg n. where i
read at the above hour but % 66 inches
From this point it increased in hight
being % 20 inches at Olympia on to-
north, and southwark from Fort Candy
it stood at % "a inches at Portland, % 81 y
Roseburg, 29 "A al Red Bluff, and 29 50 ii
this city Here il dropped to % IA inehe
by7P M The temperature IS cool II
southern OREGON.
The rainfall for the twelve hours endini
a. 5 O'Clock last evening. along With lib
temperature ct that hour. was as follow
Tor the signsl service stations name.
Olympia, "a of sn iEch, With tempera