The morning news., 1889-05-31
RAIN COM ES AT LAST.
THE LONG DROUGHT BROKEN BY
BRISK SHOWERS.

Nearly q Quarter of an Inch OF Rain
General Over the South and Heavy
Rainfalls Reported from South
eastern and Western Georgia-The
Signals Ordered Up and High Winds
Predicted on the Coast To-Day-The
Signal Bureaus Predictions Verified.
The first rain that Savannah has had in
six weeks fell yesterday. The fall was less
than one fourth Of an inch, but it frightened
up everything and made the farmers and
gardeners happy A brisk shower fell
little before daylight yesterday morning,
and there were light showers during the
forenoon, but the heaviest rainfall was
between and o'clock in the afternoon.
Savannah was not the only place
where it rained yesterday.
The storm, which in the morning extended
over Northern Georgia and Eastern Ten
nessee. passed rapidly northeastward, and
by O'Clock last night it was central in
Western Pennsylvania, where the barome-
ter had fallen as low as 1880 The de-
preston, however, extended so far south as
to include Savannah and Jacksonville
within the low area, the barometer at both
the latter stations reaching 29.76 inches.
Observer Won Hermann received at
noon yesterday an order to hoist cautionary
southwest signal, brisk to high south to
west winds being indicated for the South
Atlantic coast. Signals il the Jacksonville
section were also ordered up.
HIGH WINDS PREDICTED.
From the appearance Of the even
ing map it is likely that the
-. Il ill he uoriHad h11t that
it will not be necessary to change the
cautio2ary to storla signal. At O'Clock
last night some of the cities on the coast had
already experienced high winds. Cedar
Keys reported velocity of 30 miles an
hour, Charleston So miles, Hatteras "a
miles and Norfolk 2S miles.
AS general rule, Observer Won Herr
mann said, the velocity of the wind in
storms depends not so much upon the depth
of the central depression as upon the
steepness of the barometric gradient,
which, on the weather map, is shown
by the isobars, or lines of equal pressure
being far apart or close together. On the
map drawn last night at the signal office,
five isobars appeared between New York
and Pittsburg, which is a very good indica-
ton that the North Atlantic coast will ex-
perience pretty heavy gales during to-day.
A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
The signal service predictions for yester-
DAYS weather were verified in the most
satisfactory manner. Although at the Sa-
vannah station the rainfall only amounted
to .22 of an inch, it was quite heavy in other
parts of the state, particularly in the south
west and western part. AT cambridge the
rainfall was ]. Is inches, at Fort Gaines 1.33
inches, at Smithville 1l0 inches, at Quit
man n, and at Thomasville las. All
other sub-cotton stations of the Savannah
district reported rain, and the average
for the whole district III stations re-
porting) was "a of an inch. In fact the
drought is thing of the past
Every other cotton region district than
Savannah reported plenty Of rain except
Galveston At some Of the stations the
amount was quite large. The Atlanta
district o. stations reporting) had an
average rainfull of 3 13 inches; Memphis &c
stations reportingl LOO inches; Augusta
Mobile and Montgomery districts averages
exceeding half an inch. The temperature
throughout the entire south has been
moderate.
1t is probablethat it will continue cloudy
and threatening, with perhaps an occa.
sional shower in the eastern portion of
Georgia; fair weather in the western por-
tion. At Savannah the weather is likely
to clear up by tonight, if not sooner.