New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-01

eyaggerate or reverse the conditions 10 De en-
pected ordinarily. Hot weather IN the l'No
region usually attends an area OF low pressure
tn the eastward or norhward, with CORE
snopdinply high pressure to the southwark ana
tbc CONSEQUENT establishment Of southeriy or
southwcsterly winds. There has been during
the last few weeks somewhat eNceP'''l''''
nerSistencv of such n situation III the interior
of the United States. At this time OF year 10"
areas are accustomed to organize on the ho'NS
Mountain plateau, and move eastward 10 ,he
Atlantic i'm about three or four days. h'S"
,rea with its cool northwestcrly WINDS 'heh
follows. and works a pleasant change b"u
since tbe latter part Of May the barometrlc de
nressions have traversed the country much
more slowly. recurring from five to ten days
for tho iouruey Sometimes they have been
almost stationary for forty-cight or seventy
two hours. and then, instead OF followiIg 'ho
ordinary track along the lakes to the 81 Law
renee Valley, they have escaped INTO oahaua'
describing an unusual curve and coming OUT
nm tbo Maine coast. Thus, the winds about
Chicago would fail to acquire a northerly ele-
mo,t after the passacc of low" and the
ANTICIPATED temperature reaction would there
hp small as well dS tdluH' dl'h'"r"
ouent din Of the storm track TO the New-Eng-
land coast would give New-lork state IN ac-
cordnnce with well known laws. Just those
very northwesterly winds which the West had
failed TO experience.
The remarkable sluggishncsS in the move
mont of these low areas. to which it seems rca-
sonable 10 attribute the distress from which a
laroe number Of our compatriotS have lately
bodn suffering. itself needs explanation. lhIs
rhononeuon seems 10 arise in part at least
from the failure of the dcpres Sl0n' T. oI%ahI"
fully into cyconc wind systems with ram ana
70 establish good connections with those mighty
uppcr-air streams, which. in the latitude ot IA"
uDpor lakes flow mostly due eastward ana
have an important share in the translation OF
storms l. is very much as if Bridgc-car
failed to get a good grip on the swiftly moving
cable. And this imperfect development of the
Io,c orooS in turn. might be charged, according
to the widely accepted ESpyan theory. To tn"
prcvacnt dryncSS of the air; since this creed
rcouircS vapor rs well aS heat fully T. initiate
a storm The recent distribution OF AIR prc>N"r"S
has drawn air into the upper Mississippi Valley
and lake region from the arid plains OF Texas
and Ncw-Mcyico rather than from the steam
inc Gulf OF Mexico. In>hclt"rcd by cloud I'M
watcrcd bv rain. and under the spell OF winds
that could not organic into a SWlIt-moHlng
and air-churning cyclone, the interior OF the
country has lain hclplc~>ly roasting under the
direct rays of n fierce summer sun. IN" sea-
son j. vnrIng vet and when any weather type
becomes we'll established once, like this terrible
heat its tendency is 10 persist for weeks ana
oven for months rather than 10 abate quickly.
Though one must pray that the contrary will
provc true. il is not easy entirely to c>cap"
fear that such relief aS comes just now VIII
be only temporary and that the chapter of
misery j. far from complete.