The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27
SUMMER BACK AGAIN.
Mercury Climbing Up to Where It
Was a Month Ago.

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Yesterday was another warm day for the
season. The maximum temperature was
! 81. The minimum was So. Overcoats
have been laid aside again and those who
went into heavy clothing during the recent
! cool snap found it rather unpleasant during
the summer te:up nature Of yesterday.
Observer Smyth Of the weather bureau,
said last night that the storm central Sun
day night over the lake region, had moved
rapidly eastward and now centers Off the
New Englan coast, with a slight increase
in intensity. An area OF high pressure
centers over Minnesota and the Dako-
tss, exten ling southwark to Kansas
and eastward TO the Low er lakes. The tenn
perature has fallen from u to 120 from the
DaEotas southwark to Kansas, 12' to 49,
over the Missouri valley, g. TO 70 over the
Upper Mississippi valley and 3 to 90 over
the lake region. The temperature has risen
% to 10 in the North Atlantic states, and q
slight rise has occurred in the Ohio valley
and Tennessee and throughout the South
Atlantic states.
At the hour of the closing observation
yesterday rain was falling at Detroit and
snow at Marquette, Mich. Generally fair
weather prevails south OF the Ohio aud
west OF the Mississippi
Observer SIN oh says there seems 10 be a
general misunderstanding with regard TO
the now system of whistle signals recently
adopted by the weather bureau for
the general distribution of forecasts
He saysit is an entire mistake that the
whistle signals will be given by rail way los
comotives. as it would be impossible for
the engines TO whistle the weather bureau
signals without seriously interfering with
the railway signal code. There would be
too much danger of disastrous mistakes
Tho yubiskia OLE mill he oil o,Ix h1v
engines of mills and factories. One long
blast will announce fair wea her, two
long blasts rain or snow and one short blast
lower temperature, and with other signals
generally to express the different forecasts.
The introduction of the whistle signal code
has not bsgun yet.
The weather bureau will use the railroad
trains for the dissemination of weather
predictions by system of flag signals. The
flags will be OF tin and will be carried on
the sides of the cars there being different
flags TO indicate the different fore
casts In this manner Chief
Harrington, of the weather bureau, expects
to increase the usefulness of the weather
bureau by making the distribution of in
formation as TO probable weather changes
more general.
The mill and factory whistle signals will
announce the weather forecasts to the sur
rounding communities, and by means Of
flag signals attached to the trains the fore
casts will be made known to the smaller
towns and the country people through
which the lines pass.
1t seems to be the intention of Chief Har-
rington 70 improve the service of the
weather bureau generally. Park Morrill,,
formerly of the Boston weather bureau. has
been appointed one of the twenty local fore
cast officials provided for in the new bureau
The fOrecastlng district assigned him is
Georgia, with headquarters az Atlanta.
He has also been designa ed as director Of
the state weather service OF Georgia. At
lanta is thought to be the best point for an
important office Of the weather bureau in
the whole southeastern section of the coun-
try, and such it will probably be made its
sphere ultimately extending beyond Geor-
gia. Chief Harrington is specially inter-
ested in the work in Georgia, and has
Office force in view of the enlarged work 10
be undertaken.