The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-10-28
NEW PLAN OF SENDING OUT FORE
CASTS OF THE WEATHER FOR
The BENEFIT OF THE FARM


of some Importance. and we hope an
arrangement will be made for the re-
ception of these prognosticatioLs in
Dawson, as well as at other poi
throughout this section.
The flags are to be made ftin, and
their size, shape aud color, with the
code of signals, will be as follows:
No. White flag, six feet square
will indicate clear fair, weather.
No. 2 Blue flag, six feet square,
will indicate rain and snow.
No, 81 hite and blue flag, six
feet square, will indicate that local
rains or showers will occur and that
the rainfall viii! not be general.
No. BLACK triangular flag, four
feet at the base and six feet long, al
ways refers to temperature. When
placed below the numbers it will in
dictate colder weather.
When it is not displayed the indi>
cations are that the temperature will
remain stationary, or that the change
in temperature will not vary more
than 4 degrees from the temperature
OF the sane hour of the preceding DAY
from march to October inclusive, and
not more than s degrees for the re.
manning months of the year.
No. White flag, six feet square,
with black square in center, will 10.
dictate the approach of sudden and
decided tall in the temperature.
This signal will not be displayed
unless it is expected that the temper.
ature will fall to AZ degrees or lower,
and will be ordered displayed at least
twenty -four hours in advance of the
cold wave. When No. 5 is displayed,
No, is always omitted.
When displayed on poles the sig
nails will be arrange to downward;
when displayed on horizontal supports
Il small sueamer will be attached to
indicate the point from which the sig
mails are to be read.
No. l, alone. Fair weather, sta,
tiouary temperature.
NJ. 2, alone. Rain or snow. sta.
tionary temperature.
No. 3, alone. Local rain, station
AIRY temperature.
No. with No. 4 above it, Fair
weather, warmer.
No. l with No. 4 below it. Fair
weather, cclder.
No. 2 with No 4 above it. War.
mer weather, rain OF snow.
No 8 with No. 4 below it. Colder
weather, rain or snow.
No. 3 with No. 4 above it. War
mer weather, local rains.
No. 3 with No. below it. Colder
weather, local rains.
No. /. with No 5 above it. Fair
weather, cold wave.
No. , with No. 5 above it. Wet
weather, cold wave.
Arrangements are also to be made
to have the flags displa ed on rail.
road cars. The starting points OF the
trains on all the railroads will be sup,
piled every morning with the tore
casts, and one man on each train will
be assigned to the duty OF displaying
the flags.
When the public has made itself
familiar with the code, every person
can ascertain the forecast by looking
at any passing train.
A plan to have locomotives and fac.
tories whistle the forecasts tor the In.
formation of farmers who live too far
away to see the flags has also been in
vented by Professor Harrington, chiet
OF the weather bureau.
Notification will be given in every
town and village where there is a
steam whistle, that at a certain hour
every day the whistle will sound the
signal to indicate the probable weaths
er TOR the coming twenty-f ur hours.
Factories will receive the forecasts
by telegraph, and locomotive engi>
neers will receive it at their starting
point,
The warning signal to attract atten-
ton will be what is called the long
blast lasting twenty seconds. After
this signal has been sounded, blasts
iron. four to six seconds duration will
refer to the weather; short blasts of
three seconds each Will refer to the
temperature. Blasts tor the weather
TO be sounded first, like this:
Blasts. Indications.
One long ................ Fair weather
Two long ............... Rain or snow
Three long ................ Local rains
One short Lower temnerat,,re
Two short ......., Higher temperature
Three short. ..........-. Cold wave
The combination blasts are as fol-
lows;
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