The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-10-23
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
All who Want il Can Get Valuable
information on Application.

neSSee state weather service:
On July l, 1891, the meteorolog-
ical department of the signal sery-
ice was transferred from the War to
the Agricultural Department, and
although but three months ago,
many changes have been made
which, it is believed, will greatly
increase the value of this import
ant branch Of the Government to
the general public.
That the public may fully COM
prehend the efforts being made by
the department to improve the ser
vice the following information is
given:
Charts are made daily, at the
Nashville Office, on which are graph
ically shown the area of storms,
rain, temperature changes, etc. To
make the data more ineligible to
the public a synopsis, describing
the existing atmospheric conditions
in various portions of the country
and the probable changes during
the ensuing twenty-four to thirty
hours, is printed on the margin Of
each chart
Shaded areas are used to indicate
the territory over which ten ormore
degrees change in temperature has
occurred and over which one quar-
ter inch or more rain has fallen in
twenty-four hours.
cred" shows area over which the
temperature has risen ten or more
degrees; "blue," area over which a
corresponding fall has occurred,
and "black," area over which one
fourth inch OF more rain has fallen.
That these changes have been
appreciated by the public is shown
by the increasing demand for these
charts. Three years ago less than
t thirty of these charts were issued
daily from Nashville, and now fifty
copies are sent out each morning.
: If the departure Of the mails al
lowed fully two hundred could be
/. distributed over this State alone.
5 Wider dissemination is now Civ
= en- to the daily forecasts, cold wave
and frost warnings through the CO.
: operation of the Tennessee wealth.
= er service, and it is hoped that be,
: fore very long each county in the
3 State may receive these reports
o from this Office. Correspondent
5. relative to obtaining these reports
:, is desired.
e The Nashville Office is located il
e the law and dental department. o
: Vanderbilt University, on Cherr,
street, and is open to visitors eacl
n day from 9 a. m. to 4 p. M, anC
:, those desiring are cordially invited
:, to call.
IS The office has been recently fit
s. ted out with self-recording instru
IS ments which furnish continuou
!, records of temperature, air pres
d sure, wind velocity, and direction
d The records on file cover a peri
r cd of twenty-one years, and are Q
st much value to those interested i
the Genealogical history of Mid
'e die leTennessee. From these record
e, have been computed the ayerag
g annual and seasonal rainfall, ten
% perature, number of cloudless, part
e ly cloudy, and cloudy days; day
k with and without rain; prevailin
ID wind directions dates on whic
r the first frost in spring and last i
N autumn is likely to occur.
ot The efficient aid rendered by tn
as press of the city and State in dis
ct seminating the weather reports
lg the public elicits special CONNER
s. dation. Its representatives are a
at ways welcome and will be show
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