The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-28
WEATHER STATIONS IN mIDocEAN.
The Prince of EIonaco's Plan for Report
Ing Weather Conditions at Sea.

The Prince Of HOnaco's Plan for Report
Ing Weather Conditions at Sea.
The prince Of Monaco is agitating in
favcr of the establishment Of a number
of meteorological obscrVatories III the
Atlantic ocean. Ee says the observa-
lions collected by the various weather
bureaus along tie ocean border do not
give mariners an idea of what is going
on far from land. The Atlantic is SO
vast Il region that we cannot predicate
the weather conditions at its center from
observations made on its borders. He
saws. in substance. that this is 4 favor
able time for the maritime nations Il
utilize good positions i'll the ocean to col
lect these observations.
The Dermudas, tie azores. the Cana
ries. and the Cape Verde islands are IA,
ready or shortly viii be connected viii.
the continents by Geographic cable. l.
would be sufficient for the present to es-
tablish on some suitable spot III each OF
these island groups an observatory pro
vided with the instruments needed for
noticing the first appearance, nature
and progress of the disturbances that
cannot be followed from the borders OF
the ocean The Cape Verde islands are
of particular interest, because they lie
near the tropic on the parallels where
the most important cyclones are gener
ated, which, after crossing the Atlantic
spend their violence on the British
coasts Two Of these islands are already
in Geographic communication with Eu
rope.
Bermuda will also be "a very usefu.
point of observation, because it lies al
most on the other extremity of the arc
Of the circle along which the north At
lantic cyclones pass. Bermuda is nov
in direct telegraphic communication
with North America. Observations art
already made there, but are not tele
graphed to Europe. The Azores are not
far from the center of the same circle
4 submarine cable to connect the AZOres
with Portugal and America will soon bt
laid.
Madeira is in the neutral zone between
the trade wind regions and the area OF
southwesterly winds farther north. A.
this area shifts with the season this
island belongs sometimes to the ont
region and sometimes to the other
gal by cable
The CanaIics are i'll the region WHERE
the trade winds take their rise and pre-
vail most of the year. Three Of thcst
islands are connected with Europe by
cable. With the exception of Bermuda
all these islands have localities suitabl.
for high level obseryatOrics. which, /!
established and kept going for only a
single year, would greatly help to put
the metcorolcey of the north Atlantic
on a sound basis.
The western shores of Europe, espe
cially those Of Great Britain and Ireland
are exposed to continual devastation by
storms coming from the westward. The
only source from which warming Is ~
ceived is from North America, and these
warnings are of considerable value. but
the north Atlantic Is so wide that Amer
lean storms often lose themselves III 1T,
and others are generated of which Eu-
ropeans at present receive no warning.
By the system of observatorics on islands
of the Atlantic the Prince Of Monaco
proposes 20 collect daily information Of
the weather conditions throughout the
oceanic basin, and TINS Europe and
America can be informed of storms tE.h
are approaching them from mid0ceiin.
and the Information would be Of great
use to mariners besides being helpful to
the science of meteOTOlo2y. Met, or
ologists who have expressed themselves
upon the subject think that the Ideas
advanced by the prince are entirely
practicable and well worth carrying out.
New York Sun.