The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-24
EARLY SNOW STORM.
Seattle Awakes Beneath ,
White Robe.
STORM GENERA. ON THE COAST.
The Snow Turns TO Heavy Rain All
Over washinxton. Accompanied
by Winds Blowing . Gale.

A genuine surprise in the shape of several
inches Of snow Was in store yesterday
morning for eli those residents OF Seattle
who retired at a respectable hour the night
before. The snow began falling shortly
before O'Clock in the morning aud con-
tInued until about daylight Ii was vet
and packed well. At the weather bureau
the fail OF snow was recorded AZ three
inches and the opinion expressed that il
was equal TO about SIX inches OF light
snow.
When Observer Aiciatore was asked the
extent OF the snowstorm he first explained
how il was that it had not been foretold by
the weather bureau. but had dropped into
day when the forecast had been for fair
weather. He said that the barometer iz-
Dictated 302 inches on the morning OF the
I'D and the map made from reports
from different stations was an ideal
fair weather map. The forecast officials
are required to give what they term synoo-
tic forecasts. that is. indications from what
Is before them. Had the forecast official
had premcnition of the storm in any
way he would not be allowed to forecast
1t, as there were no indications OF IL on the
map. Within the twenty-fonr hours fol-
lowing the morning of the I'D. there was
the remarkable fall of I inches in the ba-
romeier. and before another map could be
made ur the storm had come. The storm
came from thewest and could not have been
foretoid unless reports had been received
from points IN the Pacific ocean. Mr.. Alicia
tore explained this as one OF the difficult
ties of forecasting on this coast. where but
10 per cent. OF the indications prove cor
rect, when as high as So per cent. prove
true IN some of the other states which are
entirely surrounded by weather stations.
From reports received at the weather
station the snow extended from British
Columbia TO Lewis county, in this state.
and south of that il rained as far as San
Francisco. 1t also rained in Eastern Ore
gon.
Ii rained the greater part of the day
and at night nearly all of the snow had
disappeared.
Reports received at the Seattle weather
station last evening showed that the storm
was still raging over the same territory as
in the morning. rhe storm center was at
Port Angeles and it was raging hard ali
over Washington and part of Oregon.
of the Columbia river the wind was blow-
ing forty-eight miles an hour and in Seat
tie after o'clock the wind reached
velocity of thirty miles an hour from the
south. The storm was moving northeast
erly.
The following kilograms were received
relative to the storm elsewhere:
PoRT GAMBLE, Nov % Especial. Five
inches of heavy wet snow fell during last
night. but is now rapidly melting The
thermometer indicates 10 degrees.
WHaTcoM, Nov. Especial. About
two inches of snow fell here last night and
today.
CoLvILLE. Nov. 23-[Special. The six
inches of snow that fell last Sunday still
hangs on. Indications are that the snow
will continue to stay on the ground for the
winter. In this event the stock of this
part of the country is bound to suffer.
The supply of feed is somewhat limited
and the farmers feel that it will require
more feed than the stock Is worth to pull
through the winter. Prime beef steers are
selling on foot for $l2 TO SIS per head,
while it will require ali of so worth OF hay
TO the head TO winter the animals.
A special from Walia Walla says three
inches of snow fell there, and it is feared
that if the weather turns off cold it will
interfere with late sowing.