Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17
EElTHER FOR THE WEEK.
oyrssoR FOSTERS FORECAST
ron SEVEN DAYS.
anal weather Extremes May be
s..scted for the Next Thirty
ua,,-Mars, the Dog of War,
A. the King This Month.

No., I. 18th to he 23d, and the next will
nnx, IN the Pacific coast about June
Rsie cross the western mountains by
4 ~ ,sse Of the 18th, the great central val.
!. ,r1 =. nom the Goth to the 2sth, and the
~ E.sten States about the 2gth.
r-uusual weather extremes may bs
y,I~' Injected during the next thirty days.
4, ~ ,r,rs. TO which the ancients assigned
,fr rromlnent position as the god of war.
{. I'M m surely be king of the weather
-*A1 .,nng the month to come. Extremes
temperature and OF precipitation, ac-
Ton .mpanied by very severe storms. are
most sure to result
h i During this period cold field and n
M am field Will move slowly west
- Ifi acroys the continent. Cold WIVES
nr-r a warm waves move from west to
i'c,s., II crossing the continent In three
NJ n tx days while cold fields move from
rh,. 81 to west. crossing the continent
MI three to six days.
@W geather observers have noticed that
'HlztM iafan and temperature often alter
~ ~ .fe ~ that one month win be warmer
M. N q dryer. and the following month
is,1 der and wetter, than the general
AL ,trages. Ihese changes are often
=. used by electric fields that drift west
~ srd
w me changes are extreme when a
i.rir met occupies position relative to the
\. 4, rh that induces a large Increase in
>.sl electric forces OF the earth.
~ 7hg warm wave viii cross the western
omtains about the Gath. the great
= nral valleys about the 26th, and the
-r1 ssttrn States about the 9th. The
VI. I. nj wave will cross the western
~. curtains about the 9th, the great
Intfal valleys about the 29th, and
} Eastern State about July /.
= ms storm wave will be OF very
I'D nsiderable force west OF the Mis-
" ;slpp river about the 25th and 26th.
OK Electric Currents.
~ The high and low barometers which
q q d the immediate causes OF all our
'shH ather changes are themselves re-
als rs Of which electric currents are
< causes. An accumulation OF cleo
" pity llghtens the atmosphere, and
Nv us forms what are known as low
Z rpmeters.
y The well known tendency Of cleo
dty to move in spirals soon starts |
vhirl Of wide extent, and from all |
81 reetlons the air moves towards the |
.. N alter OF this whirl at the same time |
4 n ang These motions are all caused |
v currents of electricity, and there
ft the upward movement constitutes |
~ vertical current OF electricity.
stx ID connection with the above, the
n lbwing laws Of electricity are quoted
~. Wpm standard work: Currents OF I
NJ sciricity attract each other when they
:. pr In the same direction. and repel
~ he another when they move In oppo-
Lu e directions"
j 81 We often see two low barometers
POSING the continent at the same
IA ne one along path north OF the
her Their electric currents ascend.
%, moving in one direction, they at
! act each other. and usually unite.
VI veil union almost universally causes
a. Instructive storm.
VI We must not look upon this union
the two lows as the original cause Of
+ destructive storm. but back OF
lem, where will be found planetary
10 pstons that cause unusual electrical
q fiiyity, which In turn cause two low
4 sfometers to form Instead OF one.
sometlmes high barometer OF more
Pan ordinary force WILL by friction
= ith the outer atmosphere, form eddles
The air similar TO those we often
! d. Il In water These become conductors
J. Af the overcharged earth, form lows,
Mnd sometimes four OF them are seen
WI The continent at one time. They
sHe feeble, however, and as they are
Hpafated by powerful transient high,
MY are held apart and soon die out,
The above quotation will also APP
ny 10 the high barometers, They are
Hfmed by currents coming down in
Hspfal toward the earth. and one high
= M| W hANldct anptntTs lntE oANell ulAlN'f
Mod the transient highs from the
Hofthwest always plunge into the per-
HAnent high of the North Atlantic,
nieh Is their nirvana, and IN Whlch
sy are absorbed and lost.
currents repell each other when
pes move In oppC site direction" says
Pc authority quoted. This accounts
the fact that high and low barome-
fs fepell each other, and although
~ hug each other closely, they never
FAR unite as to become one.
The same law that governs the !
lnets applies TO the high and low
rometers. The planets attract each
her Ill their electrospheres meet. and I
tn they repell, 1t Is II mistake 10 !
oppose that sun. planets and comets
alyertally attract each other. Re- {
llsion Is universal as coon as the
strospheres OF the bodies meet.
Somets plunge deep into the SUMS 2
ectrophere-which extends far out I
gond the orbit of Neptune-but the :
,Ie is knocked out OF them" by their
tuon against the elements surround
'ne sun, and they reach close quar- .
~ with the sun only by the :
omentum they gain before reaching
~ suns electrosphere.
Is also an error to suppose that y
.ails OF comets continue throughout .
sr orbits. These tails only show up i
W.'sl the comets have reached the suns "
NTosphere, after repulsion and fric-
~ nave taken the place of attraction,
rs enormously called. II
LAtendng the laws quoted above to
sfge scale, we have permanent lows
ne earth's geographical poles. over ,
~ pehIing sea, surrounding Iceland. 8,
AZ corresponding points on the N
utnern hemisphere In all OF these =
currents are downward. Upward t'
,.hsehts are found IN the permanent ID
l.ss covering the North Atlantic. II
v ssh Pacific. the central poStlon OF the 81
ssNh American and Asiatie Continents. Ii
km,, corresponding points on the NJ
rruern hemisphere. tC
,..saeh OF these great permanent and II
,uohary areas OF high barometers, b
sssh which currents move down g
ksnsi attract all transient highs and
+5 Tx al transient lows, while each OF
~ tleat permanent and. stationary ST
--r,. oarometers. through which cur
No.. move upward attract all
'ttnsient highs. da
Inil li \, known that an overcharged body nc
H. rew of bodies OF electricity. and ,n
1n,n we sun. moon or planets move
4rsi,., position that Increases electrical De
IL Y. ,hen the permanent highs throw co
ish,os Jules OF downpouring currents al
.tN.--ru constitute orr cold waves or -