Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-18

| most paris OF the United States during
tho megth Of March. causing extensive
prepare isSsseid, wet, bacE%aci sprins,
WEATHER fNNlllAT1oNs.
Those who strive TO ifss>a defect In
long rlnge weather forensic >Sa. order
that they may play tho critio afSts,es :.
pursuing course that VIII benefit thenrl
| selves or the public. The time will
probably never come when weather fore-
| caste will be perfect. but enough of tho
causes have been discovered To make
those forecasts of practical utility and
prospects are very bright for more rapid
nrngras than ever before.
I Not many years ago II was believed
that all weather changes were local, nc.
cldenth, coming from every direction
and with no regular periods a real world
OF chance In reference TO the weather.
Now IL is well understood that weather
| changes regularly progress across the
Continent from west to cnst In periods OF
| from three to eight days. Of which tho
five aud six day periods, being the prln-
elnal changes, are given IN these weather
bulletins.
lt Is further known that tho storm
wives move around the earth IN about
twonty'nine days and the timo Is pruba.
bly, not very far away when we can
point out, In advance, the rath of ench
storm wave across our continent hornsa
the Atlantic, through Europe aud Asiu.
western coast and beginning anew ~
rghsolcss round Ia lis allotted time, hut
along another path. because Of tbs
ehangcd electrical conditions brought
on by tho changing position OF the sun,
moon and planets.
The weather student who desires 10 bo
benefited. rather than 20 critirlsc. Ina
learned that the weather changes come,
WIN u few exceptions. within one day OK
tue. dates givon in thcso bulletins nnd
nallions Of people In the United States
guides.
Iiut those who study The weather
signs, always hung out Ia the ntmnsphrr.
VIII be. most benefited. Specific rules
eann9t be giyonfo all eases. and there-
fore II 10 necessary Ia understand bnd,
principles In order 10 secure the grcaies,
benefit Many people, through q lack OF
knowledge, violate tho laws OF orr conn.
Try. Specific laws cannot he made for
every case. but those who have learned
the underlying principles OF government
have a sure guide bY which ~ determine
whether an act " criminal. SO u n In
mctcorology. 10 know few Of tho basld
principles VIII greatly aid In Determining
future weather events, some of which
onnnot DO covered hY specific forecasts.
Tho low bnrumutera are fOl from tina
hleh hnronetore One Of those feeders
10 located northwest OF Winnipeg. and
whom a low approaches from tho PaeiGo
ocean tho hiph in Western Canada IN.
crcaaes In force. and afior the low mass.
q 70 inc eastward y part OF the Canadian
high breaks away from its unoorngs and
follows tile low, usually passing into tho
permanent high over the north Atlanur.
WHOM the low " passing down Tho
eastern slope Of the Rocky mountains II
induces M inrronse Of the north Atlantic
high ON The Atlantic conat, usually south
Of New York. and from this often occur
mild rains one or two days before thu
regular storm wave n due Il N necrs-
sury for those living in The Southern
stnteH 10 understand ihls feature rs Il
cannot always be inclnded IN these bulle-
tins. These south rnins win often occur
on tho days given In the daily forecasts
rs fn0icratiDg or warmer. Or Tho day
before the warm wave II due, Careless
readers viii sometimes mlsnndorsiand
the predictions for cool aud clearing dnys
or the days on which ihe cool wave IL
due. Oitcn the heaviest rains and SHOWS
fail rs the cool wave comes in, and Il IL
a common remark that We would have
cooler weather if u would rain, Tho
reverse IL true. for II ~ the change from
a high 10 q law, Or from q low 10 a iiri,
that causes rain. and the change IN the
temperature il a result. not OF rainfall,
but OF the bnronetrc changes This
change u caused by reversal Of tho
electrical currents. the hitter going up In
between those reversed currents.
Our warm winters aud hot suunuerg
are CAUSED by Tho lows crossing tho con
tnent far 20 che north, and our cold
crossing far 70 The south. Usually tho
winters Of Europe are cold when orr
winters are warm AMI ours arr cold when
theirs are warm, The immediate cause
n that when the lowe crdea our continent
far 10 The south they cross Europe FIR
N -. D.
l;urDpe tho warm wintcr and when orr
lows cross far 10 tho north they, on
reaching furopc. take southern paths
and then we have the warm and Europe
the cold winters.
The immediate cause Of these Iowa
running north on our continent aud south
IN Europe. u an increase N The force and
Of the perpetual high which
covers the north Pacific ocean aud, At
The anne time decrease w the force and
dimeilsi0ns Of the north Atlantic per
peiuhl high Whom we learn lie laws
that govern The changes In th0aoe two
perpetual high bnroiueters. we Will have
the key to cold and warm winters.
AN IN pursuit ~ that key aud expect
s0on 10 more completely pnsgess H. 7
have M doubt that the moon and planets
constitute 4hr cause. but some u tho
have not yet been found
For Determining tho inws Of cold win
iera ] am using fha weather record Of
New Bedford. Mas. which has been
recorded thee times day since January
!. 1919. making daily record for eighty
onc years.
Weathcr records Of three daily obser-
nations have hren kept and are now pab-
iahrd covering seventy wears az Wash
uxion; - At Atlanta; IS at Akin, South
'arhna; ~ at Southport. a. O.: "a at
Fort Brooke Florida; 50 az Fort Mon
or, Va. % at Cincinnati, Obj: - as
santa re, n NJ. ~ NJ Forf Brady.
Heb; ~ a. Miami, Mo Gs az Philaaei-
,hiai rs At Mhrineo. III; % at Hanover,
Z. H. 81 al Pori3month. Ohio, - at
'aicrno. n ": IS at 1rov ". Y-:51
L Newark. N g.. ~ ~ ~. Louis, %
I Milton Crook. Mas: 81 Sandwich,
u. /: a. North LeHiaAvFx Ohio.