The evening world., 1894-08-04
THIS WEATHER IS ALL RIGHT.
But Look Out for Trouble During
the Next Ten Days.
Mr.. Dunn and Other Weather Sharps
VIII Compete ut Washington.

Observer Dunn's forecast for the next
| thirty-six hours Is an agreeable contrast
to the predictions he mas been dealing
out recently to long-suffering yet pa
tient public.
Mr.. Dunn said this morning that we
should have generally fair weather to-
day and tomorrow, with stationary tenn
perature.
There were showers during the night
and this morning In all States bordering
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts The
drought here has been broken. Through
out the interior of the country there
has been fair weather. The rainfall has
ranged from q fraction Of an inch to q
triie over two inches.
The cool wave came from the North
west and extends all over the Middle
Atlantic and New England States. The
temperature has fallen from Z to Il de-
grees. 1t was degrees cooler here at s
o'clock this morning than at the same
time yesterday morning.
The temperature at Albany this morn
ing was 62, Chicago 60, st. Louis "a, Bos-
ton 81 and this city 81. The highest is at
Key West, where 1t is 81, and the lowest
Is i6, at st. Nincents, MINI.
81 per cent, with the wind northwest,
blowing eight miles an hour. The rain
fall was only 7-lO0 of an inch this morn
ing.
To-day's forecast will be the last that
MIR. Dunn will make for the next ten
days, as he will leave for Washington
tomorrow to enter, ten days compe-
for the new office, Professor of Weather
Forecasting for the United States" re-
Gently created by act of Congress-
The object OF this new office Is to sta
m ,huh ixy Va
tent weather expert to make forecasts
for the whole country.
During the last six months the Weather
Bureau at Washington has been quietly
all the forecasts made by those employed
In this branch of the Government Ser
vice In order 10 select the five having the
| highest averages.
Among these five is Forecaster Dunn,
who has been Informed that he has a
| very high average. The others who have
been selected come from Portland. ore.
New Orleans, La; Little Rock, Ark,
The competition will begin at Wash
ington Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
| and last for ten days. The competitor
receiving the highest average will be
appointed to the new professorship. Mr..
| Dunn says that even should he be the
winner he will decline the position I'M
less the Government will permit him to
remain in this city.
! During Mr.. Dunn's absence his assist
ant, II. C. Howe, will take his place.
| What sort of weather this part of the
country will experience during the next
ten days while this novel contest is in
progress It will be impossible to predict.
When five expert weather forecasters
begin to scrap for title with a fat
salary attached the country can look
| for pretty much anything from fog
to a cyclone.
As soon as Mr.. Dunn returns from
Washington he will establish a new
sub-station at Manhattan Beach, which
will report daily to the main ONCE the
temperature and weather conditions at
that point 1t will be the same kind Of
| n station as those now at Sandy Hook,
, City Island and Long Branch Weather
| nags will also be displayed at the new
station.
| There is a great difference in the tenn
! perature between Manhattan Beach and
| this city, and the new station will be
often are impossible to discern from
| the main station.