Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-27
UNPLEASANT PROSPECT
Good Chance Of Some Scorching Hot
Days.
The Wave is Coming This Way, Fol-
lowed by Cooler Breexes-The
Thermometer Today.

Ever since the big rain that closed up
the hot spell last Saturday and Sunday
the thermometer has been going up steadily
until it has finally got back to it's old place
among the 0Os, and gives every promise of
staying in that unpleasant neghborhood
for some time to come. This is anything
but good news, and the fact that they are
having it even hotter In the west makes
1t seem quite possible that We have not
yet seen the worst Of the present sizzard
Yesterday the maximum was "a, the point
where the mercury rose in the afternoon
At pm. 1t had dropped to 81, and two
hours later had gone to 20. On the same
date last year the maximum was % and
the minimum 7O At am. today the
thermometer was at 81, or about 4 de-
grees higher than at the same hour yes
terday. 1t then looked as though the mer-
curry would surpass any record for the
week, but during the forenoon pleasant
breeze sprang up from the south that made
life much more agreeable even IL it did not
have much effect on the mercury There
were number of light fieecy clouds bank ed
up across the broad expanse Of blue and
these did have some effect, SO that at noon
1T was just a wee bit cooler than il was at
noon yesterday, and the chances of pass
ing 9i were delightfully."- small. Hot weather
is reported from all parts Of the country
and in the upper Mississippi valley and i'm
the valley of the Missouri all the records
Tor the summer have been left in the shade
and there was scarcely point in these
sections where the century mark was not
reached: At Huron. S. d., it was lO2 at
q o'clock.
Unpleasant Prospects.
Unless all signs fail. the most torrid
weather of the season will be experienced
IN this section within the next few DAYS
The r.cst intelse warm wave that has ap-
peared this summer prevailed in the west
yesterday, It's center of activity being over
the states of Iowa, Minnesota Nebraska
AMI the Dakotas. At several points within
those states the highest temperatures ever
recorded in the latter part of july were
noted yesterday afterpoon At no less than
sixteen of the weather bureau stations
tnree llgures We're necessary to represent
the aximum temperatures of the day This
is, 1erhaps, unprecedert ted in the annals of
the bureau. The highest temperature re-
ported was 1OS degrees, at Huron SD:
sioux City, Iowa, and Valentine Neb..
were were tied for second place. each registering
lUp degrees; Des Moines, Iowa; Concordia
Kan, and Pierre S. D., came next in sue
ce'sion. with 1O4 degrees each, the other
high records being scattered mostly through
the central part of the Mississippi valley.
Why 1t In So.
This extraordinary accession of caiorfc is
due to the prevalence of the condition de-
scribed in The Star o. Inst Tuesday as
being most favorable 30 such a develop
ment-that is. the existence Of a deep de-
preston, indicated by low barometer
which was central yesterday afternoon in
South Dakota, near the point of greatest
heat. This may be regarded as the center
of a vast aerial whirlpool, toward which
the atmosphere is tending from all sides
and which, in this particular instance
caused a strong indraught from the south
towards the center Of the depression, and
corresponding rise in temperature
According to the laws governing the
propagation and development Of storms
this depression, or storm center will ad-
vance In generally eastwardly direction
and will be attended by it's fiery herald in
it's progress.
The weather map Of this morning showed
some slight advance toward the north
east and an extension southwark at the
same time. cool wave is following rap
idly in the rear, and already the sections
that were worst scorched yesterday are
experiencing a grateful change. This pro-
lpinquity of cool and hot bodies of air is a
condition most favorabAe to the production
of severe local storms so that 1t would not
be surprising to see reports of tornadoes
in the western country this afternoon or
evening. A rain area has been advancing
from the south toward this section and
gives promise of affording a thunder storm
to mitigate the influence Of the advancing
ScOrcher.