The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
THIS WEATHER IS ILL RIGHT.
But Look Out for Trouble During
the Mkt Ten DAYS.
MIR. Dunn and Other Weather Shsrps
VIII Compete at " ashington.

Observer Dunn's forecast for the next
thirty-six hours Is an agreeable contrast
t. the predictions lie mas been dealing
out recently to d 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
Oh 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 a
trifie 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 to IL de-
srees. 1t was degrees cooler here at
o'clock this morning than at the same
time yesterday morning.
The temperature at Albany this morn
Ing was ~, Chicago o. 81. Louis "a, Bos-
ton TO and this city U.s. TIE highest is at
Key West, wnere 1t is 81. anu the lowest
IL ~, at st. Nincents, MINI.
The humidity here this morning was
6s per cent. with toe wind nHrtnwest,
blowirg eight miles an nour. The rain
fall was only 7-lW OF an inch this morn
| Ing.
To-days forecast will be the last that
Mr.. Dunn win make for the next ten
days, as he will leave for Washington
| tomorrow to enter ten days compe-
! tition with four other rival torecasters
for the new office. Professor of W Gather
Gently created by act of Congress.
The object of this new office Is to sta
ton, probably at Washington, a compe-
/ tent weather expert to make forecasts
| for the whole country.
During the last SIX months the Weather
Bureau at Washington has been quietly
at work making up general average Of
all the forecasts made by those employed
In this branch of the Government Ser
vice IN order to select the five having the
, highest averages.
Among these five is Forecaster Dunn
who has been Informed that he has &
been selected come from Portland, Ore.
New Orleans. La; Little Rock. Ark.
and Atlanta. Ga.
The competition will begin at Wash
and last for ten days. The competition
receiving the highest average will bt
appointed to the new professorship. Mr.
Dunn says that even should he be thu
winner he will decline the position un
less the Government will permit him te
remain in this city.
| During Mr. Dunn's absence his assist
ant. II. G. 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 ir
progress II will be impossible to predict
When five expert weather forecasters
begin to scrap. for title with fat
salary attached the country can look
for pretty much anything from fos
to 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 a.
that point 1t will be the same kind OF
a station as those now at Sandy Hook
City Island and Long Branch Weather
flags will also be displayed at the new
station.
There Is a great difference in the TEN
perature between Manhattan Beach an'
this city. and the new station VIII o.
Invaluable for forecas'ing fogs, which
often are impossible to discern iron
the main station.