Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-04


Wnrm waves will cross the Western
mountains about 10Th and lHth, the great
central valleys about the l2th and ism,
and the Eastern states about lin ana
10Th tool waves viii cross the western
mountains about 18Th aud leth, the
great central valleys about lath ana
list. and the Eastern states about ltth
Thr coldcst weather will be in the
Eastern states about the I'D or 80, anu
the greatest rains or SHOWS in The same
section about the 2lSt.
Tho month of March will be drOuth
breaker. and Will cause loOds in some Of
the Southern states,
CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE.
Tho coming weather events always
send out warnings far in advance, cast
their shadows before. When You are
looking for a storm wave don't strain
your eyes for cloud bolts. The deep blue
sky with no clouds in sight is better
indication of a coming storm than veil
of lfc,r.s shnpeless clouds The latter
often Indicates quiet weather while the
former is almost Il certain Indication ot
an approaching storm, full of energy.
The storm center, or low barometer,
| OF greatest fore most effectually clears
the skies surroGu ling II. The air FROM
| every direction is rushing toward the
| low. and carrying 10 it the transparent
moisture of the atmosphere and the out
| lying clouds. just as our solar system
| In It's Journey Of 2G,OOO years around the
common center of tile starry heavens
| draws to its center the comets and me
tcroit swarms that have formed or been
| drawn to- its path since II passed that
| way 26OOO ycNrs before. There are
| beautiful hurmonics in nature when We
| once learn the law that governs.
When storm wave is due II Is inn
possible In long range forecasts, to in
| dirutc how far behind the cool wave viii
! b.. but the observer can know long
| enough boz advance to hc of practical
| benefit Generally not more than two
| days viii elupse from the time that the
| front OF ne low reaches You I'LL thc cool
| wave VIII greet you and when the priu-
! cipal part of the low is South and the
| North part approaches yOu from the
| West usually indicated by an east wiud,
! probabilities are that the cool wave will
| roach you about the time that the center
of the low passes your meridian to the
south of you.
N the principal part OF the low is pass
| ing north Of you, Indicated by O south
| wind changing to the west, the cool wave
| will be longer in reaching yOur locality,
During August, September and Octn.
bcr from ono to three tropical hurricanes
pIss through tho West Indies each
month and encronch on our Atlantic
coast Occasionally July aud November
bring few of theae terrible storms and
rarely they occur in other months. They
cause high barometcrs cold waves to
move down the Missouri and Mississippi
valleys. and No the hurricanes move
uorthegs. up the Atlantic coast the cold
wave forms in eastern Canada aud
moves into the Northeastern states. At
such times all forecasts fail. The weather
burcnu has not furnished sufficient intor-
nation "a TO these tropical hurricanes 10
! enable tneterologists 10 learn their pc
riods But the time approaches when
we will be able TO forecast the tropical
hurricane and then serious errors will he
largely eliminated from long range fore
casts In these forecasts the word me
,ndilnn Is often used, This has reference
to the magnetic meridian. The ceutru
magnetiEmeridian used is about parallel
with The Mississippi river, and it run.
alnut parallel with the geographical me
ridians. hut east and west of that they
vary. The latter point toward the north
pole of the earth, while the former poiut
10 and converge at the magnetic norti
pole near ~ west aud 40 north, or y
degrees south OF the geographical NORTH
In the long range forecasts the storm
wave Is made the key aud governs al
other weather changes The exact poin
ut which the ceutcr of low will eros
your magnetic meridian cannot yet b'
foretold. but anproNimately we can know
whether tho low will pass through th
Northern or southern states and there
fore can know, approximately, whethe
cold or only moderately cool weather will
I follow
All the weather changes depend on tn
location and movements of the low II
summer and the high in winter. IN
magnetic currents move towards the SUI
, through the low and therefore when III
sun il south in winter the currents, com
down through the highs In the norther
hemisnhere. pass through the earth unde
the equator and rise toward the su
1 through the low, This Is reversed I
, summer and the low becomes the rulin
/ force In the northern hemisphere and th
high In the southern. These plain lcs
suns in meteroogy will enable reader
: OF those bulletins TO better understan
, the forecasts aud all who read CAREFUL
\ 4 will know more about weather indicn
4 tons when l am through the discussion
A In the Hymalya mountains ON III
!. north of India, forty TO tifty feet Of sno'
I falls during the winter.
n The movements Of storms in Asia
4 very much the same as IN North Amcrlc
n and the British chief of the weather bl
reau in Irdia Ike our own weather b'
y reau chief. inagines that the storms o.
" raniz,, iust outside aud northwest of HI
a territory. Children Imagine that Par
- di-c Is inst outside OF the gate, but as "
IS grow older and know more we learn tbs
l. It Is further away
!. The principal storm center Of Deccn
her. the one that caused the cold way
about the FIRST Of the month, moved fro
the coast Of Florida TO the north Of SEQ
=. land by way Of Newfoundland in thr,
days, more Than 1000 miles,
Fourteen weather signal stations In d
Fr..t. ss.-.S., l,..r. .i.,.tt.,.. 49,. II