Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-10

The warm wnvc Will cross tho west
ern mountain country about the 18th,
the great central Vallcya about 18Th.
and the onstcrn states about 20th, The
cool wave viii cross the western noun
tain country about the 18th, the great
central valleys about 2lst. and the
eastern states about 23d, and Will give
the eastern states n blizzard.
Tho unusual weather OF the 1896
crop season will take farmers and 9th
ers by surprise, especially those who
do not carefully read and study theee
weather bulietlnG
Intelligent farmers and dealers will
atudy the future OF the weather, the
former planting that which VIII best
succeed IN Yield and price. and the
latter arranging his stock in trade to
correspond.
CIimntoioEy.
In previous bulletins the effects OF
J magnetic North poles on our climntc
were discussed, and now let us look to
the South and see IL anything there
has nm important bearing ON the cll-
mato of North America.
over the Atlantic ocean north of
tho equator is located one OF the
earth's principal respiratory organs,
through which It inhales the ether OF
space, and this ether brings down the
pure air from our upper atmosphere,
causing II to spread out over land and
| sea.
This North Atlantic high has rcgu-
| lar pendulum-liNo swing east and
| west now causing n drouth In Europe
| as II swings eastward and then "A
! drouth In America when on Its west
ward swing
when tho sun IL north Of the enrths
equator In July the barometer regis
| ters about an average OF 005 on our
southeastern coast, and on January,
when the sun Is south, about 30l6.
! These are about the general averages,
and when the North Atlantic high
swings west. causing drouth, the
monthly barometric averages are
higher.
The center OF this North Atlantic
high IN west Of the Azore islands, ana
the water and mir currents circulate
around that center so as TO cause tho
| wind TO blow westward south of the
center, northward along our Atlantic
coast, eastward between Newfoundland
and northern Europe, aud southwark
on the central European Atlantic coast.
These winds are called the trade
Winds because whom sailing vessels
were used exclusively they came west
by the southern route In order to get
the west winds and returned 70 Europe
by the northern route thereby catching
the east bound broez's,
The North Atlantic high has a COM
plcte system OF storms lhat IL of vast
Importance to the United States, south
ern Europe. northern africa aud tho
North Atlantic shipping interests. Our
weather bureau Is tlresomoly slow IN
gtasping new truths In fact, II seldom
catches a new idea TIL forced to do 80
by public sentiment ana the public
must first he moved through the press
by SOME Independent mcle9roloeist
Tho photographic office OF the navy
depai tment-- which we may fairly cal
the navy weather burcau-han mapped
this system of storms from about The
Nagt indies to where they Join the
transcontinentRl lows and from whore
they leave the trans-Auantil storms
near the British Isles through south
ern Europe to the Black Sea. There
they are dropped for want OF records
10 indicate their further oourre,
Three-fc urths OF these s-Atlnnuc
storms pass north OF the British lsles;
across northern Europe ana ehs'wiNu
through Asia, while one-tourth Oh mem
taltc the southern route ehui"s a. Wv
ME tropieai storms that pass up our
Atlantic coast take about the same
! rnute across the Atlantic. norlheaat OF
, New York city, that is traVeraed ny
our Northern tranaoontinental sturhs'
nsccrtain whether these tropical storms
! turn southeastward near the kfltish
Isles. having our Northern storms 70
nnsa into Northern Europe, but II ~
: known that the number OF tropical
: rtorms passing up our Atlantic coae,
h about the same as the numner o.
: trans. Atlantic storms which turn
utheastward through southern hn-
3 rove and the writer believes them TO
br identical. 49,,
Q teal Etorms turn southwhrd near me
: rinei, eca IN Southern Europe anu then
T wcstward across Northern Afflra anu
Y ma Southern part OF the Mediterranean
1 sca crossing the Atlantic, moving
E Vishyaf,l north Of and near the eQue,
. ~ And again becoming our tronie.i
< s,n,,ns one OF the most hnror iah'
svss,ts would be 10 ascertain hese
facts ,,, .a.oraa az
rrhere arN numerous recoras "
s,orns moving westward over drsSSe,
: siciv southern Italy. Northern 1870 49,,
\ ma southern parts ~ Meuiterri =, ~,
= s.,, i ,hsse storinS can ~ accounted ~
= ~ no other hypothesis than 'hA' az
: 4 oknye.