The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-23
THE HOT WAVE IS BROKEN
Mercury Takes Drop Without u
Parachute in the Mild West.
JACK FROST IS APPROACHING.
Iciclcs May bangle from Our Whiskers
Within the Next Twcnty-FOur
Hours snow Falling in South
Dakota Chicago Cooiin. off.

Washington. Sept. cat this writ
ing the temperature at Chicago Is 1t
degrees. and the maximum temper
aturc during the day was 30 de-
grees, and by the time your readers
have received your morning papers the
much retarded and long wished for
cold wave Will have extended over
Illinois, causing fall Of from 80 to ~
degrees in temperature. The approach
of this cold wave over the central Mis-
sissippi valley in your section was an
ticipated by the published forecasts of
the bureau on saturday, ana TINS
morning a special bulletin was issued,
giving telegraphic warnings of the de
cided change in temperature TO lisa
stations. located in the states of the
upper Mississippi valley and upper
lake regions. These warnings have
been extended eastward to the states
of Ohio valley in anticipation that the
cool wave will extend over these states
Monday night.
The approach of this cold wave was
first indicated by the reports received
from the extreme northwest Canadian
stations on Thursday, and its slow
movement to the southwark was due 10
an extended area "f high pressure
which covered the eastern half OF the
United states Win It's center over ihe
South Atlantic states. =.
This distribution of pressure gave
persistent warm southerly winds until
the area of high pressure covering the
cold wave gathered sufficient force to
overcome this resistance. The cool
wave was driving almost Southward
over the Rocky mountain stations dur
ing Sept. 20 and 2l. attended by SHOWS
and freezing weather In Colorado" the
Dakotas and Nebraska, while there
was some uncertainty as to the rapid
ity of the advance of this cool wave to
the eastward. when IL first appeared
the extreme northwest there was strong
probability on Saturday that it would
extend over the central valleys tonight,
and such notice was duly given, while
the morning report of today justified
a wide distribution of the emergency
warnings above referred to. The rapid
development Of the depression which is
now central over Lake Superior will
hasten the movement Of this cool wave
To the eastward and every available
means of notifying the public of the
muchneeded change in temperature
has been brought into requistion to-
night in the states as far east as Penn
sylvania. Within this region about 1000
stations or towns have been notified of
the probable break in the warm wave
(SigneD Moore. chief Of weather
bureau.
Al the Windy CITY.
Chicago. Sept. 22.-The hottest Sep
temher week which the people of Chi
cago have experienced i'm over twenty
years was followed tonight by sud-
den cold. The temperature all day was
as high as on any day during the
phenomenal hot spell, the thermometer
at 3 p. nj. registering 81 degrees At II
O'Clock tonight the mercury in the Audi
torium tower showed &C degrees. a drop
of % degrees in eight hours The tenn
perature is falling slowly as the great
cold blast from the northwest ap-
proaches in all it's relieving force.
There were half dozen serious prostra-
tions from the heat during the day and
one death.
The advance of the cold wave about
s O'Clock was haralded by wind of
great velocity which did some damage
to property and continued while the
heated atmosphere was being rapidly
cooled. Rain also added to the metro
logical phenomena of the day.
Ten deaths from heat directly were
recorded for the week ending tonight.
and many serious prostrations
The wave Reaches Iowa
DeS MONIES, Iowa. sept. 22-The cold
wave from the northwest reached here
this afternoon. The early part of the
day was very hot and the sky almost
clear. About noon the sky became
overcast, and at l O'Clock the clouds
suddenly took on the appearance of
an approaching cyclone. The tempera-
ture fell with the most remarkable
rapidity ever known here. In fifteen
minutes the fall was 32 degrees. and
since then it has been slowly sinking.
The fall at | o'clock was instantan-
eous; a wall of cold air seemed to pass
in and force out the hot. A few min
Ttes after heavy rain set in accom-
panied by wind that reached velocity
of sixty miles and did some damage. IT
is very cold tonight. and frost is ex-
pected
Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 22.-A tremendous
cold wave came upon this region last
night. Two inches Of snow fell at
Lead, S. D., and snow fell over parts of
western Nebraska and Wyoming. The
mercury dropped 81 degrees in twelve
hours here, ranging from 93 yesterday
to " this morning. A heavy rain fell
har Of bn lox