The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-11
Director Bauer Gives Interesting
Weather Facts.
EXCEPTIONAL TEMPERATURE.
Can't Accurately Predict Whether
Che Winter Will be One OF I'm
usual Severity or That the Advent
of Spring Will be Early or Late.

lions:
He says the storm is the result of q
combination of conditions under which
alone this sections OF the country ever
experiences weather, the like of which
is comrnyn in more Northern lati-
tudes.
On Saturday Il storm centre deyel-
opcd in the Gulf of Mexico and took
Enst.Nortnrnsterly course, moving
across Aiahaaa and Georgia to the
coast and thence over tho ocean, fol-
lowing closely the Gulf stream, IL path
unusual ior south Atlantic storms.
Tho influence OF TINT storm began to
/ be felt on Sunday evening, when the |
wind suddenly chuugrd from the south
to the nurthcnst. and shortly afterward !
rain began and continued until Mon ,
day night, hy which time the storm !
! had moved so far to the eastward that |
its inliucnce WAS 10 longer felt, and |
| clearing weather could he expected. |
The clearing weather did not come, |
and on Tuesday morning the reason |
was apparent The chnrtCd weather
on Tuesday morning showed that a |
storm Of considerable energy had ap-
pCarCd to the sou:hwGrd OF Florida,
causing the northeast winds to continue
all day Tuesday, and by the middle of
the afternoon light rain began aguin,
due TO the second storm.
This second, or Florida storm, had
its starting point far 10 the eastward
of the first, or Gulf storm, and it's
center probably did not ut any time
touch the mn.u land.
The course of the second storm was
along the Gulf stream practically
parallel to the coast. The above out
lines the first part OF the combination,
and would in the summer time have
given only precipitation in the form of
rain.
The second part of the combination
of conditions, and TO which is due the
mixture OF rain, seet and snow which
marks the unusual character Of .his
storm, was vrst area high barometer
with unusually low temperatures cover
ing almost the entire continent excep-
ting only the Southeastern portions of
the United States, and including South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida. AS
has already been stated the prevailing
winds were from the Northeast and
:, North since Sunday night, flowing in
to, first the Gulf and then the Florida
storm, and gradually lowering the
temperature approXilnating the degree
of cold from whence tho winds came.
The foregoing eNplains the phe-
...,. 80 y rr.'. - ! 60 oorlv in
nomena Of snow and slet.' so" S,H J!
- the season, which had it come two OF
- three months later would lot have
!" been at all remarkable.
. To explain why such storm wa
II possible so early would require re
:, view of the weather of the entir'
~ month of November just ended, ant
y behind that the more difficult and i'm
30 possible question why November e.
ns hlbltcd the weather it did over the en-
:" tire North American continent, for tn
- latter question is beyond the ken Q
meteorological science at the preseu
stage o: its advancement. However
-" thc accurate observation Of the wCatl
:" CT bureau afford II basis OF cUmpariso
tetwcou the past month'a weather an
~, that Of previous years weather, nm
~ also enables certain deductions to l.
W. made, as to the results thIt are likel
to follow certain types CT condition
to BY this means the possibility and MOI
' 'h"n u AZ '"' IA io'""'i''I VI VIZ Pc
'"o ens wentA"r can oceA tihihe". briei
,n stated No'c"nnc' 'A.ioi'e'' "ohos 'n ~
a' weather over TIC 'h'iio i"nAo oA -
~ scrvatiou, especially during the latt
20" part Of the month. The climate ar
~ crop bulletin of the Weather Buro Il
'' for the month of November, 80, CIV
arc n terse summary oil TIE telnperatu
lgn conditions, as follows: NoVcmDe
'S' lSy6. has been q month of very exec