The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-10
y SCIENTIFIC FNPIA
why We Arc Experiencing Mid
Winter in Advance oftbc Srusnn

Inc i0!lowing statement Of the uhc-
nonai weather combination from the
Dnr&tu IN Columbia will be interesting
to oar readers:
Today's storm is the result OF a com
hlhat!on Oh circumstances under which
hIono this section Of the country ever
experiences weather, the like Of whic',
Ii com mon IN more nOrthcrn latitudcs
on saturday = storm centre dcVclop-
Cu IN the Gulf % Mexico and took an
caSthOrthcrlS course, moving across
Aiahania anu Georgia to the coast. anu
thence over tho &C au follow ing closely
the Cal Stream, a path usual for south
Atlantic storms. The influence Of that
storm began TO be felt in Columbia ON
sunday evening, when the wind sud
| denly changed from the south to the
northeast, and shortly ;,ftcrward rain
| began ana continued until Monday
night, by which time the storm had
| moved SO lar to tn~ eastward Lh"t IL.
| ihl0Cncc was no longer felt in thi.
section, ana clearing weather could b,
expected. Ihc chartCU weather OF
tuesday morning showed that a storm
oi considerable energy had upDrurC,
TO the southwark Of Florida, causins
the northeast winds to continue in lhi
vicinity al day Tuesday, and by Lh,
inlddIG OF the afternoon light raj,
began again duc 20 tho srcond storm
ThiS second, on Florida storm. huu
its starting point far TO the eastward
oi the first or Guf storm, and It's cen:
tic probably aid not at any time touch
| the mainland.
| Inc coarse OF The SCcurl;l StOH,n wa,
| along INC Gulf Stream, praryicaII,
parallel to The coast. The above ont
Ilh2a thc first part OF the combination,
| ana would ~ the summer time have
given this section only precipitation in
| the form OF rain.
Ihc second part Of the combination
OF conditions, and to which is due the
moisture Of rain, slcct and snow which
! marks Tic unusual character Of this
storm, was Il vast area Of Nigh baro-
meter with unusually low temperatures
covering almost tho entire continent,
| excepting only the southeastern por.
lions OF the United States, and mclud-
! ing south Carolina, Georgia and Flor
| lG!t. AS has already been stated, the
| NfcNaillnE W'DdS were from the north
cast and north since Saturday night,
! iiOwiuE into Il ST the Gu!f and then
| the tiOrlua storm, aad gradually lower
lhG the Temperatures ApprOXimatine
tho degree Of cold from whence tie
winds came.
The foregoing explains the pheno-
| mCna OF snow and Sicct SO early i'm the
season, which had il como two or
three months later, would not have
been at all remarkable.
10 explain why such II storm was
possible 50 early would require II re
! view OF the weather Of tho entire
| month ol November just ended, and
! nchinu That the more difficult and inn
! possible question why November cx.
| MDitCd the weather it did over the
! entire North American continent, for
ihc latter question is beyond tho ken
u mctcoroiogy in the present st lgc
( u its advancement. However, the
. tCcuratc observations OF the weather
purUau aifOrd II basis OF comparison
between the past months weather and
that OF the previous years weather.
aud also enables certain deductions &c
| be made as To the results 4that arc
Ilkciy to IOIiO" certain types Of con
diLiUms. By This means the possibilit,
ANA mere tl al tDat, TIC probability o
the present weather can D. explained
5ricly stated, November exhibited
nDl Ormai weather over The entire
range OF observation, especially during
the latter portion Of the month. Tho
C,!lnaIC and crop bulletin Of the weather
/ bureau for the month OF November,
1896, gives IL tCrSC summary OF the
temperature conditions, rs fol lOws :
November, 1896, has been Il month
Of very exceptional temperature con
diti0ns. '% y The most noteworthy
feature OF the month was the cXccp
tiJnally low temperatures which pre-
vailed almost continuously throughout
The month from the upper Mississippi
valley westward to the north Pacific
coast, giving most rCmarkablc dcpar'
turC from Ihc nDrnraI, tic deficiency
being greatest over Montana t.ud thC
western purt'aDs Of toe DakUt;ts, where
it ranged ilou - to - degrees per
day throughout thc mmtb. over tac
entire ral on rom the nonh Pacific
Cost 70 tic Ipppc. Mississippi valley
the average Ghi'y ochcicncy gen
orally exceeded degrees per day. On
the middle Pacific coast, over tho cen