The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
MISUNDERSTANDING WEATHER.
Conditions as They Are Found
Throughout the East.

Washington. Feb lS.-The weather bu-
reau tonight issued this statement:
Since Sunday night the Atlantic coast
storm has moved from Florida TO the
Massachusetts coast, with velocity and
increased intensity, such 3 has been sell
dom equalled in the history OF the weather
bureau.
Remarkably heavy snow has accom-
panied this storm and stlll continues, at 8
O'Clock p. m. from Virginia northward.
Accompanying the snow there were north
erly winds of hurricane velocites, and
hurricane warnings were issued at noon
on the Atlantic coast. from Delaware
breakwater to East Po:t
So severe has been this storm that there
has been an almost total paralysis of all
classes of business in the Middle Atlantic
states. In the vicinity of Washington this
storm has greatly exceeded all previous
records. About twenty inches of snow has
fallen since Saturday afternoon. and thir-
ty-four inches during the past eight days.
OF equal interest with this storm has
been the record-breaking low tempera-
lures of the South. Az New Orleans this
morning the temperature was degrees
above zero, degrees lower than any pre-
Vous record while at Jacksonville it was
10 degrees above zero, or degrees lower
than any previous record. The observer
at Jacksonville reports heavy snow and
sleet during Sunday night, and that great
damage has been done to the crops
The line of freezing temperature in Flor
ida extended through the upper two-thirds
of the state, with a minimum of % de-
grees at Tampa. At Key West tonight
the temperature Is only As degrees, % de-
grees below the normal
Warnings of this destructive freeze were
issued during Saturday and Sunday ana
supplemented for Florida this morning.
Warnings of the norther and much colder
weather were issued this morning for ia-
vana and the Bahamas, the same being
indicated for Tuesday morning.
The line of zero temperatures this morn
ing extends through Southern Louisiana,
Southern Mississippi Alabama and Cen
trail Georgia, but during the day there has
been a steady rise IN the Southwest, and
tonight the temperature range from 20
degrees to so degrees. Throughout the
central valleys, the lake regions and the
West, the temperatures have risen from
10 degrees to 3S degrees, and are above
the freezing point in the slope region.
Generally fair weather has also con-
tinued in these districts. Clearing wealth
ed is indicated during Tuesday morning
in the Middle states and the New Eng
land, except on the New England coast,
where the snow will likely continue dur
ing the day. Fair weather is indicated
for the remaining districts, except the
Upper Mississippi valley. where light
SHOWS are likely.
Rising temperatures are indicated gen.
orally from tho Mississippi to the Allie
ghenies and also in the Gulf and South
Atlantic states.
In the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land states, cold weather win continue
for another day.
Dangerously high northwesterly winds
viii prevail during Tuesday. in New Eng
land and the upper portion Of the Middle
Atlantic states, high northwesterly winds
on the North Carolina and Virginia coast,
slowly diminishing during the day, and
brisk west to south winds on the south
coast.
Hurricane signals are displayed on the
Atlantic coast from Delaware Breakwater
to East Port, and storm northwest Sig
nails from Baltimore 10 Wilmington.