Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-12

lie was asked to give some explanation
In regard to tho unusual storm.
He said;
| "ln order to understand the matter
J fully 1t ii necessary to go back a ways
and see the cause of thunderstorm
OF which the hailstorm is always Il part
The air absorbs moisture much as n
sponge absorbs wnter aud like
sponge, it will hold just so much and
no more. When the air is warm it
viii hold certain amount and when
it is cold il will bold less. Suppose
| that Il cubic foot of air has all the
moisture it can hold at a high tenn
peraturc. Remove this air to a cold
region and upon cooling, 1t cannot
hold all the moisture 1t originally had,
| ." 0oihc puSScS oul as NuleT, just dS
II saturated sponge upon being squcez-
ed gives UP part of its water.
"rhe conditions antedating n thunder
| storm are "A moist, warm atmosphere
near the ground and over this, cooler
region of air. Warm air is lighter
than cold air, so it tends to rise just
as a piece of wood in water. The re.
suit is that the heated portions of
the air start upwards in more or less
strong currents and to take It's place
the cooler air comes down. These as
ccnding and descending currents exist
through the storm area and Mt its
margin. The warm moisture ladcned
air which goes up, becomes cooler
and It's moisture escapes in the form
Of very small particles of water which
| float in the air and form n cloud, after
this process has gone on for n sutfi-
cent length Of time these small par.
ticles come together and finally get
80 heavy that they come down ms
rain drops. There Is great diversity
in the strength Of these up and
down currents of mir Just as there
Is In the horizontal currents. Some
times they are scarcely perceptiblc and
again they are very strong, SO strong
that for Il considerable time they
keep the rain drops at the height of
the clouds or above, then OF n sudden.
the weight of the water oyercomcs
the air pressure and comes down with
a rusl-with the result that n c,oud
burst Is experienced, Again the rain,
drops are carried up to a consider.
able height above the cloud, in less
quantity, and into region so cold that
they are frozen, When they come
down Immediately after being frozen
they are small in size, But II frcuuent
ly happens that they fan into the
cloud region become covered with
moisture. are caught by another up
ward current, carried up again and
the water conting frozen, giving n
second layer of ice. This operation
may he repeated several times with
the result that the hail attans ronsld.
cradle size This layer formation is
easily seen In hailstoncs of any consid.
cradle size aud wns very noticeable In
the hail which fell yesterday, Some.
times the first start OF The pellet Is
the frozen rain drop aud N this case
the hual hailstono is quite transparent
Again the start is a snow flake and
this gives the stone u whitlsh centre,
ana again tho aceumulations on the
outside are of the snow form aud this
makes the whole stone whltish. All
these varieties wore seen yesterday.
The peculiar shapes depend upon tho
part of the stone where the accesslons
OF moisture are taken ON.
"Io refer to the conditions again they
are given n thunderstorm and vic.
lent upward currents of air ana hail
storm results. A sleet storm is entire
ly different since in such Il storm the