The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-07
How to Guess Weather
for Ourselves

Willis L. Moore chief of the weather
bureau. has published an almanac which
Is designed to be more scientific IN its me-
teorological department than the blessed
"Old Farmers Almanac" Of our youth.
wherein used 10 appear gloomy nrslie-
tions extending osn a whole page "Ex-
pect much rain about this time In ths
n<ny Almanac and Weather Guide ap-
pears considerable information Of geleal
interest about the weather Mr.. Moore
says that any one by studying wsaihfg
maps and getting the hang % lhshr
can predict the weather for himself Tie
says:
II the student Of the weather map uil
pay close attention 10 II day by day Dc
Will see that the highs and the gows
move across the country from The west
TO the east IN almost regular succession.
II the high be a decided one II an
cover a territory one Or two thousand
miles in width. the weather within its
Influence will be cold and clear and the
winds Will have a tendency spiraly OUT
ward from the center Tie low + the
opposite or the nigh IN almost an u
It's characteristics II Is usually attended
by clouds rain OF snow and high winds
The winds within the influence 81 4 low
blow spiraily inward The lower
the barometer and the sleeper The
gradient the more rapid is to
whirl Of the storm eddy. stornA
Of like class take nearly the same
course and produce about the same re-
suits: but they DO not always move with
the same rapidity. No exact rule % re-
gard to them can b. laid down. Enp.r-
ical reasoning and intimate association
with the charts day by day ana gear
after year IA the naain eqaip ti.-r rseri
successful forecasiers. but as previous
ly stated. any Intelligent person can wiur
a little study make profitable deduc.
lions.
Low pressure areas which approach
from the southwest are reasonably sure
to cause precipitation while many from
the northwest viii pass with little oF no
The approach of q storm
center from the West is attended hy
warmer easterly winds ara unusual rre
cipitation and its passage is foiioNci ~
colder, westerly winls and fair weather
Mr. Moore pays q high tribute "a ihc
often abused "c0id wave Hc says
Let no one dlsparage the American cold
wave Tor much of the physical aud .n-
ielleciual energy that has made ihls
country great that has caused it io take
The leading place among the nations ot,
the world. that has caused 80 people ~
excel M the arts and manufacture ana
commerce. waa born In the activity and
Energy of the cold north Wind. lf We viii
follow thls linc 0f thought a little friivr
Il viii occur 10 us that the northern
branches Of The Afiau stem have always
migrated against the prevailing winds anl
n The teeth of watery currents. and have
always thrivcn upon resistance ans
have grown stronger and more resource
'ul against opposition
Mr Moore ln speaking ~ the haitcst
and coidest places in the world selects ihe
desert as the hottest place in
the United States and mcaiions q re-
corded temperature there at Mammoth
Tank OF izs degrees The lowest tam-
peratures in The United States occur in
the extreme northern portions " Mirr
nfeota and North Dakoia. where 10 ana
- degrees below zero are common The
coldcst region in North America be- cor-
sidcrs 20 be in The region about Great
Bear lake ia Canada. whore temperature
slightly less than s. degrees below have
been recorded. The hoitect section cf
country in thc world Mr M3ole f1n.
siders 10 bc the Desert of sahara where
Oh excess Of 100 iet .as
have been recorded. .rhe interior af Aux
'tralia." says AR Moore. eis one sc t1e
hottest places in the world. and can be-
compared 20 the interior Of Nouhom
Africa. Persia, Aighauisian ana North
su India. where every year max'mum
temperature Of ItJ degrees oceur. sli
where az times an extreme heat oL d.l
degrees % i25 degrees is exrerisAeei
IA tho rhade~