The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-09-18
10 HE weather man does not keep

GO HE weather man does not keel
all his wisdom Il secret. nor ali thJ
q tricks Of his maps. They are
yours ana all the worlds fer the read.
Ing. The weather NM has pointed
out the atmospheric conditions. the fea-
lures of the sky aud The clouds. and The
time of day which mnsl he taken INTO
consideration vixen attempting 10 Tore
cast the approach Of storm, and
which. If righunlly interpreted. are
certain slens lie leading conditions
to be considered are the aspect Of the
western horizon. the presence or alb
senee of The cirrus and cirrus stratus
clouds. The temperature, With snltri-
ness and humidity. and the distance
from tie turning point in the days tfm'
perafuro. Il theSe different conditions
are correctly understood there should
be no difficulty. he says in foretelling
Il thunderstorm
There Is one feature of an uncertain
~. however. about the actual appear
ance 81 a storm correctly predicted. and
this Is due to the fact that all thunder
storms are distinctly local features.
having to do with extremely limited
areas. and all Of short duration. This
renders It possible for one to see a
storm coming and really on its way
but 10 be disappointed of its arrival in
ones own Locality lis energy has been
spent before it has had time 10 come
sufficiently far 1hunderstorms rarely
cover more dian thirty to forty miles
in stretch. generally no more than
eight miles. while some are much
shorter. \ hailstorn. which always
signifies the expenditure of tremendous
force. seldom covers more than one
eighth Of u mile. Less severe storms
are sometimes 10 longer. In looking
for storm the western sky is the only
sky point of value This is because
storms always have been known to
travel from west 10 east. II you see
storm due north or due south. It is more
than probable that il will not reach
your locality but If it Is due west or
west Of north. or perhaps west of south,
you may look for its arrival unless It
should happen to expend its energies on
the way before reaching you.
Look Ont for Mares Tails"
The clouds which foretell a storm
are the cirrus clouds, "amers' tails the
country folk call them-halrllke shreds
threaded across the heavens, later gath
ering into the cirrus stratus, white and
gray cloud sheets. which are the true
rain clouds The atmosphere is always
heated with a sultry humidity. 1t Is
warm and moist. thick. heavy. muggy.
1t sometimes almost feels wet. People
ofen then speak of feeling the rain
in the air There Is rarely any wind
preceding a storm for any length Of
time; the air is exceptionally still. As
the tempest approaches nearer, how
ever. soft. thick. wet" sort Of
"whirr," characteristic as a harbinger
of the rainstorm at its heels. is felt
stirring abroad This Is most familiar
to all those who have made study Of
weather conditions and AS easy of rec
ognition rs the awful oracles of the
weather prophet monstrosties on feet.
The time of day when a rain is most
likely 10 fall Is about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. or again between and ,
o'clock in the morning. These are the
two turning points in the days tenn
perature. At o'clock the maximum
heat usually has been reached for af-
ternoon. while at night the GOODNESS has
thoroughly set in. In case of a success
sion of thunderstorms they usually oc-