The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-27
COOL AND BRAClNG
Predicted by Weather Bureau for
Thanksgiving Day.


To-day promises ideal Thanksgiving
weather. 1t will be cooler than for
several days past, with a fair sky and
just enough crispness to make one feel
for the first time this season. that fall
is really at hand.
These are the predictions of the
weather officials and indications last
night pointed to their correctness. The
change Will come at a seasonable mo-
ment. for Thanksgiving. like Christ
mas. is not Thanksgiving unless there
is a crisp and bracing feeling to the
atmosphere that makes wraps comfor-
table for outside wear and cherry fires
soothing to the home. These condi-
tons promise to prevail to-day, when
all should be thankful in their hearts
and souls to the Almighty and to man.
kind.
While these pleasant conditions will
prevail here and throughout the South,
the West and North win be wrapped
in weather little short of the zero
mark At Modena, Utah, the Their
mometer is low as .04 above zero, and
at Bismarck, North Dakota, it registers
but .0S. At many other points the
weather is below freezing with indica-
tons for a still further fall in the mer-
curry.
Local forecaster Boyer in speaking of
the weather yesterday, said that this
section is in no immediate danger of
weather even cold enough for frost.
The thermometer yesterday in this city
showed a maximum temperature of "A
degrees for the twenty-four hours past,
and minimum temperature of 81 de-
grees. 1t will show a still further fall
to-day, but not sufficient for frost. 1t
will be ideal fall weather and nothing
more.
what is the frost mark" was asked
of Mir. Boyer.
That is condition that varies" was
the reply according to the atmos-
phere conditions otherwise than cold.
1t sometimes occurs that frost falls
at As, degrees of temperature but it
more frequently occurs in the neigh
borhood of AZ. This is, as l have said,
according to atmosphere conditions"
In speaking of the rain and wind of
Tuesday night, Mr.. Boyer said that
1.32 inches of rain fell in this city,
the greatest amount of this being be-
tween $40 and 10 O'Clock The wind
reached its highest velocity twenty
miles in this city on the same night
but at Tybee it blew thirty-two miles
per hour. All along the Atlantic coast
! high winds prevailed, the strongest be-
ing A miles at Boston; AZ at New
| York; 3S at Hatteras and "a at Char
| lesion. Other points had a lesser
velocity.
| Mr.. Boyer also explained that storm
! signals displayed by the weather
bureau do not necessarily mean that
Savannah is to be effected, but that
they are put up to warn shipping that
it is dangerous to put to sea at that
| time. Savannah is so situated that it
does not feel a wind at it's greatest
velocity as is shown by the difference
| Tuesday night of the velocity here and
at Tybee.
The following is the official report
| of conditions throughout the country
and the local forecast for this city and
! section to-day:
Moving northeast, the Tennessee
| storm center is now near Pittsburg
! with pressure of 29.40 inches. During
the past twenty-four hours this storm
area has caused general precipitation
| over the country from the MISSISSIPPI
pi to the Atlantic and high winds along
the Atlantic coast-high southwest
from Jacksonville to Hatteras and
northeast from Boston to Philadelphia.
i 1t Is colder over the Northwest and
over the cotton belt, from Central
Texas eastward to Central Georgia 1t is
s to IS degrees cooler. Elsewhere east
of the Rockies the temperature
changes have been unimportant. Very
cold weather obtains over the central
portion of the Rocky Mountain pla-
teau, Modena, Utah, reporting tenn
perature of degrees. Snow is now
falling over the lower lake region
/ Forecast for Georgia and South Car
DINA: Fair and cooler tonight and
l. Thursday; fresh west to northwest
L Nariradc