The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
MERCURY TUMBLING
1x1II, REACH FREEZING POINT BY
THIS MORNING, IS PREDICTION.
AZ DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT
WAS REGISTERING OF MORNING
NEWS THERMOMETER.

highest Point Reached in Savannah
was 80 Degrees 2 O'clock in the
AfternOOn-FrOm That Time Mer-
cury Fell One Degree an Hour.
Freezing Line Expected to Go as
Far south as JacksOnViIIe-FalI-
ing Temperature and Increasing
winds Reported GeneraIIy-Sa-
Vnnnahinns Prepared for Cold
Wave.
At midnight last night mercury had
dropped to the 4S degree mark, and
was still falling. The indications
are that the freezing point, which was
predicted for last night, will be reach
ed this morning. AS the day pro-
crossed the wind increased though it
reached no great velocity. Local
Forecastor Boyer. predicts that by this
morning the freezing line will be as
far south as Jacksonville.
The cold wave is general over
the entire country. Marquette, Mich,
was the coolest place last night. The
mercury there registered II degrees
ABOVE ZGIO DIT o " SAOShb ehAO was ohlAA
falling. The next coolest place was
Chicago, with a temperature of Is
degrees.
The fall throughout the Southern
states has been very general. falls of
from IA to % degrees being reported
in the last twenty-four hours. AT Au-
gusta there was drop % degrees and
at s o'clock mercury stood at the AZ de-
gree mark. Atlanta's thermometer fell
only %. Montgomery reported
a temperature of "a and Mobile of Sc
degrees.
In Savannah there was a drop of 20
degrees from s o'clock Tuesday night
until the same hour last night. AT S
o'clock in the morning mercury
stood at 4S degrees. Gradually it
reached SO degrees, the highest point.
At Freezing Point.
From then on it fell at the rate
of a little more than degree an
hour, the rapidity of fall increasing
after sunset. At o'clock it had
dropped degrees and stood at the so
mark At 8 o'clock it had slipped still
further down and by midnight had
reached the 43 mark and was still
falling. This morning it is almost GER
tain to be at the freezing point, or,
at best, a few degrees above it.
The cold weather is expected to last
for two or three days and may hang
on even longer. After tomorrow it
will probably begin growing warmer
until the normal temperatures are
again reached.
In Savannah there was brisk wind
all day and toward night it gradually
increased. 1t will probably be con-
siderably stronger to-day, though it is
not expected to attain any dangerous
velocity The reports received at the
Weather Bureau indicate that the
strength of the winds increases as the
temperature falls.
Atlanta reported a fell of 16 degrees
in temperature and an increase in the
velocity of the wind of four miles an
hour since s o'clock Tuesday night.
The wind there at s o'clock last night
was blowing forty miles an hour. Hat
teras is the only station to report a
higher wind. Forty-four miles an
hour was recorded there.
Reason for Delay of Cold.
The cold wave has been delayed in
reaching Savannah owing to the fact
that the storm area which lay over the
Northeastern states and the Lake Re
gion has moved off. While it held it's
position, there was no opportunity for
the wave to spread northward and it
was being pushed rapidly southwark
and eastward. The moving off of the
low pressure area, however, had an
effect similar to the creating of a
vacuum and this retarded the advance
of the cold.
Nearly all of the homes in the city
had fires during the day. Plants in
pots and jars were moved indoors and
those which could not be moved were
covered. At night many lawns pre-
scented the spectacle of a seeming array
of blankets. The warning of the
Weather Bureau put people on their
guard and they are ready to receive
the cold wave this morning