The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-30
CLOUD BAROMETERS.
How To Fo-srell The Weather By
Looking Overhead.
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:" ram. This : :. rvI.?ar:% v"t; MAY
h>ar c"n~;a:r;!, ~. lew people s,,.:,?
:" realize ;h;:; :;:c III, thing is by rn
,:'e;n> q r'';-vq::tn:r "i the otl:c-.
:'"". al c>";:'.~ 2rv con;ro>ct ni
water vap..r. i,::;; :; : absurd to mag
ne tha: bcta;;>v cl"::i> hccrnlv visible
III the sky ;nvy are therefore going
I" discharge their contents upon CIR
leads
On the contrary some clouds are
actually prophets oi fin: weather. Cir
rus. for instance. o. curl cloud. as it
IS often pictureSQuely called is, as a
rule. the highest OF all clouds. You
II tell that BY the fact that it's thin.
twisty, hbrous Streai;s are illumina-
ted BY the last rays OF the setting sun
long after the earth below is wrapped
n shadow. Threads and groups Of
cirrus clouds. the finer the better. ap-
pearing after gale. presage long
continuance OF settled weather. On
the other hand. if after several days
cirrus appears in long parallel bands
stretching right across the sky in the
form popularly known as ''mares'
tails" there will almost certainly be
change of wind and probably rain
to follow.
Unlike other clouds. cirrus is coms
posed not OF water vapor. but of tiny
crystals OF ice You can tell by its
motion what the pace and direction
Of the highest current Of wind. Quiet
ly as it appears 10 be moving. careful
observation has proved thar cirrus
sometimes travels al the rate OF
mile III eighteen seconds.
Another form? oi cloud which IS
usually an accompaniment OF fine.
warm weather are those cottonlikc.
whitiSh balls which a-c scientifically
termed cl,nG,I;,>.
Early in the morning "i iinc sum-
'ncr day c:;;l1:,:::> begins % form as 4
Jew soft. scattered >ncck> in The blue
above. These ~Hcck> grow and en-
large without. Is -;?!e. travelling
very fast. ior they are formed by
vapor ascending from the earth in
columns. BY early afternoon they
often cover the whole sky. but toward
j or 5 o'clock they usually decrease
and finally vanish by sunset. II they
behave in this way YOU may be al
most certain that the ensuing twenty
four hours will be fine.
On the other hand if the cumulus
clouds increase toward sunset. turn
black in their centers and shine at the
edges with an angry light, rain will
follow. or. in very hot weather. thun-
der. Thunder is specially foretold
by the cumulus clouds showing
rounded sharply marked tops with
Silvery white edges. Cumulus. which
turns very dark viii: black. shaggy
edges. means cold -a;;? accompanied
by wind.
CumuluS is much the biggest OF any
form OF cloud \ single cloud OF this
description will measure six or even
seven miles from its fat, dark base to
its rounded. @li>teuirg s"nmit-that
is % say. It's bulk and height Jar cx-
cccd those Q; car,h'> greatest noun
iain>. The temperature in such q
cloud as this has been measured to
vary over $50 deg7ees-that $. from
So degrees Fahrenheit a, the base 10
Is degrees below zero at its summit
Stratus is still another form OF
cloud which presents no special indi-
cation OF rain II is more common
at night than in the day and consists
of long horizontal bands Of darkish
cloud. which lie very low and near
the earth'S surface. 1t rises on calm
clear evenings after warm days and
may often be seen in mountainous
districts slowly creeping up the hill
sides OF the sun rises through lay
ers OF stratus it is usually sign OF