The San Francisco call., 1906-04-11
weekly Weather Bulletin.

GENERAL 81 MAAGl-
The week was less stormy than the preced-
ing week. While rain and some shoNeIs o. a.
.tirred on Wednesday. Thursday ana FEloay IA
mar portion OF the state south Of the Tehach-
api the weather. on. the whole. was s, seas2n, !,
able and in marked contrast 10 the $500
character OF the spring thus far. IN tne lior ~
ern norton OF the State there was more suI
shine than in the previous week. Brlsk nOI II
Winds prevailed from Tuesday until I~nuIsoss ~
in all OF the northern valleys ana slte.lloSn az -
temperatures Thursday ranged from - 70 ,
degrees abnormally high values Tor TINS uIIle
80 vear AT no point was the rainfall pnenonl-
enaIly heavy nor was there any unnsue! melt
ing Of snow in the mountains. Whiie the n, Ilr
ers OF the Sacramento and san Joaquin N1l-
leys were high, the weather was OF sucn 81, q
character as to permit steady, graoue1 low
Ing from stages near the danger line. Com
paratfvely little damage has resulted from the
phenomenally heavy rains OF Marcn, AheFe ~ -
sriu a large volume OF wa1er IN tne NAL-oN-S 9
river systems. but unless heavy, warm rains
occur there viii probably be little or no dam
T'bs weather was cool at the beginning. Of
The week and light frOsts occurred In exposed
places on Monday and Tuesday mornings.
There has been considerable interruption OF
rravel in various parts Of the State, largely
on account OF landslides ana water-soaKeo
ground. -. .,,s
rainfall during the month OF March was phe-
nOmenally heavy. Iulare Lake eAtehos De
sond its previous limits and much land has
SacRAMENTo vAILEY.-The week began
with generally clear pleasant weather eAcepl
that strong north winds prevailed the north
wind continued until Thursday. On Friday
sbn0ramIIy warm weather occurred. In the
northern portion Of the valley maximum tenn
reratures above so degrees were reported AT
Red Bluff the maximum temperature was oo
degrees on the 9th and at Sacramento a oe-
grees- There was no rain Inc rlNer lell from
4 stage OF 2S6 feet al Colusa at the beginning
IT the week. almost the highest water on rec
r~i ID a stage Of - feet at the close Of the
week. Considering the large volume OF water
iu motion very little damage resulted At Sac
ramento The river reached height Of = a feet
al the beginning Of the week and at the close
of the week was below . feet. The snowfall
iu the Sierra was light during the week, but
p large quantity OF snow remains on tne
ground ana is disappearing very slowly Al
summit al the close Of the week l94 Inches
were reported on the ground, while last year
at the same date the amount was IS inches
COAST AND BAY SECTIONS -Seasonabie
weather without rain prevailed during the
week except on Thursday. when abnormally
~. -Kimum temperature Of 76 degrees occurred
and equally high temperatures occurred at
blowing at the close Of the preceding week
ana diminished slowly on Monday and Tues
day southeast wind Of 81 miles per hour
occurred on Tuesday at Eureka and north
wind Of SO miles per hour on Wednesday
morning al the same place At the close OF
the week the mornings were cloudy. but after
Moons and nights clear
SAN JOAQUIN NALLEY.-The weather
vas somewhat unsettled, but with much more
sunshine than the previous week The rains
~ the preceding week saturated the ground
thoroughly and there IS probably more water
available and IN sight than Tor many years
past The following report is given by the
c'rrespondent at Tulare:
March has been a rain record breaker in
1ulare. on the afternoon Of the Both the
storm Of rain, hail and thunder broke the
record for this county. Clouds from the south
west with heavy thunder but no lightning.
were seen coming for more than an hour be-
fore the storm broke When IL came the old
est ihha bftant had never seen its equal here.
Rain was followed by three days OF high,
cold. northwest winds
SOUTHERN ALIFORN1A--The week was
showery with some unusually heavy thunder
storms on the 4th and 9Th Other portions Of
the week were clear, with moderate tempera-
lures An unusual feature thunder
storm at San Diego on the 4th. which the OBJ
server saws was the sixth thunderstorm In
any April for thirty-fiVe years The prevailing
winds were from the southwest. The corre-
sp0udent at Poway reports a temperature OF
37 degrees on the morning Of April 2. At Los
Angeles a minimum temperature Of 20 degrees
was reported There was considerable inter
ruption Of rail travel during the week, well
as during the preceding week. Heavy rains
caused a number of washouts. The country
roads are reported TO be in bad condition from
the late heavy rains. The week closed with
clear. cold weather and drying northerly
winds. ALEXANDER g. McADIE,