Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-06
MORE WEATHER DATA

MORE WEATHER DATA
 Washington to Get Reports
 From Alaska and Russia.
 ST. PETERSBURG ACCEPTS PLAN D. D. Garriott, Chief Forecnster, Says
 Observations From Central Siberia
 Will Be of Great Value In Making
 Forecasts-Success of Reports Sent
 Out Days In Advance.
 Sitka, Cape Nome, Dawson City,
 Mukden. Petropavlovsk, Irkutsk, Mos-
 COW and St. Petersburg if they don't
 actually appear shortly on the weather
 map of the United States will at least
 be represented as contributors of me- neurological data from which forecasts
 will be made up. says Q Washington special dispatch to the New York Globe.
 The weather bureau recently receiv- cd letters from St. Petersburg indicat- ing that the cznr's government will ac- cept propositions made to 1t somo time ago looking to cooperation In making weather reports. Weather Is just as much an international commodity as the postal service. and sort of proto- col has been arranged between the United States and Russia by which hereafter the United States weather sharps will have daily reported to them data about weather conditions of a region vastly greater than ever before
 In fact, when the scheme Is finally worked out to completion the forecasts made In Washington will be based on reports covering belt almost around the world and chiefly within the north temperate zone.
 Cooperation with Canada for a long time has given the benefit of valuable data from the Canadian northwest us far as Medicine Hat and Edmonton, x. W. T. Beyond that, however, is still the immense area of Alaska, and ar are being perfected for re ports from this region. It Is expected that Dawson City. S'tka. Nome. Fair banks and other points in this immense empire win soon be send. ing In their daily reports. The di1icul- ty has been to get observers, and these are now enlisting.
 From Alaska 1t is just a step across to Asia. and there. on the vast steppes of Siberia, Is the real headquarters of the weather industry. Our supply largely originates there. To know what Is doing In Siberia and beyond that in the westward continuation of the Siberian plain which constitutes Russia Is of the greatest importance If the weather service Is to be made of Inc largest possible value.
 All this has been recognized for a long time. but various matters stood in lhe way. Expense Is one of them. The making of the necessary international for synchrvnous and identical observations of the same phe- nomena was not easy. but the first step has been taken toweSA it in the ar just cffecies with the Rus cian weather department. The arrange nents with Russia have been made by { which has been In ] progress for a lon; time. with the Cen l Iral Physical observatory. St. Peters i burg.
 E. E. Garriott. chief forecaster in 1 explaining the signin- i sanee Of the arrangement that has i Ieen accepted by the Russians. said:
 Russia has system of gathering l weather data much similar to ours. bu; ] hey don't % h for forccasting yet ss l lar as VIC do. Tn fact. they make little . ,f that feature. But they take o,ser- rsiions. and these are of great valce b us. espcrlaI:y ;hSse covering the !. -rcat Lake Baikai region In oentraI l ,Il-rla. This Is the cea.ei of a vast I 'csion Of primary meteorological ac- ioa. especially important In the win er season. We haze vantei the re- 'o-tS from tsere and are finally to get he.a.-
 weatber h the northcrn heSispsere rzrelz h q general way from.uest to est The f5-rcassrrs In Washington cr1tiy aeat out mo-e than three days a sdvance spcciGc snd u-veat varn- nss of the sVp-oach of the g-rat gulf aora- Two days before It arrived sey fo-czs-ei that it would be eSyp- szIly dznag.rg and sSere in t,se c-a- rzl gulf reziOn- s1i nore tllzn Sxeaty- bur bo1-s before It ssruck tisey nsrnei ,e1acoi1 ss ti.e prosaise center cf he exfrrne severity Every forecazt rzs fully bsrne ogt by the event
 If that couh be achieved a tbe bass f rrp1rty curexsrx q K1r lmau ueg-