Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-15
PUSH WEATHER MAP.
UNITED STATES FORECASTS WILL
EXTEND NoRTHWARD.
Washin gton Weather Men Hereafter
to Reckon with World Conditions
Instead of with Those of America
AIone-Hemfsphere Now Covered.

Beginning this month. the United
States weather map will be extended
to include a complete grasp of the
northern hemisphere. Maps are being
prepared, for use by forecasters of the
government, which viii include Irkutsk,
Tomsk and Ekaterinburg, in Siberia.
In addition, the Icelandic low" which
means the area of low winter baroIn-
eter Of the North Atlantic, soon will
begin making reports by cable. The
opening of cable service to Iceland, just
announced, will make this possible.
Already the weather bureau receives
reports from western Europe, including
London, Paris, Hamburg and half a
dozen points in Great Britain. Every
morning a cable from the Azores GOV
ers conditions in the South Atlantic
region, including Lisbon. Arrange
ments are near completion for daily
reports from the Boring Sea low"
barOmetric area. In the summer storm
season the West Indies region is COM
pletely reported.
Broadly speaking, the northern hem
isphere will re- ort daily on its weather
conditions to the bureau in Washing
ton. There will still be large gaps; as,
for instance, the Aleutian Island chain
from Alaska across to Siberia, which
will need to be covered later by ar
engagements for wireless reports, or for
reports from steamships crossing the
Pacific by the great circle" route.
Nome, Alaska, for the time being. will
be the extreme report from American
territory to the far Northwest. As soon
as possible-which means when Observ-
ers can be engaged-reports from in
terror Alaska will be secured.
For International Reports.
and beyond this in the not distant
future there will be an international
weather reporting arrangement, Just
as there is now an international postal
agreement, whereby the worlds
weather conditions will be reported in
cooperation and forecasts will be
made, covering long periods.
I'VE will be able,' said Chief Garri-
oft of the Chicago weather bureau, "at
least to notify the Kansas farmer of
the outlook for weather long enough in
advance to enable him to pick propi-
| tious harvest week. 1t is not only
will be, but to tell how long it viii
| last; to forecast rainy week ant
fair week. We will be able to info
people when it will be safe to cut their
hay and allow it to cure on the
grounds, or to notify a farmer
whether a coming week will be safe
for cutting hay. A State fair manage
ment will be- able to learn at the be-
ginning of its week of entertainment
whether the weather is lively to be
be desirable
The greatest land area on earth is
| the immense continental plain from st.
Petersburg east to the Paeific-7,000
miles in extent This area has more to
do with making weather than any 9th
er such area on earth. because land is
subject to greater extremes of heat
| and cold than water. Hence, to fore
cast weather, it is desirable to know
conditions prevailing over this land
area. 1t is this that the weather bu-
reau has arranged to do.
The arrangements just closed with
the Central Physical Observatory at
| st. Petersburg will secure reports from
! the points named in this great area
! of land expanse. With them the whole
realm of possibilities of weather fore
casting will be vastly enlarged. Wash
ington for the first time will be able
to reckon intelli gently with world con-
ditions, and as the experts become IA
miliar with these conditions in detail,
| they will make accurate forecasts for
far longer time than ever before.